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“This is thefind outmoment,” Ellen said.
“Lay it on me,” I said. “How many games am I suspended for?”
“That depends on you,” she said. “You’ll be seeing a therapist from now on.”
“Excuse me?” I asked.
“You heard me, Joe. You have anger issues. They go deeper than just hockey. I love the passion on the ice. I can even respect the meanness off the ice. But this time it went too far. You will see someone. You will talk. You will figure this out.”
“The hell I will,” I growled. “Talk to a shrink? Fuck that. No offense.”
Ellen stepped closer to me.
“Ellen, let me talk to him,” Bobby said.
“You will talk to someone, Joe,” Ellen said.
“I said no.”
“You’re angry right now, Joe. Want to throw me out of a window next?”
“Ellen, please,” Bobby said.
I curled my lip at Ellen.
She reached for a chair and pulled it toward her.
Here was the billionaire woman, stepping up on a chair to be the same height as me.
She could have sent representatives to this meeting.
She could have sent lawyers.
Instead, she wanted to face me.
“Let me remind you of something, Joe,” Ellen said.
“Go for it,” I said.
“You’re owed a lot of money from us. And if you don’t comply right now, you will be off this team. And I will make sure that you not only never collect another penny of my money, but I will go after what you’ve been paid so far for this season. Since you’re unable to finish the job you started.”
I never felt my jaw tighten so hard in my life.
Ellen Verwert meant business.
She really wanted me to talk to someone.
Talk to some shrink about my feelings and why I was so angry all the time.
Ellen Verwert was bold. Brave. Strong. Fierce. A cold bitch.
I respected her.
The wholefuck around, find outthing went both ways.
If she thought I was going to talk to someone and become a changed man, she was very wrong.
There wasn’t a single person who could calm my anger.
