My Hockey Alpha by Eve Above Story PDF

Chapter 0502

"Another day, maybe," Luke said, matching my gaze. "We'll find him. I promise."

I nodded as I put the truck into drive. "I hope so," I murmured, veering out onto the road. "And when we do... I'm gonna kill him."

After dropping Luke off, I parked my truck in the driveway, its headlights casting long shadows that danced across the front lawn.

I sat there for a moment, staring at the house that had become my sanctuary. My thoughts lingered on Nina, on the baby, on all the what-ifs that chumed in my mind like the stormy sea. Despite everything Luke had said- truths I knew in my gut were right-I couldn't shake the uneasy feeling that gripped me.

Leaving Nina alone, especially now, felt like an insurmountable task. My hand hovered over the ignition, hesitating to turn it off. If I stepped out, if I walked through that door, I'd be one step closer to leaving her for a dream job that had been, up until this evening, exactly what I'd wanted.

Driven by instinct, I pulled out my phone and dialed Tim's number. The call went through, and I heard the familiar ringtone echo in the confines of the truck.

"Enzo! How's it going?" Tim's voice crackled through the speaker.

How are you guys?" I tried to

good. Just wrapping up practice. Hold on, let me put you on

Suddenly, I was looking at

it's Enzo!" someone

are you coming back, man? We miss

was in view. "As you can see, you've made quite

in the chest. I had wanted this so badly. The camaraderie, the competition, the sheer joy of watching a team grow and evolve under

need something, Enzo?" Tim asked, pulling me out of

mouth to say it, to tell him that my wife was pregnant, that I couldn't take the job. But the

screen were so full of hope, of expectation. I couldn't bring myself to let them down,

I was just checking in," I finally managed to say. "I wanted to

said, and the screen