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.

bad. How are you guys?" I

put you on FaceTime; the

I could object, the call switched to video mode. Suddenly, I was looking at a sea of faces-my would-be apprentices, all sweaty and out

it's Enzo!"

coming back, man? We miss you!"

in view. "As you can see, you've made quite the impression. They're practically counting the days until

sheer joy of watching a team

need something, Enzo?" Tim asked,

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

of hope, of expectation. I couldn't bring myself to let them down, not when they'd given me something to look

in," I finally managed to say. "I wanted to let everyone know

We can't wait," Tim said, and the screen filled