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But I wouldn’t tell Fox that.
Logical? No.
But it was hockey player logic, and it worked in my brain, so it worked for me.
“I fuckinglovehockey!” Fox declared, arms out, spinning in a circle like a little kid seeing snow for the first time.
Idiot.
Although an idiot we’d all tolerate because he’d scored three goals that night and saved another.
We’dtolerate.
But we’d still give him shit.
Hence, the plethora of sock balls (made of dirty socks, no less) launched in Fox’s direction.
“Bring it on, baby,” Fox declared, arms still out, still spinning in that dumb little circle, the sock balls pelting him at regular intervals. “Bring. It.On.”
They did, and the lunatic just smiled.
But he wasn’t the only one.
We were all grinning.
Hockey was awesome.
Hockey was the greatest.
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Igrinned even though my reasons for grinning had been washed out by fatigue almost an hour before.
This was the first town event we’d had since the fire.
And everyone was there.
And they all needed the reassurance.
“I think you’re done, honey,” Bailey murmured, coming up behind me and looping her arm through mine.
“I’mdone,” I murmured back. “But they aren’t,” I added softly, turning so no one would hear while, at the same time, flicking my eyes to the group milling around, clearly ready to move in and discuss their necessary business with the mayor of River’s Bend.
Things were moving quickly.
Lots of balls were in the air.
Lots of people needed me and my staff andme.
For reassurance or for technical questions or just for a soft word and a tight hug.
My job.
But…yeah, I was done.
I’d been done from the moment I’d walked onto that red carpet and saw Joel standing there, looking big and gorgeous and reminding me of how efficiently he used his strength.
