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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door now, or

with sobs, I used the nearest wall to pull myself away from the floor. I wiped my face on my shirt sleeve and limped

room, his face

chance not to screw it up. You couldn’t even give the guy a simple hike

grew shallow. He was making it worse. I was already drowning, and he

I turned to see who had intruded on the conversation. I stumbled back to find

sorry. I just found this bag in my room,” he said softly, lifting a red bag that

and onto my shaking hands as I clawed at the carpet. I was losing sensation in

my side and placed

on?”

bag in his

its contents. He pulled out the small

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 urgent. His other hand was rubbing

back.

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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

she doing?” The boss asked. “Is

now!” Timothy snarled

boss clamped his

was hovering over me still, his 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.

this….” I choked out. “Not

my shoulders and gave them a light

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

Hold for

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

neither daring to look away. I was caught

throat, finding myself

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