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CHAPTER 200 AVAThe courtroom gallery was a sea of tense, collective breath as the judge finally hammered his gavel down, the sharp sound echoing like a gunshot through the silent room.My heart was hammering so violently against my ribs I was certain everyone around me could hear it. I sat tightly pressed against Liam on one side and Olivia on the other, our hands locked together in a white-knuckled grip. We had poured everything into this day….every decrypted file, every piece of unassailable evidence, every ounce of courage we had left.As the judge read through the final verdict, clearing Liam’s mother, Anita, of every single fabricated charge Senator Hayes had weaponized against her, the heavy, suffocating weight that had crushed our lives for months simply evaporated.A choked, disbelieving sob tore from Liam’s throat as the courtroom guards unlocked the partition. He didn't wait; he bolted forward, crashing into his mother’s arms as she stepped out, burying his face in her sho
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CHAPTER 199LIAMThe roar of the sold-out stadium wasn’t just loud…it was a living, breathing entity that shook the concrete foundations of the arena. Thousands of fans, a sea of bright team colors and flashing camera phones, packed the bleachers to the absolute rafters. Tonight was the championship finals.Standing in the tunnel with my stick gripped tight in my hands, I could feel the dull, persistent ache in my ribs from the hard hit I'd taken days ago. Every breath was a reminder of the bruised cartilage beneath my jersey, but the sharp sting of adrenaline completely eclipsed the pain. This was it. Everything we had fought for..the endless practices, the late-night panic, and the lingering threat of Nic’s dirty plays…came down to the next sixty minutes of ice."Let’s go, boys! Leave it all out there!" I yelled over the deafening ambient din, slamming my stick against the rubber flooring.When our varsity squad hit the ice, the stadium erupted. Across the red line, Nic’s team stood
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CHAPTER 198 AVAThe midday sun was glaring mercilessly against the glass facade of the city’s municipal plaza, but I barely noticed the heat. I was staring straight at the wall-mounted television screen in Liam’s private hospital room, my breath caught in my throat.The hospital bed was cranked up just enough for Liam to lean back against a stack of pillows. He looked profoundly miserable, his upper torso strapped tightly with medical binders to immobilize his fractured ribs, an IV drip taped to the back of his hand. Despite the doctors' strict orders to rest and avoid any sudden spikes in blood pressure, neither of us could tear our eyes away from the broadcast.Senator Hayes was live on air.He looked entirely unraveled. The polished, untouchable facade of a charismatic politician had completely evaporated, replaced by a desperate, sweaty man in a rumpled suit standing behind a podium cluttered with microphones. His campaign team was scrambling in the background, desperately trying
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CHAPTER 197AVAAfter the match, we decided to take Liam to the hospital as he needs to be treated to enable him to play in the finals. Waving a final goodbye to Emily and Stacey I helped Liam into Olivia’s car and we drove off.The sterile smell of antiseptic hit the back of my throat the second the emergency room doors slid shut behind us. My hands were still shaking, adrenaline giving way to a sickening, hollow dread as the nurses wheeled Liam back toward the triage bays for an immediate X-ray on his ribs."He's going to be fine, Ava. Liam's practically made of titanium and stubbornness," Olivia said, her voice unusually gentle as she wrapped a comforting arm around my shoulders in the waiting room. But even Olivia’s trademark cool composure had a frayed edge to it.The finals are in four days and I don’t think that’s enough time for him to recover. Knowing Nic he is going to make sure Liam falls after finding out Stacey abandoned him….I was genuinely scared for Liam. As the doctor
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CHAPTER 196LIAMThe days leading up to the semifinals felt less like preparation and more like waiting for a storm to break. The sheer physical toll of our daily ice practices, made my body feel like it was held together by athletic tape and stubborn willpower. But nothing focuses the mind quite like knowing you’re stepping onto a battlefield.When game day finally arrived, the atmosphere inside the stadium was suffocating. The air smelled of popcorn, damp wool, and stale sweat, cut through by the sharp, electric hum of thousands of fans packed into the bleachers. The noise was a physical entity, a wall of sound that reverberated right through the rubber soles of my skates as I stepped onto the ice for warm-ups.Through the tinted glass of the penalty box, I scanned the lower bowl of the stands. It didn't take long to find them. Ava was sitting in the front row next to Emily, her hands tightly gripping the silver railing, knuckles stark white. Even from this distance, I could see the
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CHAPTER 195AVAThe words hung in the crisp afternoon air, heavy and absolute.For a terrifying, endless second, absolute silence reigned. My eyes went wide, the color draining slightly from my face as my brain struggled to process the seismic collision of my best friend and the girl entangled in my worst nightmare. Emily and Stacey together? The old, defensive panic flickered behind my gaze… the phantom echo of everything that had happened with Nic and the campus drama.Before I could completely spiral, Liam shifted smoothly, his hand gently rubbing soothing circles into my back while his calm, steady presence anchored me. He didn't react with anger or shock; he just watched them with a quiet, observant maturity that instantly grounded my racing pulse.I let out a shaky, breathless laugh, my hands coming up to cover my mouth. “You… you guys? Since when? How long have you been—?”“A little while now,” Stacey interrupted softly, her voice uncharacteristically gentle and devoid of its u
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