Chapter One
Aaron
“... then my boss told me no. You can’t have Saturday off, because of this stupid sale we’re having. What a jerk.” Sissy picked up her bottle of soda and took a swig. Her pale fingers were trembling. In fact, she’d been acting weird all afternoon, not looking me in the eye, and yammering on about silly s**t.
“Why don’t you just quit? You have nothing good to say about your job.” I leaned back and stared at the baby-blue sky. Not a cloud in sight. We were at Forest Hill Park, eating lunch on the bleachers while watching kids play tennis. It was rare that we both had the same day off, and when we did, we usually ate a picnic lunch outside.
“Because, I’m making more money behind the makeup counter than I’ve ever made anywhere else in my life.” She glanced up as I was loo
