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“Don’t want to go looking like that?” I asked with an angry smirk.
“I have a feeling this is going to be trouble. And I’m going to feel guilty as hell.”
“I’m going to protect you, baby. No matter what. This isn’t about hockey. This isn’t about your career. This isn’t even about us.”
“I know, Joe. Believe me. I know.”
Anna walked away into the bathroom.
I went out to the kitchen.
I grabbed a fresh beer and almost downed the entire thing in one gulp.
Who the fuck am I kidding right now?
Of course this was about Anna.
Of course this was about me.
Of course this was about us.
The thought of having anything in the way of me losing her again?
It could not happen.
I would not just stand back and let it happen either.
Look, maybe I couldn’t go back in time and fix the past.
Fine.
But I wasn’t going to let the present or the future just slip away.
No matter what.
I already knew I was going to make Steven regret showing up to Anna’s office.
And I had feeling Anna did too…
The lookon Bethany’s face when I walked into the office was pure fear.
Plus shock.
And maybe a flicker of hopefulness that I would throw Steven through a window.
Believe me, it was on my mind.
Two steps into the office, Anna paused and turned.
Her hand touched my chest and she shook her head.
I showed my hands and stayed put.
Bethany ran toward us.
“Is this a good idea?”
She pointed right at me.
