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Trying not to laugh, he held out his hands for her to take “Don’t panic; I’ll teach you”

“I never panic” Her eyebrow arched “Do you actually kno to dance like this?”

He reached forward and took her hands in his “Why would I bring you here if I didn’t?”

She looked genuinely perplexed “I did wonder”

“I think this evening will go onna go left to right in a straight line Two ss under your body, don’t stretch them out, then tap and repeat it in the other direction Got me?”

“I think I can e a quick sta her off

“Okay, let’s go then” They reat Now loosen your hips Look around you See the sinuous way the other wo?”

Her hands tightened in his as she glanced around “I’m not sure that’s physically possible Are you sure these people are English? Because the English weren’t born to move like that We have different joints They’re stiffer Like our upper lips”

Man, she was funny “I’ve seen the way those hips of yours shen you’re walking away from me You were totally born to move like that Give it a try; see how it feels”

They stepped side to side so her hips And it was focus She looked like she was sitting an exam—in a subject she hated

A woman twirled close to theenial, cariño,” she said, and then she was gone again, dancing into the crowd

“She said you’re doing great,” Harvard told her

“You speak Spanish?” Again, she looked surprised that he wasn’t all brawn and no brain It was just as well Harvard wasn’t an insecure man because Rachel would rip one of those to shreds

“Yeah Noe’re gonna try ether You ready?”

“It’s walking, Harvard I’ve been doing it for thirty years”