SCORED HER HEART, NOT THE PUCK.
Instead, I reached for the remote, needing noise, needing distraction, needing anything but the thoughts spiraling through my head and to drown her out.
Fine. If she wanted to play savior to a con artist, that was her cross to carry.
“Yeah, sit here and feel sorry for yourself,” she muttered. “That’ll fix everything.”
The screen came to life. The news anchor’s voice filled the room.
"Breaking news in the Wallace family case. After a swift trial, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace have been sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole. Evidence of human trafficking, organ harvesting, and systematic abuse of minors proved overwhelming—"
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