“That sounds great.”
As an athlete, I gravitate to places like this. This is where I need to be in order to have a clear head. Nothing is more detrimental to my runs than getting lost in a bad headspace.
A place like this gym? It helps clear up the fog.
Fog that’s been ever present since I started training again back home.
“Audrey. It’s nice to meet you.”
A bulky man with no hair and covered in tattoos greets me. “Hi. Scott, I take it?”
“That’s me. I’m glad Oliver sent you my way.”
“I’m happy it worked out. Any chance I can get started today?”
“Fuck, yeah.”
“Scott. Maybe watch the swearing around the new people?” the woman at the desk chides him.
I laugh. “It’s okay. A few fucks won’t scare me off.”
It’s then I hear a familiar voice that stops me. Except now, there is nowhere to hide.
“Audrey?”
No. No way.
Logan? Here?
Is it too late to find a men’s room to hide in?
“Is that really you?”
ChapterFour
LOGAN
“Audrey?”
My heart is pounding against my rib cage. I’d know that laugh anywhere. I used to dream about it on my worst days. About how if she were with me, she’d do everything to make me feel better. To take my mind off the pain in my leg.
“Is that really you?”
Her body stiffens as she turns around.
A million different memories slam into me.
Holy shit.
Audrey Meyers. The first person I ever loved.
She looks the same, but different.
I remember the day I met her like it was yesterday. She was the honorary captain at the Mountain Lions game that day. From the moment I laid eyes on her, I was a goner.
We spent every minute together we could. With my playing schedule and her training, it was hard to see each other.
But whenever we were together, we were so wrapped up in each other that the outside world just fell away. It was always just the two of us.
