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Chapter 71 - The Regionals
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~Maya’s POV~I brought coffee to the rink that morning the same way I had almost every morning these past three weeks, though lately I'd started timing my arrival a little earlier than strictly necessary, just to catch the last few minutes of Caleb running drills before Soraya showed up.Small thing. Selfish thing, maybe. I didn't examine it too closely.Soraya was already limping noticeably by the time I settled into my usual spot along the boards, her leg clearly protesting every hard stop Caleb pushed her through. She'd been favoring it more this week than last, though she never said so out loud, and Caleb had started building extra rest into the drills without making a production out of it, the kind of quiet accommodation that told me he'd noticed too, even if neither of them wanted to say it plainly."One more set," Caleb called from center ice. "Then we're done for the day.""You said that twenty minutes ago," Soraya shot back.She was already lining up for the drill anyway, stu
365 Days With The Hockey Player I Hate Chapter 71 - The Regionals
~~~Soraya~~~Coach Bennett didn't sugarcoat it when I finally got her on the phone."Camp administration isn't pulling your invite," she said, and I felt my whole chest loosen for one brief second before she kept going. "But they want something to point to. Something that proves the story doesn't define you. There's a regional showcase in three weeks. Bigger stage than your last game, multiple scouting programs in attendance, including the one who already extended you an invite. If you play, and play well, it gives everyone a much easier story to tell than the one currently circulating.""And if I don't play well?" I said breathlessly."Then we deal with that when it happens." Her voice softened slightly. "I believe in you, Soraya. I wouldn't be fighting this hard for a spot I didn't think you'd earned fair and square. But I'd be lying if I said the stakes weren't higher this time."I sat with that for a long moment after we hung up, staring down at my leg, still healing, still not e
365 Days With The Hockey Player I Hate Chapter 70 - Bigger than campus
~~~Soraya~~~The phone rang at 5:42 in the morning, dragging me up out of sleep so fast my heart was already pounding before I even managed to answer it."Hello?""Soraya, it's Coach Bennett. I'm sorry to call this early." Her voice had a tightness to it I hadn't heard before, careful and controlled in a way that immediately set my nerves on edge."Have you checked anything online yet this morning?""No. I just woke up." I sat up slowly, reaching for the light. "What happened?""The rumor got picked up." She stayed silent, brief but heavy."By a real outlet this time. A hockey recruiting blog with a decent following, the kind scouts actually follow for prospect updates. They ran a version of the story overnight. Framed it as a question mark on your character rather than a confirmed fact, which is the only reason it's not worse than it already is, but Soraya,it's out there now. Really out there. Not just campus gossip anymore."My stomach dropped straight through the mattress. "How ba
365 Days With The Hockey Player I Hate Chapter 69 - Caught
~~~Soraya~~~Campus security had installed a camera outside my door two days after the package showed up, along with a promise to review footage from the courtyard and increase patrols around my building at night. Nothing had turned up yet. No new packages, no more figures standing beneath streetlights, just a careful, watchful quiet that felt more like held breath than actual safety.I tried not to think about it too hard. Some mornings that worked better than others.Today, at least, was quiet in the ordinary way. Sunlight through the blinds instead of dread, my leg propped up on a pillow while I worked through the stretches the physical therapist had given me, slow and careful, counting under my breath the way she'd taught me.Maya was supposed to bring lunch back from the dining hall. She'd left almost forty minutes ago for what should have been a fifteen-minute trip.I texted her. No response.I tried again ten minutes later, and when that went unanswered too, I hauled myself up
365 Days With The Hockey Player I Hate Chapter 68 - Who's behind it
~~~Declan~~~The flight landed a little after six in the morning, local time, the sky outside the window still bruised with early gray light. I turned my phone back on the second the wheels touched down, half expecting a wall of missed calls from my father, bracing myself for whatever fresh wave of consequences waited on the other side of airplane mode.Nothing came through. No calls. No messages. Just silence, which somehow felt worse than a hundred angry texts would have.I told myself it didn't mean anything. I told myself a lot of things on the drive from the airport back to the apartment my father had arranged for me, staring out the window at streets that still didn't feel like they belonged to me no matter the duration I spent walking them.The apartment felt different the second I stepped through the door. Too quiet, too still, like the air itself had shifted while I was gone. I set my bag down and reached for the light switch, and that's when I noticed the first thing wrong.
365 Days With The Hockey Player I Hate Chapter 67 - Alone
~~~Soraya~~~Declan's plane had been in the air for exactly forty minutes when my phone buzzed for the first time.Unknown number.‘Wonder how long it takes him to disappear again this time.’My stomach dropped straight through the airport floor. Maya's arm tightened around my shoulders, and I realized she'd read it over my shoulder at the exact same second I had."Ignore it," she said, though her voice had gone tight and careful. "Whoever this is, as usual they want a reaction. Don't give into it."I shoved the phone into my bag and let Caleb steer us toward the exit, the fluorescent airport lights blurring past as my mind raced through everything I refused to let myself think about too closely. Whoever was doing this had known, almost immediately, that Declan was gone. That kind of timing wasn't luck. That kind of timing meant somebody was watching close enough to know exactly when I'd be alone.We got back to campus a little before dark. Maya insisted on walking me straight to my d
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