I see Ashley hesitate, and it hurts me that she still doesn’t feel like she belongs in the locker room with the rest of the family members. Johnny is a few feet behind me, and I motion for him to hold the door. I approach her quickly so she doesn’t have time to react. I dip and grab her around the waist at the same time. She’s over my right shoulder in less than a second. I hear the laughter escape her lips and the sound hits me in the gut like it always does. She tries to wiggle off but my arm tightens around the back of her thighs. My left shoulder is still icing and I don’t want to tweak my left side, so I have to hold her firm with only one arm. I think she senses this because she stops trying to move. “Can you let me down, Cam?” Her voice is low and breathy from laughing, and desire surges through me. “I will as soon as I’m sure you’re staying inside, sweetheart. I’m not going to give you the chance to run away.” Quinn is laughing as she keeps pace with me. Johnny wraps his arms around her as soon as we reach him.
