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I lower myself into a lounge chair. ‘Don’t really?’
‘I used to. Before I found fitness. But I don’t like to put that stuff in my body. It has so many toxins.’
‘Jesus, Izzy. People tell me to let my hair down. Compared to you, I feel like I have long, curly locks blowing in the wind on the back of a Harley.’
‘Hmm. Nice imagery. I can see you with long hair.’
‘Drink it or don’t, but tonight, I need a beer.’
She nudges the bottle away from her on the coffee table and I’m reminded of Cady as a four-year-old when I told her to eat her green beans.
Izzy hands me a pad of paper and a pen. ‘Shall we get started?’
‘Sure. What’s your height?’
‘Five six.’
‘Weight?’
Her eyes narrow. ‘One sixteen.’
‘One hundred and sixteen pounds? What are you, a child?’
‘That’s within a healthy weight range. Do you treat all your clients like this?’
‘Good point, well made. I’m just saying, you could do with adding a few pounds.’
She stares at me as she scoops up the beer bottle and drinks. ‘And you have far too much bulky-bulkersome going on.’
‘Bulky-bulkersome?’
‘I’m just saying, you could do withlosinga few pounds.’
‘Was that supposed to be my voice? I don’t sound like that and your American accent is way off.’
‘Whatever.’
‘Ah, back to grown-up Izzy.’ Someone might need to check me into AA at the end of these two weeks. ‘What’s your BMI?’
We work down my usual questions and move on to hers. My stomach is growling fiercely by the time there’s a knock on the door.
‘Finally!’ I offer Izzy my wallet as she gets up from the sofa.
‘I’ve got this,’ Izzy says.
I’m already laughing inside as she unlocks the door.
‘Mr Adams. Extra-large meat supreme with extra chicken.’
My humor bursts from my gut when Izzy turns to me, white faced, her jaw dropped toward the floor.
She snatches the pizza and pays the delivery guy, all the while mumbling curse words, most of which I miss under the sound of my laughter.
She comes back to the sofa and thrusts the box at me. ‘Here, I would rather starve than eat that rubbish.’
‘Oh, come on, don’t be such a baby. You’re already drinking beer and we don’t start this farce until tomorrow. Relax tonight. I imagine it’s for the first time in your life, anyway. Try it and see how it feels.’
I open the box. The smell of tomatoes, cheese, and pepperoni hits my nose. I take a slice and sit back with the point of the triangle in my mouth.
