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Chapter 125

My Hockey Alpha Chapter 125

Pebbles at the Window

Nina

I cocked my head. My mother smiled up at me and pushed the plate containing my sandwich into my hands.

“Eat up, honey,” she said. “Are you alright? You look like you’ve lost a lot of weight.”

“U-Um… I’ve just been stressed.” I picked my sandwich up off my plate and took a bite, chewing for a moment, before speaking again. “Are you sure you don’t know about the Peacekeepers? The school doctor that I’ve been working with–”

“You know what?” my mother interrupted, stretching and feigning an obviously fake yawn. “It’s late, and we’ve got to be up early tomorrow to catch our flight.”

Now, I frowned and watched as she turned somewhat robotically and started to walk out of the kitchen. “But you said that we would be leaving in a couple of days…”

My mother froze again. “Did I?” she asked, her back still turned to me. “I guess I just misspoke. No, our tickets are set for first thing in the morning.”

“Oh…” I paused, looking down at the sandwich on my plate. “Okay.”

“Good night, honey.”

“Good night, mom.”

finished my sandwich, puzzling over why my mother acted like she didn’t know about the Peacekeepers. In fact, her entire demeanor was a bit strange, almost scripted. It was unsettling,

before grabbing my suitcase out of

sense of nostalgia that overshadowed my mother’s strange behavior. Sighing, I fell backwards and splayed

window. I didn’t get up right away; instead, I chalked it up to the wind or the branch of the tree that sat right

I heard

only to see something small and round hit it again,

I whispered to myself. I stood and tiptoed over to my window, peeking out from behind the curtains. My jaw dropped as I saw Enzo

window open and

did you find me?!” I half whispered, half shouted out the

climbed up the

sudden appearance, especially after how he’d spoken to me in the locker room and even more so

sorry for how I acted,” he said quietly. “I’ve been a

arms wrap around

my eyes. “You can’t stay,” I whispered, taking a step back and wiping the tears away with my hand. “Your father… I

eyes widened. “You spoke to my

said that if I get involved with you, he knows where my mom and my brother

was another long silence. Enzo let out a deep, rattled sigh. When I looked up, he was

been pushing me away?” I

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