Chapter 39
How did they get the pool such a deep, lovely strangely unnatural shade of blue, Jaya wondered? She tilted forward a little more and squinted at the bottom, marvelling at, not only the colour, but the gorgeous brightly patterned orange, red and purple underwater tiles. It was like a lovely sunset built into the bottom of the swimming pool. She leaned over so far on her crossed legs, trying to trace the pattern with her eyes to see if there was an actual picture that the tips of her dark hair touched the water, turning from dark brown to black.
"Chemicals." A hand came down on her shoulder, stopping her forward momentum. "Watch yourself. Boss doesn't want you in the pool yet, canary."
Jaya twisted her head to look up at the towering redhead and then winced when she looked directly into the intensely bright sunlight. She lifted her good hand to shade her eyes and pulled an exaggerated face. "Boss doesn't like much, Keane."