The Hockey Star’s Remorse

Chapter 20

Timothy didn’t seem to mind carrying me down the mountain by himself. He was determined to keep me in his arms, and that alone put me on alert. I could feel his own heart beating beneath my fingers, its pace dangerously fast.

On the way down, we discovered my phone lying at the trunk of a tree in surprisingly good condition.

An hour later, we reached the hotel in a state of exhaustion.

There was enough juice left for me to see the new text that appeared on my screen. There was no name with the number, so I opened it out of curiosity.

I’ve found out where you are, Coco, it read.

The phone slipped from my hand, and I fell back against the mattress. It felt like the wind had been knocked out of me as the words flashed before my eyes. Coco.

There was only one person who called me Coco. A despicable man, if I could even associate him with being human. I checked the text again, the words the same as

before.

My breaths became ragged and short. That feeling of suffocation returned, my airways constricting as I turned over desperately. My eyes shifted around the

room.

My pills. I need my pills.

My face was wet with tears. Between desperate gasps for air and the swelling in my ankle, I felt utterly hopeless. Amid tearing through all my belongings, everything was strewn across the floor in messy heaps.

After all this time, Bruce had gained control of me

He always did.

There was a loud knock at my door, and I screamed in ala time more determined.

It came again, this

“Evie, open up!” my boss, Mr. Erickson’s, harsh voice came through the door. “You’ve got some explaining to do!”

I clenched my teeth. Now just wasn’t the time.

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this door now, or

pull myself away from the floor. I wiped my face on my shirt sleeve and limped toward the door. The banging continued as I unbolted the lock and opened it with

didn’t bother with any greeting. He pushed past me and entered the room, his face puffed up with anger. When I turned, he had an accusing finger pointed

to screw it up. You couldn’t

was making it worse. I was already drowning, and he

my ear and I turned to see who had intruded on the conversation. I stumbled back

room,” he said softly, lifting a red bag that looked like my own. “Figured it belonged to

to my knees and coughed. Sweat dripped off my forehead and onto my shaking hands as

my side and placed a hand on

on?”

pointed at the red bag in his hands and spoke between gasps,

thought, he was unzipping the bag and rummaging through its contents. He pulled out the small bottle and held

into sobs as he unscrewed the top to the pill bottle and slid two capsules into his palm. He crawled toward me as I curled into a ball, my body hot and cold all at once. He brought his hand to my mouth and pressed

he said, his voice gentle but

back.

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I let the pills fall into my mouth and scrape their way down my dry throat. I still

she doing?” The

now!” Timothy

boss clamped his

his hand and lifted me up until I was sitting on my knees, facing him. “We’ve got to slow that

do this….” I

my shoulders and gave them

and met his eyes. They didn’t hold their

Hold for three

counting to three before releasing a shaky breath. He prompted me again to breathe with him, hold, then release.

look away. I was caught in the trance, my heart slowing its beat

croaked. I brought a hand to my aching throat, finding myself more appreciative of