Chapter 29

MIA

I SUCKED IN A BREATH, ELECTRIC CURRENT COURSING UNDER MY SKIN as Ethan placed his hands on my belly helping me ward through the water like a graceful swan even though I felt like a pig wiggling in mud.

I didn’t think I would like dancing or cooking or painting but with being free I wanted a splash of all of them.

I never had to make a choice in my life. Never had the freedom to do anything I liked and this was my chance to do so.

And in a week of training with a dancing instructor who might have been the sweetest man I knew, I was blowing it because of the silly heart that wept for someone who wasn’t mine.

“It’s a hard technique. No one can get it in a week”, Ethan’s smooth voice hit my shoulder and I could tell he meant well but I wasn’t even trying to master said technique.

“I know”

“You don’t have to beat yourself around about it”

“I know!”

I shouted; Ethan let go of me as my feet floated inside the pool all awkwardly.

“Okay, what’s really going on? You have been acting weird a