Chapter 11: In Too Deep

In order to make it look like I wasn’t bothered by the fact that Luke called Gina to pick him up the previous day, I arrived at Luke’s with a wide smile. We had made plans to train before Gina had shown up the day before, so I knew Luke would be ready. Like many LA days, the sun was shining and there was little breeze. Luke welcomed me in, while munching on a bagel.

“What’s on tap today, boss?”

“I think we finally need to hit the pool, start…” he put up his hand to stop me.

“You don’t have to say it.”

“Well after the hamstring, it will be better to get in the water and…”

“My hamstring’s fine,” he said between bites.

“We’ll see about that. Katie hired my cousin to teach you how to swim, so I’m going to teach you how to swim.” I looked straight in his eyes. “Are you up for it?”