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Now, just breathe in through your nose, out through your mouth,” Lemon instructed, moving her hands up and down in front of her. “In through your nose…out through your mouth.”
Megan did as she was told. In, out. In, out. In, out.
“Slowly, sweetie! Slowly,” Lemon said. “You’re not running a marathon here.”
Ooh…running a marathon. There’s a happy place, Megan thought.
She envisioned her feet pounding against packed dirt, her own speed blowing back her hair, the burning in her lungs as she pushed herself harder and harder. In her mind’s eye, Megan saw Hailey and Evan running up ahead. She saw herself pass them. Saw the look of shock on Hailey’s face. Saw Evan’s admiration as it finally dawned on him how much better Megan was than Hailey. He tried to ditch Hailey and catch up with Megan, but Megan left him eating dust.
“See? You’re smiling,” Lemon said.
“Yeah. Are we done yet?” Megan asked.
There was no way she was ever going to exorcise the Evan and Hailey demons sitting in a plush chair with goop on her face. She needed to get to soccer practice and work out some of this energy. She had to get out of here, stat.
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