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"It’s huge!" she clarified, notone iota away from the corner of the tub

"Uh huh," he said, not bothering to hide his disbelief No doubt it was so that she saw out of the corner of her eye and had overreacted

"Well, I’ another look for this "huge" spider and chuckling

He felt more than heard Zoe rush past hi in the ly wrapped around her body much to his disappointment a few seconds later

"I tell you what, Ms Scaredy Pants," he said, grinning hugely when she shot hio out I’ll come back and take another look for the killer spider Maybe by then it will feel coh to come out"

She licked her lips nervously as her eyes darted back to the bathroom where Toby, how he hated that na, now lay across the bathroo off

"You pro the urge to roll his eyes No doubt he was going to have to hunt down a slass jar to convince her that he found it otherwise she’d probably be screaht over "spiders"

"O-okay," she said, shifting on the bed

Trevor bit back a s she’d probably kill him later, but si I need a towel"

Zoe yanked her eyes away from the bathroom to fron at him in confusion "Your closet is full of towels"

"Uh huh, but I need a pink towel," he explained as he reached out and ripped her toay from her He was already halfway down the stairs when he heard her gasp of surprise and heading out her door when she started threatening the poor confused appendage in his pants that hadn’t been able to go down since he spotted Zoe cowering in the bathtub

Chapter 13

"Zoe?" Trevor called out as he walked up the stairs "Are you still here quivering in fear?" he asked, chuckling when he remembered the expression on her face when he ripped the toay

Too bad he hadn’t been able to stick around and steal a peek at what he’d uncovered, he thought with a heavy sigh It was just as well that he didn’t knohat lay beneath all her baggy clothes