AllFreeNovel
Share Us
“Hmpf!” Mary puts up her nose. “I will!”
“How many months are you in?” Bree asks.
“Eight!” Mary says.
Bree widens her eyes, opens her mouth, and shakes her hands. “Oh my God, you’re almost there!” she says.
“Uhum!” Mary says, proud of her bump.
“Boy or girl?” I ask innocently.
“We’ll be waiting to know until our baby is born! We wanted to keep it a surprise!”
I smile but all the while I wonder what it is with people who like surprises. Life gives you enough surprises as it is in my opinion.
We keep on nipping at each other’s heels until we’re all done eating, and then we bid our goodbyes to Lucy and get dragged to an arcade by Bree, where we play table hockey until my arms hurt.
Only when it’s almost evening and I’m heading back to my room, Harvey surprises me with a video call. I’m excited and exasperated because I’m worried that he’s breaking some kind of rule by calling me.
“Harvey!” I’m in the elevator, free to shout as much as I want. “Aren’t you supposed to be in isolation?”
He laughs, “I can still call my loved ones.”
“So, I’m a loved one?” I say, feeling all giddy inside.
“Of course you are, babe,” he winks at me. “Are you going to watch our practice session tomorrow?”
“I’ll be bored as hell, but I will. Go, team!” I say, cheering.
“That’s the spirit!” He gives me a thumbs up. “So, what did you do today?”
The elevator gets to my floor, and I climb out already dreading the coldness of that big room all for myself. “I made friends with some of the player’s wives. It was fun!”
“Nice!” he smiles.
“Yeah, and… Harvey,” I pause, considering my next words. “Have we talked before about you retiring? Rumors are going around.”
I open the room with the card, and after kicking the door closed, I head straight to bed.
“That’s a lie, Elsa!” Now he looks upset. “These rumors are getting annoying. I gotta put an end to it.”
“Won’t you guys be doing a press conference soon or something?” I ask.
“Yeah!” He has his ‘a-ha’ moment. “Your brother will be interviewing me. I can talk about it then! Thank you, Elsa!”
He throws me one hell of a sexy kiss, and I catch it and then give him one back.
“Have you ever done naughty things over a video call?” he asks, insinuating.
“Save your energy for the game,stallion,” I say, shutting down the call.
Chapter Thirty-Two
HARVEY
We’reinthemostsimple rooms of the hotel, but at least they’re individual — I’d hate to share a place with the likes of Mr. Farts-A-Lot Johnson.
Talking to Elsa cheered up my mood, but not the part about the retirement again. Everybody’s been talking about this, and I’m here, always feeling like I was the last to know.
