All Chapters of The Nerd and the Hockey King : Chapter 91 - Chapter 100

100 Chapters

Chapter 91: Finally Honesty

Ethan barely slept.Vanessa’s words echoed in his mind.“I’ve uncovered the biggest secret they’ve been hiding.”He had tried calling her back three times.Each call went straight to voicemail.By morning, the anxiety had become impossible to ignore.He texted Lila.Can we meet? It’s important.Her reply came almost immediately.The botanical garden? Ten minutes.The university botanical garden was quiet at that hour.Morning dew still clung to the flowers, and only a handful of students wandered the paths before class.Lila spotted Ethan sitting on their favorite bench beneath an old oak tree.He looked exhausted.She sat beside him.“You didn’t sleep.”He smiled weakly.“Was it that obvious?”“You have that wrinkle between your eyebrows.”He laughed softly.“I have a wrinkle?”“You do it when you’re worried.”“I didn’t know that.”“I’ve noticed it for a while.”The simple comment made him smile.She had been paying attention to him longer than he’d realized.“Is this about Vanessa?”

Chapter 92: Second Chances

The discovery of the second birth record stayed with Lila long after she left the archives.Two baby girls.Born minutes apart.One was hers.The other…She didn’t even know where to begin.For the first time in weeks, she wasn’t just chasing answers.She was standing on the edge of one.The next morning, Ethan waited outside the science building with two cups of tea.Not coffee.Tea.Lila smiled the moment she saw them.“You remembered.”He handed one to her.“You once told me tea helps when your mind won’t stop racing.”“I didn’t think you remembered that.”“I remember a lot of things about you.”She looked down at the warm cup in her hands, hiding the smile that spread across her face.“You’ve been doing that a lot lately.”“What?”“Remembering little things.”He shrugged.“I never stopped.”They began walking across campus together.For the first time since the fight, the silence between them wasn’t awkward.It was comfortable.Students still looked at them as they passed, whisper

Chapter 93: The Empty Office

Lila stood frozen in the doorway of Professor Carter’s office.It felt wrong.Not simply empty.Abandoned.The room that had once been crowded with books, research papers, and stacks of files now looked as though someone had erased an entire life overnight.The shelves were bare.The framed photographs had disappeared.Even the coffee mug that Carter always kept beside his computer was gone.Ethan walked in behind her.“He planned this.”Lila slowly nodded.“He didn’t leave in a hurry.”Vanessa stepped inside a moment later, carrying her laptop.“I checked with campus security.”“They haven’t seen him since yesterday afternoon.”Ethan frowned.“That’s impossible.”“I was here.”“I saw him.”Vanessa looked at him.“When?”“The day before the storm.”“He was working in this office.”“And the hidden archive was still here.”Lila turned sharply.“The hidden archive?”Ethan looked at her apologetically.“I wanted to tell you.”“I just…”“You were waiting until you had proof.”She finished.

Chapter 94: The Woman in the Station

Lila barely slept.Every time she closed her eyes, she saw the hooded figure standing across the street.By morning, she had convinced herself of one thing.Whoever had left the threatening message wasn’t trying to scare her away.They were watching her.Her phone buzzed as she poured herself a cup of tea.It was a text from Vanessa.Meet me at Central Station. I think I found something.Lila frowned.What is it?A few seconds passed before Vanessa replied.I don’t want to say it over text. Just come.Lila grabbed her jacket and hurried out the door.Ethan was already waiting outside the station when she arrived.“You got the message too?”He nodded.“I’ve been trying to call Vanessa. She isn’t answering.”The station was crowded with commuters rushing to catch morning trains.Announcements echoed through the building.Suitcases rolled across the polished floor.For a moment, it felt like any ordinary day.Then Vanessa came running toward them.Her breathing was uneven.“I was checkin

Chapter 95: Hope

Lila couldn’t stop looking at the security photo.Elena’s face filled the screen of her phone.Older.Tired.But unmistakably the same woman from the photographs Carter had hidden.She had been real.She hadn’t been a ghost from the past.She was alive.And for the first time, hope felt real enough to touch.The campus was unusually quiet that afternoon.Most students were still talking about Professor Carter’s disappearance, but Lila had stopped listening to the rumors.Every thought she had led back to Elena.She sat on a bench overlooking the lake, absentmindedly tracing circles on the lid of her coffee cup.A familiar voice broke the silence.“I thought I’d find you here.”She looked up.Ethan stood a few feet away, his hands tucked into the pockets of his jacket.“You always know where to look.”He smiled.“I’m getting better at it.”She laughed softly.“You are.”He sat beside her.For a while, neither of them spoke.The breeze stirred the surface of the lake, sending tiny rippl

Chapter 96: The Missing Evidence

Vanessa burst into the library carrying a cardboard archive box so carelessly that several folders nearly spilled onto the floor.“Lila!”Heads turned.The usually quiet library filled with curious stares.Lila immediately stood.“What happened?”“They’re gone.”Vanessa struggled to catch her breath.“The DNA samples.”Ethan frowned.“What do you mean, gone?”“The lab checked the storage vault twice.”“They’ve disappeared.”Lila felt the blood drain from her face.“But they were secured.”“They were.”Vanessa replied.“Someone used an authorized access code.”“So whoever took them…”“…had permission.”Or at least wanted the system to believe they did.For a long moment, none of them spoke.The missing DNA wasn’t just evidence.It was proof.Proof that someone was still trying to control the truth.An hour later, the four of them sat inside the university archives.Old financial ledgers covered the table.Vanessa had spent the morning requesting records from organizations connected to

Chapter 97: The Confession

No one spoke after Richard’s words.The old archives suddenly felt too small.Too quiet.Lila stared at him, waiting.“So…” she said carefully, “who signed the document?”Richard looked down at the financial records in his hands. He seemed older than he had the day before.“I need you all to promise me something.”Ethan frowned.“Dad…”“Please.”His voice was unusually serious.“If I’m going to tell you this, you have to hear all of it before you judge me.”Lila’s stomach tightened.She nodded.“I promise.”Vanessa and Ethan exchanged a glance before agreeing.Richard slowly lowered himself into a chair.“I’ve kept this secret for eighteen years.”Lila felt her heartbeat quicken.“Eighteen years?”Richard nodded.“I didn’t hide it because I wanted to.”“I hid it because I thought I was protecting people.”He rubbed a hand across his face.“Maybe I was wrong.”Silence settled over the room.Then he began.“I knew Elena.”Lila’s breath caught.Not from newspaper clippings.Not from old

Chapter 98: One Last Chance

Ethan stood motionless in the parking lot long after Professor Carter’s words faded into silence.The phone was still pressed against his ear.“Professor?”No answer.“Professor Carter!”Only static.Then the call disconnected.He immediately called the number back.This number is unavailable.His pulse quickened.The call hadn’t lasted more than a minute, yet it had changed everything.“I wasn’t the only one watching you.”The words echoed in his head.Less than twenty minutes later, Ethan was driving toward the address Carter had quietly given him before ending the call.It was an abandoned church on the outskirts of the city.The place looked forgotten.Tall weeds surrounded the cracked stone walls, and stained-glass windows had long since been broken by time.The parking lot was empty.Ethan stepped out of his truck and looked around.“Professor?”His voice disappeared into the silence.The old church door creaked open.Carter stood inside.He looked exhausted.His beard had grown

Chapter 99: The Truth Changes Shape

The silence in the archives felt heavier than ever.For the first time in months, Lila’s phone hadn’t buzzed with an anonymous message.No threats.No warnings.No mysterious emails.It should have felt like a victory.Instead, it felt as if someone had simply stopped speaking because they no longer needed to.Vanessa closed her laptop with a quiet sigh.“I don’t like this.”Lila looked up from the stack of birth records.“You think they’re planning something?”“I think people don’t disappear.”“They wait.”Before Lila could answer, the archive door opened.Ethan stepped inside.He looked tired, but there was something different about him.A quiet determination.Lila immediately noticed the old brown envelope tucked beneath his arm.“You found Carter.”Ethan nodded.“I did.”Vanessa stood so quickly her chair scraped across the floor.“Is he all right?”“I think so.”“He can’t come back yet.”“Why not?”“Because he believes someone inside the university is helping cover this up.”Neit

Chapter 100: The Hospital

The ambulance arrived within minutes.Everything after that happened in a blur.Lila barely remembered climbing into Ethan’s truck behind the ambulance.She barely noticed the red traffic lights they passed or the rain beginning to fall again.Her eyes never left the flashing emergency lights ahead.Vanessa had collapsed.One moment they had been discussing birth records.The next…She wasn’t moving.Lila sat with her hands clasped tightly in her lap.“She’s going to be okay.”Ethan said quietly.Lila nodded, though she wasn’t sure she believed it.“I should’ve noticed.”“You couldn’t have.”“She kept saying she was tired.”“She hadn’t been eating properly.”“I should’ve said something.”Ethan reached across the center console and gently squeezed her hand.“You don’t have to carry every bad thing that happens.”She looked at him.“I know.”“But I always try.”“I know.”The emergency department was crowded.Doctors and nurses rushed through the corridors.Monitors beeped from every dir

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