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Faking It With The Hockey Playboy Chapter 127
Lila POVI do not know how long I sat on that floor.Long enough for the sun to set outside my window. Long enough for the house to grow quiet as my mother and Robert finished dinner downstairs without me. Long enough for my legs to go numb from sitting in the same position.The marks on my arms had faded from red to pink. They would be gone by tomorrow, leaving no evidence of what I had done to myself. Just like everything else in my life lately, the pain was temporary but the damage underneath lasted longer.I heard footsteps in the hallway outside my room. Heavy footsteps. Not my mother's quick, angry steps. These were slower, more hesitant.Then a soft knock on my door."Lila?" Ryan's voice came through the wood. "Can I come in?"I did not answer. I just stared at the door, wondering what he could possibly want from me now.The doorknob turned, but the door only opened a crack before hitting the chair I had wedged under the handle."Lila, please," Ryan said. "I need to talk to you
Faking It With The Hockey Playboy Chapter 126
Lila POVWhen I got home from school that afternoon, my mother was waiting for me in the living room.She did not say a word. She just held out her hand.I knew what she wanted."Mom, please," I started to say."Give me your phone, Lila," she said coldly. "And your laptop.""But I need them for school. I need them to—""You need them for nothing. You have proven that you cannot be trusted with technology. You used it to write those disgusting stories. You used it to communicate with boys who are clearly a bad influence on you. So now you lose the privilege."My hands shook as I pulled my phone from my pocket and handed it to her. She took it without looking at me."The laptop too," she said.I went upstairs to my room and retrieved my laptop from my desk. When I brought it down, my mother was already disconnecting the internet router."You will go to school, you will come straight home, and you will stay in your room. No phone. No internet. No communication with anyone until this mess
Faking It With The Hockey Playboy Chapter 125
Derek POVMy teammates walked away after that, leaving me standing alone with James.Well, almost alone. A few students had witnessed the entire confrontation, and they were staring at me with a mixture of shock and curiosity."That was intense," James said quietly, looking at my swollen lip. "You should put ice on that.""I am fine," I said, though my jaw was throbbing.James studied me for a long moment. "You really care about her, do not you? This is not just about doing the right thing. You actually have feelings for Lila."I did not deny it. There was no point anymore."Yeah," I admitted. "I do.""Even though it might cost you everything?" James asked."Especially because it might cost me everything," I replied. "If I walk away now, if I abandon her to save myself, then what kind of person does that make me?"James was quiet for a moment, then he nodded slowly. "Okay. So what is the plan?"I looked at him in surprise. "What?""The plan," James repeated. "You are trying to defend
Faking It With The Hockey Playboy Chapter 124
Derek POVThe reaction to my speech was mixed.Some students took the petitions I offered, reading them carefully before deciding whether to sign. Others walked away shaking their heads, clearly not interested in defending Lila.But at least some people were listening. At least I had planted a seed of doubt about the narrative everyone had accepted as truth.I watched Lila walk into the school building, her shoulders hunched, her face pale and exhausted. She looked like she had been through hell. And she had. Because of me. Because I had been too weak to stand up for her when it mattered most.But I was done being weak."Derek!"I turned to see James jogging toward me, his face tight with concern. James had been my closest friend on the team since I transferred to this school. He was one of the few people who actually knew me beyond my reputation as the bad boy hockey player."Hey," I said, giving him a slight nod."What are you doing, man?" James asked, looking at the petitions in my
Faking It With The Hockey Playboy Chapter 123
Lila POVThe drive home from school was silent except for the sound of my mother crying quietly in the front seat.I sat in the back, staring out the window, my fever making everything feel distant and unreal. The three day deadline kept repeating in my mind like a countdown to my execution.Three days to prove I deserved a second chance.Three days to find teachers who would speak on my behalf after what I had written.Three days to explain the unexplainable.It felt impossible.When we arrived home, my mother went straight to her room and slammed the door. I heard her sobbing through the walls, and the sound made my chest ache with guilt.Robert stood in the hallway looking lost and tired. He gave me a sad look before following my mother upstairs.I dragged myself to my room and collapsed on my bed, still wearing my school uniform. My fever had gotten worse throughout the meeting. I was shaking with chills one moment and burning up the next.But I could not sleep. Every time I close
Faking It With The Hockey Playboy Chapter 122
Lila POVThe principal's office felt like a courtroom.I sat in a chair facing a long table where three administrators sat watching me with stern expressions. Principal Hayes was in the center, flanked by Vice Principal Morrison and the Dean of Students, Mr. Carter.My mother sat to my right, her posture perfect, her face a mask of controlled fury. Robert sat to my left, his hands folded in his lap, looking uncomfortable and sad.And I sat between them, burning with fever, shaking with fear, feeling like I was about to collapse at any moment."Thank you for coming in today," Principal Hayes began, her voice formal and cold. "I know this is a difficult situation for everyone involved."My mother opened her mouth to speak, but Principal Hayes held up her hand."Please, Mrs. Richmond, let me finish. Then you will have your opportunity to speak."My mother pressed her lips together tightly but nodded.Principal Hayes turned her attention to me, and I felt like I was being examined under a
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