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The One I Left Behind – Chapter 12

I was on guard, as my emotions warred with each other. Anticipation. Resentment. Betrayal. Anger. Hope. Revenge. All of it. Caro had some explaining to do. She stopped…

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The One I Left Behind – Chapter 11

I quickly ran through the events of last night, and Fran listened without comment until I finished. “And you haven’t heard a word since?” “It’s still early.” I…

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The One I Left Behind – Chapter 10

“A father?” Steele shook his head over and over, as if the motion would help him make sense of my words. “Yeah, a father.” I held up my…

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The One I Left Behind – Chapter 9

I didn’t smile back. I forced my gaze to meet his and blurted out the words, my carefully written speech all but forgotten. “You’re a father.” He’d just…

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The One I Left Behind – Chapter 8

“It’s the same one you had back when we…we were friends.” “Friends?” I barked out a disbelieving laugh. We’d been way more than friends that summer, and my…

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The One I Left Behind – Chapter 7

“You don’t seem overly happy for a rookie who’s taking the NHL by storm.” Ice sat down next to me at a table in the team lounge. I…

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The One I Left Behind – Chapter 6

I was still amazed they’d forgiven me as fully as they had, a testament to what good people they were. I’d left Hailey with Fran and Howard to…

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The One I Left Behind – Chapter 5

I grimaced and braced myself for the news. Up until I’d seen the devastated expression on Axel’s face, I’d been confident I’d made the team, but that very…

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The One I Left Behind – Chapter 4

The room spun around me. I tried to focus, but I was looking down a long tunnel of blurry images from my past. My spine turned to mush,…

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The One I Left Behind – Chapter 3

The regular season started the first week of October. We’d battled for a spot through the last two weeks of preseason games in September. Now it was showtime.…

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