He grabbed his bag and headed out the locker room door, surprised and happy to see Katrina, Leo, and Anya standing beside Savannah Riley. He’d meant to text her about meeting after the game, but his head had been filled with game prep so he’d forgotten. He figured he’d stop by their place after the game and see about taking them out to eat.
Cole swept Savannah up in a kiss.
“You played great,” she said.
“I’m glad you were in town so you could be here for the game.”
“Me, too. Cole, this is Katrina Korsova and her brother and sister, Leo and Anya. They live in New York and are friends of Grant’s.”
He shook her hand. “I know who you are. I’ve seen a lot of your photos.” Then he shook Leo’s and Anya’s hands. “Sorry we beat your team.”
Leo shrugged. “It’s okay. It was a good game.”
Cole slanted a look in Grant’s direction, but Grant wasn’t about to say anything to Cole. He figured he’d get a lot of questions about Katrina at the next practice, though.
“I hate to rush off, but I have a plane to catch,” Savannah said.
Cole turned to them. “Hate to greet and run, but I’m going to head out with my wife.”
“Very nice to meet you, Cole,” Katrina said. “And you too, Savannah.”
Savannah hugged Katrina. “I’m calling you the next time I’m in New York. Or if you’re ever in St. Louis, we’ll have lunch or dinner.”
“Actually she’s—” Anya said, but Katrina cut her off right away.
“I’ll definitely call you. I’d love to get together.”
“Great.”
Grant wondered what that was all about. He’d have to ask her later.
“So, how about something to eat?” he asked after Cole and Savannah left. “I’m starving.”
“We’ve eaten tons in here,” Anya said. “Besides, I’m spending the night at Leah’s, so if you can drop me off at her place, that would be great.”
“I’m staying over at Bobby’s.”
Katrina looked at both of them. “How did I not know about these plans?”
“You do now.” Anya gave her a sweet smile. “I promised Leah a rundown of the game. And we’re going shopping tomorrow.”
“There’s an all-night video-game tournament going on. There are five of us playing, and I’m already late,” Leo said.
Katrina looked at Grant. “Sorry. But if you’re hungry, I’ll be happy to go with you.”
“Sure.”
He had a car waiting for them, and they dropped Leo off first since their apartment was closer.
“Thanks, Grant. I hope I get to see you again.”
“You will.”
Anya was next.
“Don’t you need overnight stuff?” Katrina asked.
“Already took care of that this afternoon when you were out running errands.”
Katrina shook her head. “The things you do that I don’t know about.”
“Sorry, warden. Next time I’ll file an agenda in advance. Thanks for the game tickets, Grant. Hope to see you soon.”
“You’re welcome. See ya.”
“Oh, and my sister will be in St. Louis next week for a photo shoot. You two should get together.” With a grin shot Katrina’s way, she was out the door in a flash.
That’s what Katrina had cut Anya off about. She was trying to avoid Anya telling Savannah she was going to be in St. Louis. Or, she was avoiding having Grant find out she was going to be in town.
That was more likely.
He leaned back in the car. “So … you’re going to be in my home city, huh?”
Katrina looked a little flustered about that. “Well, yes. I just got a call this morning about it.”
He wondered why she’d had no intention of telling him about it, either. He had no idea why she was so reluctant to be with him. He knew it wasn’t because they didn’t get along, and he knew damn well it wasn’t because they didn’t have any chemistry together. He was going to have to push the issue. “You have to let me show you around.”
“I … well, I do have to work.”
“Sure you do. So do I. But not twenty-four hours a day. You’ll have some downtime, right?”
“I suppose.”
“Then we should hang out. I promise it’ll be fun. Besides, your sister kind of ordered us to, didn’t she?”
She quirked a brow. “You really think I do whatever my little sister says I should?”