Page 40 of Breakaway Heart
“Well. You just keep your hands off my Dan,” Kensy said to me.
“I guess I sort of know Randall,” I told her. “But I mean, notreally.”
The two women looked at each other, then turned back to me with shining eyes. Both their mouths opened and, at the same time, they uttered the same word in a way that made it sound awe-inspiring…
“Mexico.”
My face instantly reddened.How could they know that?
When all I did was gawp back at them, they leaned in, giving a quick glance over their shoulders.
“Don’t let the other girls know,” Kensy told me. Before the other one added with a serious expression, “They don’t keep secrets, and they’re not subtle.”
A small boy, small in age but not in size anyway, came running along toward us holding a plush tortoise that had seen better days.
“Sarah, is it okay if I get snow cones for me and Pascal?”
“Sure, Maiden. Just come right back, okay?”
“Cute kid,” I said, as he hurried off.
“Oh, yeah. He’s not mine. I mean, not exactly.” Sarah told me.
Kensy chimed in, “See that big ogre in the middle?”
We looked at the fierce-looking giant player in the middle of the ice, and I nodded.
“She’s with him,” Kensy gushed. “That one is the mini-version.”
“That’s Hayden, right? The captain?”
“Yes. And he isobsessedwith her!”
“Kensy, stop, please.” Sarah laughed, embarrassed.
“He is, though.” She added triumphantly.
Hannah chimed in, “Seltzer, anyone?”
“Heck, yes,” Kensy replied, and Hannah handed her and Sarah one.
We sipped our seltzers and watched the players flying around for a while longer, until the coach blew a whistle that echoed over the ice, and all the rushes of activity stopped.
“Be back here at 10 am tomorrow for the team meeting.”
As the other players began to leave the ice, I watched Randy skating around, picking up the training cones and sweeping the pucks into the net.
“Oh. Now here comes trouble.Goodtrouble.” Kensy said with a wink as the team captain made his way toward us.
“Daddy!”
“Hey Champ!” He smiled at the little boy.
“You doing okay?” He asked Sarah.
“Yeah, we were just chatting toLucyhere.”
The way she said my name indicated something more than a normal introduction.
