Planning to Live (Toronto Series #3) by Heather Wardell

Author:Heather Wardell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: womens fiction, toronto, meaning of life, weight loss, mixed martial arts
Publisher: Heather Wardell

Chapter Ten

I'm suddenly thirsty, so I suck back nearly half my remaining water before realizing I should ration it. I might need it to last me a while.

I run my fingers around the top of the bottle's lid, wondering whether I can let myself drink a little more since what I took in hasn't done much to ease the scratchy dryness of my throat, then am hit with such a big yawn my jaw stretches too far open and cracks. The car's warmed up again, and between that and losing myself in memories it's hard to stay awake.

But staying in the present is no good either. I'm still stuck and still alone, and I don't want to be either of those things so I open the car door for a few seconds to let some revitalizingly cool air in and then allow myself to retreat into the past again.

Andrew and I did spend the day after his fight together, and I got to take care of him like he'd taken care of me. I made him soup because his mouth hurt too much to eat anything else, I went out to get coffee for us when he needed help staying awake, and I let him snuggle with Ruby and nap on my couch all afternoon when the caffeine wasn't enough to keep him conscious. He felt bad about that, about coming over to visit and ignoring me, and I eventually admitted that I liked having him around even when he was sleeping. We both smiled at that, then both ended up blushing and looking away.

On Monday, my coworkers were happy he was joining our group but shocked by his appearance. He explained he'd fought, and won, and when nobody was looking he glanced at me and raised his eyebrows in what I knew meant, "Should I tell them you were there?" I smiled and gave my head a tiny shake. He smiled back, and shot me the cutest wink I'd ever seen, and we kept our extra-curricular connection a secret as we both wanted to do.

After lunch that day, which Andrew and I had to share with our coworkers who wanted to know more about his fighting, Liz called us all into the meeting room. "The word from on high is we need to review every bit of code by the end of the year to make sure we've found all the sabotages."

My coworkers looked as unimpressed as I felt. Check all of the thousands and thousands of lines of code, in less than six weeks?

"I'm not thrilled either, folks, but it's not an option. Andrew, I wish I could let you ease into being a member of our group but that's not an option either. I will give you a little less of the work, though."

He shook his head at once. "I want to do my fair share."

Liz smiled at him. "I appreciate that. But you're not as familiar with our code, and—"

"I saw a lot of it while finding that first sabotage, and Rhiannon explained the few things I didn't understand.

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