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, or so

my face on my shirt sleeve and limped toward the door.

room, his face puffed up

chance not to screw it up. You couldn’t even give

bent over, growing dizzier as my breaths grew shallow. He was making it worse. I was already drowning, and

a light knock beside my ear and I turned to see who had

said softly, lifting a red bag that looked like my own. “Figured it

knees and coughed. Sweat dripped off my forehead and onto my shaking hands as I clawed at the carpet. I was losing sensation in everything, losing a grasp

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

on?”

pointed at the red bag in his hands and spoke between

through its contents. He

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

voice gentle but urgent. His other hand

back.

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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 boss asked. “Is

Timothy snarled

clamped

presence a consistent warmth. “Breathe for me, Evie.” He cupped my head beneath his hand and lifted me up until I was sitting on my knees, facing him. “We’ve got

this….” I

He placed his hands on my shoulders and

my head and met his eyes. They didn’t hold their usual harshness. There

me. Hold for three seconds,” he

he said, counting to three before releasing a shaky breath. He prompted me again

daring to look away. I was caught in the trance, my heart slowing

brought a hand to my aching throat, finding myself

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