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1、DEDICATIONToalltheremarkable,maddening,challenging,frustratingpeoplewhoinspireustodogreatthingsCONTENTSCoverTitlePageDedicationOneTwoThreeFourFiveSixSevenEightNineTenElevenTwelveThirteenFourteenFifteenSixteenSeventeenEighteenNineteenTwentyAcknowledgmentsAbouttheAuthorAlsoAvailablefromH
2、yperionCopyrightONE“Oh,yeah,that’sit,Rook,”saidNikkiHeat.“That’swhatIwant.Justlikethat.”Atrickleofsweatrolleddownhisnecktohisheavingchest.Hegroanedandbitdownonhistongue.“Don’tstopyet.Keepitgoing.Yes.”Shehoveredoverhim,loweringherfacejustinchesfromhissoshecouldwhisper.“Yes.Workitjustlik
3、ethat.Nice,easyrhythm.That’sit.Howdoesitfeel?”JamesonRookstaredatherintentlyjustbeforehepinchedhiseyesintoasquintandmoaned.Thenhismuscleswentslackandhedroppedhisheadbackward.Nikkifrownedandbroughtherselfupright.“Youcan’tdothattome.Icannotbelieveyou’restopping.”Heletthedumbbellshitthebl
4、ackrubberfloorbesidetheexercisebenchandsaid,“Notstopping.”Hepulledinachestfulofairandcoughed.“Justdone.”“You’renotdone.”“Tenreps,Ididtenreps.”“Notbymycount.”“That’sbecauseyourmindwanders.Besides,thisrehabisformyowngood.WhywouldIskipreps?”“BecauseIturnedawayonceandyouthoughtIwasn’tlooki
5、ng.”Hescoffed,thenasked,“…Wereyou?”“Yes,andyouonlydideight.Doyouwantmetohelpyoudoyourphysicaltherapy,orbeyourenabler?”“IswearIdidatleastnine.”AmemberofRook’sexclusivegymslidinbehindherforsomefreeweights,andNikkiturnedtogaugehowmuchofherandRook’schildishexchangehe’dpickedup.Fromthetinny
6、musicspillingfromhisearbuds,theonlythingtheothermanheardwastheBlackEyedPeastellinghimit’sgonnabeagoodnightwhilehestaredinthemirror.Heatcouldn’ttellwhattheguyadmiredmore,therowofplugsfromhisnewhairtransplantsorthesnapofhispecsunderhisdesignerwifebeater.Rookstoodupbesideher.“Nicechesticl
7、es,huh?”“Shh,he’llhearyou.”“Doubtthat.Besides,whodoyouthinktaughtmetheword?”Chesticlemancaughthereyeinthemirrorandfavoredherwithawink.Apparentlysurprisedthatherkneesdidn’tturntojelly,herackedhisweightsandmovedontothetanningbeds.MomentslikethatwerepreciselywhyHeatpreferredherowngym,at