Chapter 4
As swim instructor for the gym, Matt’s position took on a more administrative quality during the winter months. Only die-hard swimmers came out—the majority of gym members preferred to focus on the exercise machines for the first few weeks of the new year, until their resolutions waned and they gave up on trying to lose weight. So for most of the day, Matt had the pool to himself.
His day at work usually started with a morning swim first thing, to get the blood pumping and keep his muscles in shape. After a shower to rinse off the chlorine, he sat at the desk in his office, pouring over invoices and other bothersome paperwork, while outside his large plate glass window, the water in the pool rippled coolly. It looked so inviting, and often he’d find himself staring out at the
