My Hockey Alpha Chapter 126

Romeo and Juliet

Nina

My door swung open. Enzo’s eyes went wide as he looked at something behind me, and when I turned, my own eyes widened too. My mother was standing in the doorway, her nostrils flaring angrily and her eyes full of fiery fury, and she was holding a baseball bat. Before I could stop her, she rushed at me and then, for some reason, she put herself protectively between Enzo and I.

“I know who you are and why you’re here,” she snarled, her voice low and angry. “Get away from my daughter before I kill you.”

My mother pointed the baseball bat at Enzo, poised to strike. Meanwhile, he stood in front of her with his hands held up in surrender and a confused look on his face.

“Mom,” I pleaded, grabbing her arm. “It’s okay. This is just Enzo. He’s a friend of mine.”

“Bullshit,” she snarled, prodding him with the baseball bat and causing him to back up against the window. “I’m doing exactly what your father told me to do, kid. What more do you people want?”

“What?” Enzo said, confused. “I have no idea what you’re talking about, Mrs. Harper. I’m only here to talk to Nina.”

the baseball bat up above her head. She swung it hard and fast toward Enzo with all of her strength, but

yelp and rolled to the left as she almost hit him again. They began to circle the room like this, with my mother repeatedly trying to hit him with the baseball bat and Enzo dodging this way and that in order to avoid

I screamed for

halfway out the window. His face was wrought with a mixture of confusion and regret as he climbed out the window and back down the tree to the motorcycle, but I was too preoccupied trying to pin my mother down and get her to calm down enough to explain what was

in a bear hug, pinning her arms down to her sides. I heard the sound of the motorcycle engine rev, and then heard it fade into the distance. When it did, I finally

suddenly sprung into action and grabbed my suitcase. She shoved it in my hands, then ran out of my room and across the hall to Taylor’s room. I chased after her as she flung the door open — Taylor was already awake,

dropping my suitcase on the floor as my chest heaved from the anxiety of the whole situation, “you have to explain to me

is Richard Rivers’ son, isn’t he?”

“Yeah, but–”

in college. He’s the reason why your brother is like

what?” Taylor said, throwing his blanket off of his legs and clamoring out of bed. “What are you

car,” my mom said, shutting and zipping Taylor’s suitcase. “We have to

exchanged confused looks before I ran after her. I

trying to hide the fact that my voice was quivering,

stop at nothing to get what he wants.

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