Captive by Brenda Rothert

Author:Brenda Rothert [Rothert, Brenda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

LA was a better trip than I’d expected. I caught up with my buddy Scott, a former teammate I didn’t get to see much of anymore. And I locked up a big donation to the foundation, which would allow us to move forward with the hockey program for inner-city kids we wanted to start. I couldn’t wait to get going on it.

But tonight I was stuck in cold as hell Minnesota, and I was fucking tired after playing more ice time in a single game than I ever had before. We’d battled to break a 1-1 tie, and the game finally ended on a fluke goal Luke scored.

I was cabbing it to a downtown restaurant with Luke and Vic now, and I dialed Kate to catch up on the way.

“Hey,” she said.

“Hey, are you still up?”

“Yeah. But I’m going to bed soon. Good game.”

“You okay?” I covered my open ear so I could hear her better over the guys. Several seconds of silence made me lower my brows with worry. “Kate?”

“Yeah, I’m okay.”

“What’s going on? You sound like something’s wrong.”

She sighed deeply. “I guess I’m just tired. Can we talk when you get home tomorrow?”

I wanted to say no. Something was off with her and it bothered me that she didn’t want me to know what it was. But I could tell from her voice she really was tired. “Sure, baby. Get some sleep. Love you.”

“Love you, too.”

It was almost midnight, and I felt a stab of guilt that she was going to bed alone. This life gave us a lot of opportunities most people never had, but it took away a lot of the normalcy others took for granted. Traveling had been a hell of a lot of fun when I was a rookie, but I didn’t love it anymore. I’d probably love it even less when we adopted a baby. I’d need to hire help for Kate when I wasn’t home.

“What’s up, boss?” Luke asked.

“Huh? Oh, nothing.”

“I’m fucking starving,” Vic said. “Is the place we’re going to the one with the big cheeseburgers?”

Luke arched his brows and smiled. “Yeah, it’s the one I met that crazy chick at last time we were here.”

“The one who wanted to suck your cock after it was in her ass?” Vic asked.

“That one.”

“Are you meeting her there or something?” I asked, hoping she wouldn’t have friends with her. I wasn’t in the mood to deal with women on the prowl tonight. It took energy to refuse them without insulting them.

Luke shrugged. “If she’s there, I’d fuck her again.”

“I don’t know where you get the energy,” I said. “I’m fucking tired. I just wanna eat and get some sleep.”

“Amen,” Vic said. “We’re officially old and boring.”

“You guys are,” Luke agreed. “You made that official the day you got married.”

“Fuck you,” I said. “I only fuck one woman, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have great sex.”

“Yeah, Dawn’s a whore in bed,” Vic said. “I chose well.”

Luke leaned forward to get his wallet out as the cab slowed to a stop.

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