Page 32 of For the Win

I laugh.“No, I’m doing the class in their training room at the arena.”

“Good, good.”

They’ve already ordered drinks, but a server approaches and takes drink orders from Janey and me.“Margaritas are on happy hour special,” he tells us.“Any flavor.”

“Sounds good to me.I’ll have a...blackberry margarita.”

“Great choice.”He turns to Janey, who orders a pomegranate one.

“So, how long have you been teaching yoga?”Everly asks me, dipping her straw in and out of her margarita, which appears to be classic lime on the rocks.

I give them a bit of my bio, similar to what I told Harrison yesterday.

I haven’t mentioned that Harrison came to one of my other classes and we went out after.I feel I’m hiding something, but I’m not sure I should make it into a big deal.

We chat, learning more about each other.I learn what Everly does with the Condors Foundation, Taylor’s speech pathologist career, and Lacey’s fascinating work as a makeup artist doing movies and styling for a few up-and-coming stars.Janey tells them about her job as a veterinary assistant.

“Oh!”Everly exclaims.“We needed you at Christmas!”

She tells a story about Taylor’s dog eating chocolate and being sick, which is hilarious but only because the dog is okay, thankfully.

“We were all freaking out,” she says.

“Youweren’t,” Lacey puts in.“As always, you were cool, calm, and collected.”

“Inside, I was freaking out.”

“Chocolate can be so dangerous,” Janey says.“Thank goodness he was okay.”

“It’s amazing Taylor forgave JP,” Everly says, leaning her shoulder into Taylor’s.“She loves that dog so much.”

“So does he,” Taylor says.“He felt terrible.”

“JP?He was with you at that stand-up class?”I ask.

“Yes.”

I nod, remembering everyone, noting their names.

“He’s also my nephew,” Everly says.

“How do you keep the family straight?”I ask Taylor and Lacey with a smile.

“It was weird at first, but I’ve got it down now,” Lacey says.

“Harrison mentioned that he had a complicated family,” I say.

Three sets of female eyes laser in on me.“Oh.Did he?”Everly says.

“We, uh, went out for a drink together yesterday.After class.”

Three pairs of eyebrows shoot up.Janey grins, enjoying the reaction.She already knows about this.

“Well,” Taylor says.

I divide a tentative smile between them.“Is that a problem?”

“No!”they all say at once.

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