Summer Skin by Kirsty Eagar

Author:Kirsty Eagar [Eagar, Kirsty]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2016-01-31T23:00:00+00:00

Which was how Jess came to be pounding her way around Sir William MacGregor Drive at eight-thirty in the morning with an iPod borrowed from Farren. She only planned on doing four kilometres, but she was struggling by the halfway point, her breathing laboured, unable to find the groove she normally slid into after the first five minutes. It was far too early for a start, and to top it off, the day was hot and humid.

But no matter how bad Jess felt during a run, at some point she always committed to trying to beat her best time, and that morning was no exception. In fact, it became a point of pride. She went all out, using her usual mind games to do it: for some unspecified reason she actually was Flash Gordon, saviour of the universe—the female version—and, for some other unspecified reason, she had to complete the third kilometre in four minutes, or everything was doomed. And then she was down to the last kilometre, heavy-legged, exhausted, but the music helped her lift. For a fleeting moment, she glimpsed Mitch in among the cheering crowds at the finishing line, hoping she would save them all … but then she changed her mind, wiping him out of the scene altogether, deciding he could watch her on the news instead.

Consequently, on a stinking hot day, in the morning no less, as scratchy-eyed and tired as she was, Jess Gordon broke her own four-kilometre record. And maybe it was the endorphins, or it might have been the P!nk, but when she pulled up, dripping with sweat, spaghetti-legged, hands on her head to let more air into her burning lungs, she felt fucking good.

She felt like she’d just saved herself.

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