The Hockey Star’s Remorse

Chapter 20

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,

wiped my face on my shirt sleeve and limped toward the door. The banging continued as I unbolted the lock

Erickson didn’t bother with any greeting. He pushed past me and entered the room, his face puffed up with anger. When I turned,

it up. You couldn’t even give the guy a

making it worse. I was already drowning, and he seemed intent on

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 either of

and onto my shaking hands as I clawed at the carpet. I was losing sensation in everything, losing a grasp on

my side and placed a hand on my back. “What’s

on?”

in his hands and spoke between gasps,

unzipping the bag and rummaging through its contents.

me as I curled into a ball, my body hot and cold

on,” he said, his voice gentle but urgent. His other hand was rubbing

back.

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the pills fall into my mouth and scrape their way down my dry throat. I still couldn’t find the strength to sit up. My limbs had

she doing?” The

Timothy

boss clamped his

me, Evie.” He cupped my head beneath his

this….” I choked

with you,” Timothy whispered. He placed his hands on my shoulders and gave them a light squeeze. “Concentrate on

eyes. They didn’t hold their usual harshness. There was

with me. Hold

a shaky breath. He prompted me again to breathe with him, hold, then release. We repeated that for what felt like a

daring to look away. I was caught in the

I brought a hand to my aching throat, finding myself more appreciative of the air. “How did you know what

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