Page 2 of A Certain Step
He sighed, reacting easily when she motioned for him to lift his leg again. “Thanks, Jen.”
“I got you. And so does this knee of yours. You’re lucky, you know that?”
“Well, you are a miracle worker,” he noted, thanking science for in-house aid. He’d taken a minor slip weeks before and slammed his knee against a railing.
“I try,” she replied, repeating the pattern three more times before she stopped and sanitized her hands.
Ethan took a moment to look at his phone and check the time in London. He could text Willa. It’d be ten forty at night there—not too late. Hopefully, she was still awake.
He waited until Jenny left the room before shooting the text over.
ETHAN
Didn’t realize how attached I am to you. I miss you. Come back.
Subtle, Ethan. Real subtle.
WILLA
Hahahahaha I’ve been gone for two days. And I’m so damn jetlagged. Please send help.
Excellent, now you’ve freaked her out,his brain muttered.You couldn’t handle two whole days?
No, he couldn’t. He apparently couldn’t nail the art of subtlety either because his fingers betrayed him like they were possessed.
ETHAN
You can call me if you can’t sleep.
WILLA
I so would, but I’m at my cousin Emma’s house, and the girls wanted to sleep in the guest room with me.
ETHAN
Ah, you’re in Bristol already?
WILLA
Yeah! My parents are here, too, but they’re staying at a hotel. Alex gets in tomorrow.
ETHAN
Nice. The wedding is in two days, right? There, in Bristol?
WILLA
Yeah. Anna’s family is from Trowbridge, but the venue is here in Bristol. Also, I really should’ve hired someone to fake date. I’ve already had two aunts from my dad’s side hound me about being “too old.” You’d think I was 86 and not 33.
ETHAN
I would’ve been there in a heartbeat if I didn’t have in person press to do.
WILLA
I know.
ETHAN
