Game Misconduct: A Baltimore Banners Hockey Romance (The Baltimore Banners Book 11) by Lisa B. Kamps

Author:Lisa B. Kamps [Kamps, Lisa B.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BimHaven Press
Published: 2018-06-26T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

"You going down?"

Corbin yanked the tie from around his neck and threw it on the bed. "No."

Shane swore under his breath. "Come on, man. You can't just sit up here by yourself, hiding."

"I'm not hiding."

"The hell you're not. You've hid out in your room every single night this week. You need to put that shit behind you, go have a drink. Just one to celebrate."

"Celebrate? What's there to celebrate? We lost. Again." Corbin's voice was flat, emotionless. But neither of the other men seemed to care because they kept hounding him when all he wanted was to be left alone.

"Yeah, but we came close to tying. That has to mean something."

"It means we still lost." He tilted his head back to undo the top button of his dress shirt, then another and another, until the shirt hung open over his plain white t-shirt.

"But Coach finally put you in. That has to be something worth celebrating."

"The only reason he put me in was because he didn't have a choice, not with the way Dan was playing." He shrugged out of his shirt and tossed it to the bed next to his tie. Didn't they know he wanted to be left alone? How much plainer did he have to be?

Hunter moved to the empty bed and sat down on the edge. "Listen, I know you think you're doing the right thing by hiding up here. But I think you're only making things worse. You should go down with us, make an appearance and act like business as usual. Let people see you. Send them a message that you don't care about the bullshit."

Corbin grunted. "Yeah. Or make an appearance and have things stirred up again right when it's starting to die down."

For now. But for how long? His attorney had assured him that things were being handled, then in the next breath warned him that these things took time. How much time? How long would this be hanging over his head? It had only been two weeks, but those two weeks felt like a lifetime. And he still couldn't shake the feeling that a ten-ton anvil was ready to fall on his head. How could he, with the woman's threat of pressing charges hanging over him?

It was better that he stayed here, out of sight. Fade into the background as much as he could until things were settled once and for all. But how long would that take? Weeks? Months? Longer?

He couldn't bear the thought of this dragging out for that long.

"One beer. That's it. One beer, no women, and we'll put you safely in the corner."

He glanced over at Shane, the temptation of accepting his offer growing stronger. Would one beer hurt? If they stayed in a group, if he could fade into a corner...maybe.

"No. I don't think it's a good idea."

"It's a great idea. And it's better than sitting up here, wallowing in your misery. Alone."

Hunter nodded. "Yeah, what Masters said. It's not like you have anything better to do.

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