HotTango (16 page)
Authors: Sidney Bristol
“Nine!”
Cole caught sight of the opposing pivot’s jersey.
Slamazon was emblazoned across her shoulders.
Great.
“Eight!”
Slamazon hit Tanya the moment Tanya dropped her shoulder to
hit the other woman. They locked limbs, battling it out in a show of brute
strength and skating skill.
“Seven! Six!”
Tanya gave Slamazon a push with her hips and the woman
bobbled.
“Five!”
Cole jumped to his feet along with half the audience.
“Four!”
Tanya dropped just a tiny bit, then thrust up and into her
opponent. She did a swivel motion with her hips, and the woman went flying into
the inner track.
“Three!”
Go-Go-Randy was jumping up and down at center rink. “Ladies
and gentlemen—”
“Two!”
“Your—lead—jammer!”
Tanya threw her arms up in the air and the impossible volume
of the crowd only got louder. The final countdown was lost amidst a chorus of
screams, cheering and noisemakers. People rushed out of the stands, pushing
Cole with them.
He was one of the first to reach Tanya, who was staring
around her as if she were a lost deer.
Cole grasped her face and pulled her in for a kiss. She was
sweaty, smelled to high heaven and he didn’t care. He loved her.
“We won,” she squealed.
“You did!” He grinned back.
People were slapping her on the shoulder, other players were
calling her name.
Cole grabbed Aaron, who was right behind him, and they
hauled Tanya between them. He thumbed toward the ceiling and Aaron grinned in
return. They didn’t warn Tanya. Where was the fun in that? They just hoisted
her up on their shoulders.
“What are you doing?” she shrieked between laughter at them.
“Taking you on your victory lap,” Cole yelled back.
The crowd seemed to catch on and audience and players alike
began what had to be the slowest victory lap in Olympic history, but they did
it together.
Tanya. Cole. Everyone.
But the only person who mattered to Cole in all the world
was his wife.
His Hot Tango.
It can never be said that Sidney Bristol has had a “normal”
life. She is a recovering roller derby queen, former missionary, and tattoo
addict. She grew up in a motor home on the U.S. highways (with an occasional
jaunt into Canada and Mexico), traveling the rodeo circuit with her parents. Sidney
has lived abroad in both Russia and Thailand, working with children and
teenagers. She now lives in Texas, where she divides her time between a job she
loves, writing, reading and belly dancing.
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Hot Tango
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Hot Tango Copyright © 2014 Sidney Bristol
Edited by Jillian Bell
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Electronic book publication January 2014
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