Pucking My Hockey Rival
They had three hundred thousand followers and a record of stories that could only have come from people inside facilities, inside locker rooms, inside the specific quiet corners of arenas where cameras did not reach.
I set the file down on my desk. I pressed my palms flat against the surface and looked at the wall and breathed through the thing moving in my chest, which was not panic, I did not panic, but which sat in the same neighborhood.
A twenty-three-year-old who needed money. A gossip account that paid for access. A tunnel at eleven forty-three at night and two men standing closer than rivals stand.
I picked up my phone. I held it for a long time.