Muriel
Book 3 of "Bikini Babes' Carwash"
By Suzie McLean
Work on the battered old carwash the BetaZed sorority girls leased is
going well-and for Muriel, the pleasure of working alongside her lifelong
mentor is an extra thrill. But the rugged day laborer who's joined their small
crew seems disturbingly familiar. Even though she aches to feel his clever
hands gliding all over her body, something about him is making her keen senses
hum with alarm. Who is he...and why is he lurking around their sorority house
every night?
~~~~~~~ Excerpt ~~~~~~~
Ben was fiddling with a well-worn pair of tinsnips,
trying to find a comfortable grip through the heavy gloves he was wearing.
Muriel watched in silence as he began to trim sharp edges off the heavy wire
mesh. She could have done it in half the time; why hadn't Reid told him to stir
the wet stucco, and let her do the more intricate work?
He was definitely an odd
sort for a day laborer. Most of them were a sorry lot-scrawny, underfed, and
usually looking like they were a half-step away from being homeless. Many of
them probably were, she suspected, since jobs were so hard to find nowadays.
In contrast, Ben was
strong, solidly built, and-under that coating of hard-earned grime-clean-cut
enough to pass for a Boy Scout. It made her wonder why he hadn't bothered to
shave that morning.
And why did he look so eerily familiar? She was sure that
she'd seen his distinctive face somewhere before!
His low rumbling voice was drowned out by the distinctive
crunch of tires on gravel. Muriel glanced over just as a familiar pickup truck
turned into the carwash lot, and an eager grin curved her lips. "Morning,
Ashe!" she yelled, waving one hand in greeting.
Her older brother tossed her a cheery salute before
parking the truck a few yards away, and energetically vaulting out. "Hey,
MacGyver!" he boomed, clapping Reid on the shoulder. "Gimme
a hand? Santa Claus just made a special delivery on the other side of town, and
asked me to bring over the first load in person."
Ben helped Reid peel back a dusty weatherstained
tarp, and then they all gaped over the stacks and stacks of faded red bricks
piled neatly beneath it. "There are three more loads just like this one," Ashe
boasted, "plus a whole bunch of old wiring and pipes that they salvaged. We
just gotta go over and get it all hauled it away before sundown."
Pandemonium reigned as everyone tried to scramble into
the pickup at once.
"Hang on, hang on!" Reid had to shout to be heard above
the excited chatter. "There's too many of us all at once, and someone's gonna
get hurt.
"Muriel, you finish patching that section of wall.
Phoebe, you stir the mix until Muriel needs it, so that it doesn't harden. And
the rest of you, get back to cleaning the third bay. If you hustle, you can be
done by noon.
"Ben, you and I will set up an assembly line. Ashe can
hand us the bricks, and we'll pile them neatly back there." He pointed toward
the far end of the first bay, where they'd been working all morning.
"Ben?" Ashe's surprised voice made Muriel stop and glance
curiously over her shoulder. "It really is you under all that dirt!"
Were her eyes playing tricks on her, or did Ben rapidly
shake his head, as if he didn't want to be recognized?
Then he stepped forward with an easy laugh, and reached
up to clap Ashe on the shoulder-and she wondered if she'd imagined it.
No, she must have been wrong. There was absolutely
nothing furtive about his cheerful greeting as he began energetically reaching
for bricks. The sun must have gotten in her eyes at exactly the wrong moment.
So why did she feel so uneasy as she slowly
turned back to her own work?
Keywords: erotica, hardcore sex, sorority, cheerleaders, new business,
bikinis, carwash, private investigator, retired cop, outdoor sex, interracial
sex