The Keeper (Playing to Win #1)(20)







Brynlee



Scandalous. She’s dating her husband.





Lindy



Whatever. It isn’t a date. I just told him where I’d be. He might not even show. He had a rough day.





Brynlee



Because Uncle Max was an ass? Or because Jace decked him?





Kenzie



I’m sorry. WHAT?





Lindy



How did you hear that already?





Brynlee



I’m a physical therapist for the team. I hear everything.





Lindy



The entire team knows Max was an ass?





Brynlee



No. Mom filled me in on Max when she stopped by for lunch. But the whole team knows Jace hates Easton.





Everly



Your family can’t keep a secret to save their lives.





Lindy



Says the girl who posted my wedding photo on every social-media platform there is, then got so drunk that she didn’t remember doing it?!?





Everly



I wasn’t the only one who blacked-out that night, missy.





Kenzie



Can we go back to Jace hitting Easton?





Lindy



It was awful. Jace is so pissed.





Gracie



What did Easton do?





Everly



Did he get all possessive on your ass?





Gracie



Did he throw you over his shoulder again like at the club? Because that was hot.





Lindy



No. Better. He got all sorts of protective and defended me. He basically told Jace to stop treating me like a baby. It was actually pretty damn amazing.





Gracie



And . . . ?





Lindy



He may have called me his wife to my brother.





Gracie



I take it back. That’s hot.





Lindy



It might have been a little hot.





Everly



You know a great way to thank him?





Kenzie



If you tell her to blow my brother, I might actually kill you while you sleep.





Brynlee



They’re married now, Kenz. Pretty sure she’s going to play with his peen.





Lindy



OMG! Shut up. No talk of peen. I don’t even remember marrying him.





Everly



Do you remember screwing him? Because it would be a crime against humanity to forget that.





Lindy



I didn’t have sex with Easton.





Brynlee



Did you have sex with someone else?





Lindy



What? No!





Gracie



Have you talked to a lawyer yet?





Lindy



Not yet. I’ve got to find one.





Brynlee



You’re related to one, genius. If you really want to get your marriage annulled, you’d have talked to Becket already.





Lindy



I’m kinda avoiding my entire family right now.





Kenzie



Or you don’t really want the annulment.





Everly



I’m calling it now. You’ll be kissing Easton when the ball drops on New Year’s.





Brynlee



I’m with Everly.





Lindy



Mind your own business.





Gracie



Ha. Like we ever do.





Lindy



Whatever. I’ve got to go inside now. I’ll see you all later.





Brynlee



Say hi to your husband for us.





Everly



Get creative with the way you say it too. Like maybe on your knees.





Lindy



OMG. Goodbye!





The rink is nearly empty later that night while I sit and watch Andrew finish a routine with Cara, the young woman who’s currently auditioning to be his next partner. She’s been around the circuit for a few years. Most of us have. Competitive skating is a small circle. And to find someone at our level narrows it even more. Is she as good as me? No. But she’s younger and has time to grow. She could easily surpass me with the right training.

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