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Chapter 16: Take Back Control
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The Nerd and the Hockey King Chapter 45: The Last Person
Nobody spoke.Nobody moved.The words seemed to hang in the cold night air.“Your mother was the last person who saw Lily alive.”Lila felt like the ground had disappeared beneath her feet.“What?”The word barely came out.Carter’s gaze never left hers.Not angry.Not cold.Just tired.Deeply tired.Beside her, Ethan had gone completely still.Richard looked uncomfortable.Her father looked devastated.Only Carter seemed calm.“That’s a lie.”The words came from her father immediately.Sharp.Protective.Carter laughed softly.Not because it was funny.Because he’d heard that response before.“It isn’t.”“It is.”The two men stared at each other.Years of bitterness passed silently between them.Lila suddenly felt exhausted.“Stop.”Both men looked at her.“No more half-truths.”Tears stung her eyes.“I’m tired of people deciding what I can handle.”Silence.She turned to Carter.“What happened?”His jaw tightened.Then slowly he looked at the photograph in his hand.“Lily was seven.
The Nerd and the Hockey King Chapter 44: The Man at the Door
For a moment, neither Lila nor Ethan moved.The knock echoed through the house again.Hard.Urgent.Desperate.“Open the door, Ethan.”Professor Carter’s voice carried through the quiet house.Lila felt her stomach drop.“No.”The word escaped before she could stop it.Ethan immediately stepped in front of her.Protective.Instinctive.“Lila, go upstairs.”“What?”“Now.”She stared at him.“Ethan”“Please.”The seriousness in his voice made her pause.For the first time since she’d met him, Ethan genuinely looked scared.Not for himself.For her.Another knock rattled the front door.“Ethan.”Carter’s voice sounded strained.Almost desperate.“We need to talk.”“No, we don’t,” Ethan muttered.Lila’s heart pounded.Part of her wanted to hide.Part of her wanted answers.The second part was winning.“I’m not going upstairs.”Ethan looked frustrated immediately.“Lila.”“No.”The argument ended when another voice echoed from outside.A familiar voice.“Lila.”Her breath caught.Her fathe
The Nerd and the Hockey King Chapter 43: The Photograph
Lila stared at the picture.Her fingers tightened around the frame.My little sister.The words felt impossible.Wrong.Confusing.Terrifying.She looked back at the smiling girl beside Ethan.Dark curls.Bright eyes.A smile that looked painfully familiar.The same girl from the photo Carter had sent.The same girl her father said had died.Lily.“No way.”Lila sat down heavily on the edge of the bed.Her mind raced.None of this made sense.Why would Ethan have a picture of Lily?Why would he call her his little sister?How was he connected to Carter?And why had nobody mentioned this?The room suddenly felt too small.Too hot.Too full of secrets.Without thinking, she grabbed the frame and left the room.Ethan was downstairs.She found him in the kitchen.Standing by the counter.A bottle of water in one hand.His phone in the other.He looked up immediately when she entered.Then noticed the photograph.And froze.The color drained from his face.“Lila.”“What is this?”Silence.
The Nerd and the Hockey King Chapter 42: The Girl Who Didn’t Survive
Lila sat in silence the entire drive.Nobody tried forcing conversation.Nobody knew what to say.How could they?Less than an hour ago she thought her biggest problem was a leaked kiss and a stupid bet.Now she had learned she was adopted.And somehow her life was connected to a dead girl she’d never met.A girl who looked exactly like her.A girl named Lily Carter.The thought made her stomach twist.She stared out the passenger window while streetlights blurred past.Her father’s car drove ahead of them.Maya had gone home with promises to call first thing in the morning.Vanessa had disappeared without her usual sarcastic comments.For once, even she looked shaken.Which left Ethan.And unfortunately, Ethan was impossible to ignore.Especially in the silence.Especially after everything.Especially when he kept glancing at her every few seconds.Like he was worried she might break.Maybe she already had.“You don’t have to keep checking on me.”Her voice surprised both of them.Et
The Nerd and the Hockey King Chapter 41: The Truth About Lily
Nobody moved.Nobody spoke.The parking lot felt frozen in time as Professor Carter’s words hung in the air.“Ask him why your blood type doesn’t match either of your parents.”Then Carter got back into the SUV.The door closed.The engine started.And within seconds, the black vehicle disappeared into the darkness.Leaving devastation behind.Lila stood completely still.Her father looked pale.Ethan looked confused.Maya and Vanessa exchanged alarmed glances.But all Lila could hear was the sound of her own heartbeat.Blood type.What did blood type have to do with anything?Slowly, she turned toward her father.“Dad?”He didn’t answer.“Dad.”This time her voice cracked.His eyes closed briefly.Like he had been expecting this moment for years.And dreading it.When he finally looked at her, she knew.Before he said a single word.She knew.Something terrible was coming.Something life-changing.Something that would split her life into before and after.“Let’s go home,” he said qui
The Nerd and the Hockey King Chapter 40: Don’t Trust Carter
Lila stared at the last message from her father until the words blurred together.He knows where you are.A chill ran down her spine.The parking lot suddenly felt too open.Too exposed.Too vulnerable.She looked around instinctively, half expecting Professor Carter’s black SUV to appear again.Nothing.Just the distant hum of traffic and the cold night air pressing against her skin.“Okay,” Maya said, her voice unusually serious. “Nobody panicked.”Vanessa raised an eyebrow.“You literally sound like someone who’s panicking.”“I’m trying to be supportive.”“You look like you’re about to throw up.”“I might.”Despite everything, Lila almost smiled.Almost.Ethan hadn’t let go of her hand.Not tightly.Not possessively.Just enough for her to know he was there.Grounding her.Steady.Lila looked down at their joined hands.Then slowly pulled away.Not because she wanted to.Because everything between them had become too complicated.Ethan noticed.Of course he noticed.But he didn’t s
The Nerd and the Hockey King Chapter 33: The Video They Weren’t Supposed to Find
Lila felt her heartbeat stop for a second.Vanessa’s words hung heavily in the cold air.They found the video.No one spoke immediately.Because everyone already understood which video she meant.Ethan’s face was drained of color.“How?” he asked sharply.Vanessa looked furious and panicked at the
The Nerd and the Hockey King Chapter 32: No More Secrets
For a second, Lila just stared at Maya.Like maybe she heard her wrong.But the look on Maya’s face confirmed everything.The video was real.And it was already spreading.Ethan cursed under his breath and took Maya’s phone immediately.Lila watched his expression darken as he scrolled.“It’s every
The Nerd and the Hockey King Chapter 31: After the Bet
Lila stared at the comment until the words stopped looking real.She still doesn’t know what Ethan did after the bet ended.A cold feeling settled deep in her stomach.Beside her, Ethan went completely still.Which told her everything.He knew exactly what the comment meant.Slowly, Lila looked up
The Nerd and the Hockey King Chapter 30: Before it was Real
The rain kept falling around them.Cold.Heavy.Neither Lila nor Ethan moved.Her phone felt too heavy in her hand now as she stared at the new video preview on the screen.Ethan noticed immediately.His expression darkened the second he saw it.“Lila,” he said carefully, “don’t watch that right no
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