The Hockey Star’s Remorse

Chapter 192

Chapter 192

The morning sun was rising lazily over the city as I jolted awake to the incessant buzzing of my phone. Groggily, I reached for it on the bedside table, my bleary eyes squinting at the caller ID. It read “Scarlett.” My heart leaped

as I answered the call,

“Evie, is that you?” Scarlett’s voice sounded frail but filled with relief.

“Yeah, Scarlett, it’s me. What’s going on?” I asked, my heart pounding, I’d been waiting for this call for days.

Scarlett had been in the hospital for what felt like an eternity, and the anticipation of her discharge was eating

me alive.

“They’re letting me go today,” Scarlett said.

My eyes widened, and I glanced at the clock. It was earlier than I’d expected. “Today? Are you serious?” I replied,

my excitement building.

“Absolutely,” Scarlett affirmed. “I can’t stand being in this place anymore, and I want to see you and Olive.”

“That’s amazing! She’ll be so excited to see you!” I exclaimed.

There was a pause on the other end of the line before Scarlett spoke again, her voice heavy with an unspoken

sadness. “How is she? I hope I hasn’t be disturbing her too much.”

I sat up in bed. “We’ve been keeping her distracted, but now I get to tell her you’re getting out.”

Scarlett let out a laugh, and I could hear the tension ease in her voice. “That’s good.”

“We’ll be down there as soon as possible,” I assured her, slipping out of bed. “Did you need me to bring anything?”

“Just some clean clothes,” she said. “And you don’t have to rush down here, either. I still have to fill out some

paperwork before I’m discharged.”

“Right,” I replied. “See you soon, Scarlett,”

I hung up the phone, my mind was racing. It felt like a load of pressure had been released.

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asleep, her tiny frame curled up beside me. I gently brushed a strand of hair away from her face and whispered, “Olive?

herself under the covers. I chuckled and lightly tickled

Olive,” I told her. “Just called and told me that she’s

sat up, her

her home today. Let’s get you dressed,

sterile corridors and the clinical scent in the air seemed to make us both uncomfortable. I could tell she was eager to see Scarlett again, but the

Olive’s face lit up with delight as she saw her mother sitting on the edge of the

running to hug her. Scarlett embraced her, her eyes filled with tears as she held

her voice trembling with

a long and painful journey, and seeing her reunited

clothes. It had been a while since she had worn anything other than the standard hospital gown, and the simple act of changing into her own clothes seemed to lift her

about we celebrate your release with some

she nodded

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smile.

of freshly baked waffle cones filled the air. Scarlett’s eyes glistened with a mixture of happiness and relief as she surveyed the

me,” I encouraged her, and she eventually settled

couldn’t make up her mind and requested a sample of nearly every flavor before deciding on the classic vanilla with rainbow

the parlor, I watched as Scarlett and Olive shared stories,

Evie, how

mention of his name jolted me out of my calm state. My eyebrows tensed and I frowned. I could still feel the soft beat of his heart beneath my

passing,” Scarlett continued. “It was so

much these past few days.

her brow furrowed with worry. “I understand your perspective, but maybe he would appreciate having

had been so broken that night, and I wondered if he had anyone else to turn to emotionally. His family was in ruins, his mother was gone, and Stella was out

us, I might have been his only

dough into

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cream was still lingering on my lips, a sweet memory in a day that had been bittersweet. We had

footsteps echoed in the empty hallway as I made my way to my door, fumbling for my keys in my purse. Just as I was about to insert the key into the lock, a voice from

“Evie.”

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