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turned the key and as soon as the engine started up, coughing its regular
smoke, the spider skated away on the water’s surface. She waited, not
wanting to maim the thing before she got the motor going and carefully
moved the boat forward.
“It’s still coming!” Arabella yelled.
If Summer wanted to terrorize Arabella, she couldn’t have come up with
a better plan, though June was pretty sure her bestie hadn’t secretly put the
spiders into the boat. That would be too devious, and Summer wasn’t that
fond of them. It didn’t stop her from grinning devilishly.
“Death wish mother effer,” Summer muttered. She pushed the boat faster
and still, June could see the nasty beast sliding over the water at speeds she
didn’t know were possible, heading straight towards them.
“Hurry, Summer! It’s still freaking coming after us!”
Arabella climbed higher onto her seat, folding herself into an even
smaller ball. “What’s wrong with that thing? It’s possessed!”
“It might be,” Summer agreed. She kicked the boat into high gear so fast
that June and Arabella lurched forward. June braced herself with the dash,
but Arabella nearly toppled over the seats. She righted herself with ease, a
throwback to her cheerleading days from high school, and cranked her head
back around.
Thankfully, the spiders were long gone. They moved out into the lake,
away from the small island. She kept going, speeding past the deeper, open
waters and cutting through the other side, where a cluster of islands and
natural bays usually provided protection from the wind. They didn’t have to
worry about that. It was so hot there were hardly any other boats out on the
lake. Too hot for boating, even with the wind in their hair.
Summer suddenly slowed down and cut the engine between two islands.
She moved to the front, dug out the anchor, and threw it over. “Time for
swimming, bi atches. It’s too hot for boating.”
“I was just thinking that,” June said. She glanced over the edge of the
