The Hockey Star’s Remorse

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I awoke to a throbbing pain in my head, a persistent ache that pulsed with the remnants of whatever drug they had injected me with. My vision swam in and out of focus, the room a hazy, unfamiliar blur. Panic gripped me as I struggled to make sense of my surroundings.

As awareness trickled in, I found myself lying on a plush couch in a dimly lit room. My head throbbed, the remnants of the drug’s effects lingering, and my vision remained clouded, as if veiled by a dense fog.

The unfamiliar surroundings heightened my sense of disorientation. Panic surged within me as I struggled to make sense of where I was. This wasn’t Bruce’s place, and the realization shattered the fragile hope I’d clung to moments ago.

My suspicions about Bruce dissipated, replaced by a chilling certainty that I was ensnared in someone’s trap entirely.

The sound of heels clicking on tiled floors snapped me out of my spiraling thoughts. Stella emerged from the shadows, her posture relaxed and a smug smirk gracing her lips.

“Hello, Evie,” she purred, her voice laced with an unsettling satisfaction. “Had a nice nap?”

I tried to sit up, but my body felt heavy, as if weighted down by invisible chains. Fear clawed at my chest as I struggled to lift my limbs. “What have you done to me?” I demanded, my voice trembling.

Stella’s facade of innocence sent a chill down my spine. “Me? Oh, I’ve done nothing but enjoy your company, Evie. You’re such a fascinating person.”

The unnerving calmness in her demeanor only fueled my anxiety. “Stop playing games, Stella! What do you want from me?”

Her laughter echoed in the room, a hollow sound that sent shivers down my spine. “Oh, Evie, you’re in for quite a ride. But I assure you, you’ll understand soon enough.”

I struggled to push past the fog clouding my thoughts, trying to piece together the events that led me here. But the haze persisted, obscuring my memories like a veil.

“Where am I?” I demanded, my voice betraying a hint of desperation.

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legs with a casual air. “You’re in a safe place, Evie. Just be glad you woke up

serious? What the

eyebrow. “I’d watch your tone if I were you. I may be accommodating, but I’m not exactly in a good

mood.”

stomach intensified. “Why am I here? What’s your game,

facade. “Oh, my dear, this isn’t a game. This is the consequences of your actions coming

This

unwavering. “As if you ever thought that highly of me, Evie, You never had an ounce of respect for me, and

had woven. Memories surged forward–Stella’s unexpected

it’s in the past,” I

steely, unfaltering. “Apologies have run their course, Evie.

a chill down my spine. “Plans? What do you mean?” I pressed, desperation clawing at

from you. Everything you stole from me and everyone else that’s come in your destructive path,

I was hearing. “Are you serious? God, just

hang in the air between us. Her eyes grew

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“Because that would make things so

“Stella, please…”

curled into a twisted smile. “It would be rude

muscles protesting against the lingering effects of whatever drug had rendered me powerless. “What

I could grasp her cryptic words, a sudden coldness grazed the back of my head, sending a shiver down my spine. Fear

her eyes.

choked out, my voice barely

smoothed down her dress, her tone casual as she walked toward me. “Don’t worry about the, um, reinforcements.

let me go, Stella! I

shivers down my spine. “Hurt? Oh, Evie, I’m not hurting anymore. I’m in mourning

each passing moment intensifying the suffocating grip of

I implored, tears welling in my

gaze bore into mine, an unsettling intensity in her eyes. “What’s right, Evie, is me getting justice. You like to

has to be another way. We can handle this

way of making a mess of things. After that day in the hospital, after what you said about someone being out to get you, I had no doubt

paused, mulling over the memories from that day. I guess I

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