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“Got it?” he asks

“Sure do” I face forward before I drool “Do we have a destination init?”

I cringe as he chuckles behind me

“We are staying close to shore,” he says, his words kissed with humor “There’s a small cove over here that’s protected from the wind and waves Not that either are particularly bad today, but it’ll feel less exposed”

“I like the sound of that”

We work quietly through the water as I findof it and we speed through the water

“So, tell me about Cherry Pie Pizza,” he says

Oh “Well,” I say, slowing my strokes “What do you want to know?”

I have no idea where this conversation is headed or why he’s asking me about work

“What’s the most enjoyable part of it for you?” he asks

“Uh, the pizza Hence the reason that I signed up for personal training”

He laughs It’s gentle and amused … and also not directed at me It doesn’t h at my love of pizza With Derrick, it was almost like, “Of course you do I see you” But with Dane, it feels like I’m funny

It’s nice

“Actually,” I say, sliding ain, “it’s the people I honestly love my staff and my customers Well, most of them”

“I feel you there”

“So, what’s your favorite thing about the gy the tables

“A couple of years ago, I would’ve said the people too But now, I guess I’d have to go with the freedohs “I do enjoy helping people be their best selves I’ve just learned over the years that some people are …”

“Assholes?”

He laughs “Yes And de”

“And self-absorbed,” I say, thinking of Derrick

“And diabolical”