No Place Too Far by Kay Bratt

Author:Kay Bratt [Bratt, Kay]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542021012
Published: 2020-08-31T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

Maggie pulled her car into the alley behind the Shakti Yoga studio, put it in park, and stepped out. Dr. Starr had insisted that she take the day off. Do some yoga, he’d said, as though that would solve all her problems. If it wasn’t enough that her brand-new boss had seen her at one of her weakest moments, now he was ordering her to stay away from the clinic. It was all so humiliating that the prospect of not facing him over the examination table at work was what made her accept his offer of the impromptu afternoon off.

Then she’d realized her gas gauge was hovering on the full mark. He must have taken it upon himself to fill it, and she’d owe him for that too. Another chink in her armor of pride.

She’d considered keeping Charlie with her for the day, but one look at her reflection in the mirror changed her mind. It wasn’t often she put herself first, but she needed some time alone. He would be happier at the inn too.

By the time she’d dropped Charlie off at the inn and was told that Quinn was out somewhere with Liam, yoga followed by a walk on the beach sounded inviting.

She swung by her apartment, leaving Woodrow for a celebratory nap that he’d well earned. She changed, grabbed a bottle of water, and was back on the road in less than five minutes.

She barely remembered the drive from the apartment to the studio. Her mind was on Quinn. Where had she and Liam gone that was more important than talking to her about the photo uploaded online? And Maggie needed to tell her about the latest catastrophe with her bank account. And the ensuing panic attack.

But obviously, it could all wait.

She entered through the door to the small front room that smelled of sweet, flowery incense.

Quietly, she unfurled her mat and set her blanket and strap to the side, then crossed her feet and lowered herself gracefully until she was in lotus pose. She closed her eyes. A few minutes of meditation before class always settled the chaos in her mind.

Only here in her yoga class could she be completely anonymous.

She only had to do one thing.

Just be.

She kept her eyes shut while others filtered in, shuffling around barefoot as they set up their places.

Long breath through the nose, out through the mouth.

Suddenly she felt a new presence moving close to her. A heavy footstep, then a drop as someone squeezed a mat between her and the wall, where there was obviously not sufficient room for it. She felt a rush of irritation that her space was being trodden upon. Aside from work, which didn’t count, this was the only time she had strictly for herself, and it was precious to her.

She cracked one eye open and was shocked at who she found there.

“What are you doing here?” she hissed at Dr. Starr.

He raised his eyebrows at her. “Yoga?”

“You don’t do yoga. You said it was for New Age millennials.

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