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Rome confessed he loved me.
Jago wanted to know how Hazel was doing.
Of course they all asked about Juniper Evelyn.
They all wanted to see her.
“She needs to know we’re here,” Joe said.
“That she’s protected and loved,” Sebastian said.
“She’s our family now,” Rome said. “I’m her uncle.”
“I don’t know what you are,” I said to Rome with a smile.
“How is Hazel?” Jago asked again.
I glanced at him. “Keep it in your pants, okay?”
“I’m not being like that…”
We all laughed.
Then Tucker showed up.
“I think we need to talk,” he whispered to me.
I took a deep breath. “Let me talk to these guys for a second.”
My jaw tightened. My heart ached more than ever.
“I need to tell you guys something,” I said. “It’s about the team. This season.”
“We got wind of it already,” Sebastian said.
“There’s more gossip around this league than in a high school,” Henry said.
“So you know?” I asked.
“We know,” Rome said. “Doesn’t change how we feel about you.”
“Boston though?” Jago asked.
“Not my choice,” I said. “This is how it is for guys like me. I’m bounced around. It’s my career. This one is going to hurt. I haven’t told Hazel yet. I can’t bring myself to just utter the words. That I’m going to be traded to Boston. Across the country. I just can’t imagine-”
Joe clamped a strong left hand down to my right shoulder. “Well… you did just fine now.”
I saw the look on his face.
I turned my head.
I saw Hazel in the wheelchair, Hannah behind her, pushing it.
Hazel dropped the book she read to Juniper Evelyn to the floor and covered her mouth.
Well, now everyone knew what was happening.
Chapter Forty
