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It was Vienna’s birthday month, and we’d followed through with our plans to travel from California to Florida and back, hitting up bookstores along the way, and seeing as much wildlife as possible.
We had decided, though, to bring Raff with us. And Coach followed behind us in another junker of a car with hollow walls. Each time we stopped to check out a bookstore, the two of them went off to hit up some gun shows and meet private sellers.
It allowed us to get some work done for the club while also in no way implicating Vienna in any of our activities.
Besides, Coach was excited to spend some time with this crew. He’d paid off his parole officer, packed a bag, and hit the road with us.
He and Raff were back at the Golden Glades clubhouse right now, partying with their ever-growing crew there.
We weren’t staying much longer.
We had a pretty tight schedule on the way back, since we needed to be in Shady Valley in time for the big party Morgaine and the girls were planning for Vienna.
And right after her party, she had her first week of yoga teacher certification classes to look forward to.
Morgaine and the girls had tried to urge Vienna to take her time, to settle in, to tell her that there was no rush to starting a new career.
It had been Coach who told her to do what felt right. And what felt right to her was doing something with this newfound love of yoga and meditation.
“I want to help women like me,” she’d insisted.
“Then, we gotta get your ass in shape quick,” Coach had replied.
And set to doing just that immediately after.
He said he’d never seen someone progress as quickly as Vienna had. Though I figured anyone would get good pretty fast if they were doing hour-long sessions more than once a day, every day.
I’d worried about her at first. She still seemed so small and breakable to me. Even though she’d been steadily putting on healthy and necessary weight since she came to Shady Valley.
But yoga didn’t put her in danger, no matter how fucking insane some of those poses were. It made her stronger. It made her more confident in her own skin.
And, well, I didn’t mind watching the way her body looked in those tight-ass leggings and tank tops, twisting and inverting her body into interesting angles and positions.
They’d kept up the practice all during the road trip, waking up early to roll out their mats outside and get a start on their day with an hour of intense exercise.
She always came back to our room glowing and very in-touch with her body. And, well, things usually got really fun for me from there.
“We should get going,” Vienna said. “I still need to meet the parrot, the tortoise, and all of Remy and Lark’s various rescue dogs and cats before we go to bed tonight.”
So that was exactly what we did.
And I didn’t see any of it.
Because I was watching Vienna instead.
It was the best view by far.
Vienna - 1 year
“Whoa, are you okay?” Everleigh asked, rushing up behind me as I leaned over the trash can after violently losing the little bit of Detroit’s breakfast I’d been able to choke down past my nausea.
“This stomach ick really has a hold on me,” I said, accepting the paper towels she passed to me, blowing my nose hard.
“Ummm…” Everleigh said, uncomfortably pressing her lips together as she stood there in her matching yoga and sports bra set, her perfect body on glorious display. Detroit was a lucky guy. And she’d been a great student, showing up for every one of my classes for the last four months at the gym. A job she got me because she used to work there and was still friendly with the owner.
“What?” I asked, frowning at her, trying to ignore the way my stomach was still sloshing, despite being empty, and the cold sweat that seemed at odds with how overheated I felt.
“It’s just that… no one has a stomach bug, y’know?” she said.
