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I let my head fall back again so I’m staring at the beige lampshade hanging from the ceiling. “He’s talking about Dayna.”
“Dayna? Our Dayna? Why would… that’s the reason you broke it off?”
I close my eyes and lift my empty bottle. “Do you have any more of these?”
“Help yourself,” Teddy says, giving me a justification for leaving the room. When I return with two open bottles of Bud, Yvette and Teddy are having a whispered debate. “Everything okay?”
“Fine,” Teddy says hastily — too hastily. “I was just thinking you could do with getting away from here for a while.”
I feel my brow crease. That came out of nowhere. And it doesn’t explain the heated discussion. “I can’t. I’ve got that tender due in tomorrow, and the top three bids that go through to the next round are announced on Friday. As much as I’d love to get away, I’ve got too much to take care of here.”
“Well… we’re actually going away next weekend. Friday to Monday, that’s all. The bid would be in, and you’d have Wi-Fi to check if you’re through to the next round. We were thinking you could come with us? There’s a group of us going.”
So that’s what the discussion was about. “I’m good. I don’t want to step on any toes,” I tell them.
“You’re not stepping on our toes, Clark,” Yvette says, although I sense some reservation in her tone. “It would be nice for us if you came.”
“Where are you going?”
“Skiing. Verbier. There’re seven of us. Why don’t you bring Spencer?” Teddy says.
I nod. “I’ll ask.” I like a good challenge on a black slope, and not many people give me a serious run for my money, but Spencer definitely can. “Have you got a place to stay?”
“Ahh, not yet. One of the others is sorting it today.”
I sit back into the sofa cushions. “I’ll see if my family’s chalet is free. There’s no point paying if our place is available.”
Teddy leans in to clink his bottle against mine. “Nice one.”
