(For character introductions and context read Part One)
Shopping didn’t happen that weekend, or the next. The memory of being watched in the shower faded, not forgotten, but tucked away. The girls were over for another Saturday and Simone remembered the thought of shopping. Anna instead asked about getting a mani/pedi together and they agreed.
At the nail salon Simone and the girls enjoyed being pampered. Anna had bright pink nail polish applied to her petite fingers and toes, and Simone did her signature yellow. Tanisha opted for clear. “Ah, you’re no fun!” Anna exclaimed, then smirked, “Not like your mom,” and playfully tapped Simone’s wrist. Simone felt a jolt in her loins. What was wrong with her? It was just a playful tap! From a teenage girl!
Back at home the girls were studying for mid-terms downstairs and Simone, intent on not repeating that shower show with Anna, worked on her laptop in her room with the door shut, wearing baggy sweat pants and sweat shirt. No more cracking doors with Anna around. No more walking around in a towel.