My Hockey Alpha
K paused while the waiter poured my coffee, then spoke again when the waiter walked away.
“I’ve got plenty of information,” he said. “Where do you want me to start?”
I bit my lip and fiddled with my coffee cup as I thought. “From the beginning, I guess,” I replied. “When did you know for sure that they’re real, and how do you know?”
K ran his hand along his beard, stroking it. “My wife and infant daughter were killed by one,” he said.
My eyes widened. “I’m so sorry.”
“It happened a long time ago,” he replied. “Not that I don’t still grieve for them every day.”
“Why were they killed?”