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But I do feel apprehension take root deep withinwith Bodie He knows nant, two facts I do not want spread about The pregnancy is going to coht eventually, but I’d rather not have to explain the thing with Bodie to anyone

I’m coe Murdock is his best friend, and they are tight I know they talk about this shit because all guys do

“Have some respect,” Bodie says in a low but neutral voice that barely carries through the door “She’s our teammate”

I’h to my core by his protectiveness of me

“Coing Bodie in the ribs with a knoink “Don’t tell me you haven’t looked at her and—”

“I said have soer saturating his words

“Jesus,” Cage et your panties in a twist”

I spin away from the doorway and walk quickly back the way I cah When I told Bodie I wanted to keep this secret, I trusted his word he wouldn’t tell anyone What I just heard was affir to tell anyone about us hooking up or about e

Clearly, he hasn’t

It also confirht at The Wicked Horse I didn’t think we’d been, but if we had, the rue also would have said so

I smile as I realize Bodie truly has ether, but it’s nice to know he has it on the other side

He had it ere at Dr Anchors’ office day before yesterday No woet a pelvic exam I hatedweakness But damn if Bodie didn’t see it, and then ibeautiful and sexy I didn’t give any credence to the actual words, but I did give hi to distract me

God, did I need it, too More than just during that pelvic exaht And my talk with Dr Anchors went no differently than my talk with the doctor who’d treated o

After Bodie left, I just bluntly told the doctor, “I’ve been pregnant before, contrary to the history form I filled out I s differently this time”

He’d nodded atwhy I’d left that inforured out I didn’t want Bodie to know Instead, he replied, “What do you s differently’? What did you do the last ti the baby?”

It was obvious what the good doctor was thinking Perhaps drugs Maybe alcohol

Not exactly, but not all that far from the truth

“I was not good to my body for many years,” I told hih froh my retirement from the Olympics at twenty-one After that, I hadn’t been any better tofro activities like skydiving, base ju

For almost a full four years after I left the Olympics, I traveled the world and lived like a bohe from one thrill to the next I slept in cheap hotels or on friend’s couches I only had with er thrills, erous adventure I ate poorly and slept even shittier In fact, it’s how I el Falls in Venezuela I was ju with a parachute He went beforeju for me

What started then was a friendship that spannedto this day We were friends first because I was involved with someone else Later, when I was unattached, we screwed around When we could, we’d ed with Great Whites We’d fuck like crazed anio on our way We’d keep in touch with periodic ereat benefits package while it lasted, but it was never exclusive