Chapter 118

• ALEX
• The plane had touched down on time from Colorado, and I drove straight to the workout facility for my training session. Like I said, to me those twice-weekly meets were mandatory, not voluntary. I couldn’t wait to get myself moving again after two days of standing around feeling like an idiot, caked in makeup and posing halfway up a mountain in sunglasses so expensive that the cost of one pair probably would have saved twenty orangutans (as Kayla had often told me).
• No, I’m kidding – obviously the trip was great, and I felt very privileged to have such a high-end sponsor. The company prided itself on treating its employees well and did its part for several well-respected charities too. But I was happy to be home, back in Buffalo – way more happy than usual. I knew that was to do with getting along with Kayla better, and with the renovations really taking shape under Mary-Beth’s watchful eye. She’d been working out color schemes and finishing touches for all the apartments and overseeing the painters and decorators.