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16.What Sarah Started 2.0

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Jace's POV

I knew before Liam said a single word that I wasn't going to like whatever came next.

He'd been quiet all through practice,not unusual for him after a big game, except this kind of quiet had a different weight to it. Lighter. Distracted in a way that had nothing to do with hockey. I caught him smiling at his phone twice during water breaks. I already knew who it was from. I just wasn't ready to hear him say it.

He waited until the locker room had mostly cleared out before he came and
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