Christmas Down Under (Single Wide Female: Happily Ever After #1) by Lillianna Blake

Author:Lillianna Blake [Blake, Lillianna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01NAGOAP0
Goodreads: 33286440
Publisher: Sassy Women's Fiction
Published: 2016-12-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Toward the end of our walk, Abby began to slow down again. Max scooped her up and set her on his shoulders.

My body was already a little sore from walking, I admired Max for being able to carry her without the slightest trouble.

As he walked, I noticed the way his muscles flexed. He always stayed fit—mostly from activities—running, biking, swimming. But he made physical activity a priority in his life.

Lately I hadn’t been doing that, and I could feel it in my body.

“Look there!” Walt pointed off across the flat land.

Abby squealed and clapped her hands when she saw the group of kangaroos all hopping together.

“We usually see one or two, so it’s a nice treat to see so many together.” Walt pointed to my camera. “Snap away!”

I did as I was told and began taking pictures. I was so engrossed with the pictures that I ignored a tickle along my ankle. I crouched down a little to get a better line of sight. As I continued to snap pictures, I heard Abby gasp.

“Mommy! Mommy! You have a new friend! Take a picture!”

“I am taking pictures, sweetie.”

“No, not the kangaroos—the furry spider!” She pointed to my leg.

“What?” I looked down at my leg and released a shriek that could have drowned out Abby’s loudest scream.

A giant, furry spider had crept all the way up to my thigh and was dangerously close to a vulnerable area of my body.

“Oh no!” Max set Abby down. “Sammy, stay still! Don’t move!”

“No, I can’t! I can’t!” I wiggled my leg and shuddered as the spider crept around my inner thigh. “Ack! Get it off me!”

“Okay, take a deep breath. He’s just curious, right?” Walt grinned as he looked directly at my crotch.

“Get it off of me!” I growled and tried not to slap at it.

The other couples gathered around us with a mixture of horror and amusement.

“Settle down now, I’ll get him.” Walt looked into my eyes. “Don’t move a muscle, alright? All this commotion has him spooked. If we’re calm, he’ll be calm. Okay?”

“Oh, please. Please just get it off of me.” Tears filled my eyes as panic shot through me.

Walt stretched out his hands, and I gulped as I realized what he intended to do.

“It’s alright, Sammy, just stay still. Walt knows what he’s doing.”

Did he? I shot a look of warning at Max.

The worst part was that the spider’s legs were tickling me through my pants. My inner thigh could be a very ticklish spot, and every time the spider moved, I had to resist laughing and jerking my leg. I certainly wasn’t in the mood for laughing.

Walt cupped one hand over the spider, then reached through my legs with the other hand. It was uncomfortable to have him so close to such an intimate part of my body, but at that point, I would have stripped naked and stood on my head if it meant that the spider would be gone.

“Just relax—slow breaths. He’s going to crawl right onto my hand, okay?”

“Okay.

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