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Chapter 44

The song spun rainbows around them, impromptu and perfect.

Colby, Jason noticed—in between accepting partners and keeping up and obligingly using muscles to swing partners around—made a point of dancing with lots of people. Extras, main cast, crew. Not up close or intimate with anyone, only hands touching and barely that, but making sure everybody got included, particularly if they were eyeing the dance party wistfully from the side.

Colby could dance, he also noticed. Like someone who’d learned real steps and footwork. Good rhythm. Flexible. Adaptable.

He grabbed the next hand, which turned out to be Andy. Friendly freckles and shortness smirked up at Jason’s face. “Saw you watching him.”

“I was, yeah.”

“You’re not bad at this, yourself.”