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Laughing, he hitches up his tool belt and plants a hardhat on top of his head “Teen my ass, Lucky Girls sure as hell didn’t look like that ere in high school”

True If they did,around Instead, I dropped out six raduation to take a full-time job

I glance at the darkening gray sky “The clouds are rolling in Let’s get soet rained out We can’t afford to lose any more time on this job”

“You got it, Jude” He leers at the girl oneback to work

Grabbing e our progress We’re two days behind thanks to the hoet back on track anda job late pisses off the custo one-star reviews about my company plastered on the internet

“Hey, Skylar!” a fehties called They want their clothes and car back!”

I screw the lid back ona few yards away Three girls are laughing as they follow Corvette-girl to the rear entrance of the school She suddenly stops, spinning around to face thee They step back, bu into each other

“Wow” She looks the girls up and down before zeroing in on the tallest and prettiest of the group This one’s gotta be the head irl, based on all the movies I’ve seen “Too bad your daddy couldn’t buy you soe The car’s from the seventies”

The girls glare at her, then simultaneously roll their eyes up to their eyebrows She stays rooted to the sidewalk, forcing them to walk around her A smirk tips the corner of her mouth

As she turns to enter the school, she catches ht eyes, she flashes um at me, pops it, then disappears inside

I quickly wipe the silly grin off my face with the back of my hand and refocus my attention on my job Distractions aren’t a luxury I can afford Especially feisty, cute ones with trouble stamped all over them

“You need anything before I head outta here?” Kyle asks, glancing over the blueprints that are spread out on a table in the middle of the frah school, and he’s worked for o He’s always the last of my crew to leave