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Making The Choice
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Kade POVPacking up my apartment should be simple, throw my stuff in boxes, haul it to Rook’s place, and be done with it. But my mind keeps dragging me back. Back to Shattuck-St. Mary’s. Back to what Rook said about us meeting before I even knew who he was.The only memory I have is the night he walked in on me with some girl. But that can’t be it. There has to be more. I shove a few things into a box, but I’m barely paying attention now. Digging through my memory, I think about those years, about any moment that stands out.And then it clicks. Turning toward Rook, I watch him toss one of my old jerseys in the air, lazily catching it like he has all the time in the world.I narrow my eyes. “Hey.”He glances at me, still smirking. “What?”“You said we met before the AHL. Before everything. And you were at Shattuck the same time as me?”Rook nods, stretching like this is the most comfortable conversation in the world. “Yeah. Why? Still struggling with your memory, old man?”Ignoring tha
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