Chapter 120: The Shadow Of Obsession, Part 8, Husbands

JAMES

In the gym, in joggers and vests, the pair circle each other.

He's taller than her by several inches, muscular, broad-shouldered and with not an ounce of spare on him...

How long since she last saw him?

Six or seven years?

He would have been almost a boy then...

But for all Chad's size, he's light on his feet, graceful.

Easy to see what she saw in him...

And he strikes, his arm sweeping forward to snatch at her. But she blocks it, then swings with a foot to hook around his ankle. He spins, throwing her, but she rolls and in a single smooth movement is once more on her feet, feinting with her right hand then punching with her left...

"She certainly has her own style," I comment, watching Michael side-long. He rumbles. I can't pick out the words, but a blue whale somewhere across the ocean probably heard him.