Icing the Puck (New York Empires Book 2) by Isabo Kelly & Stacey Agdern & Kenzie MacLir

Author:Isabo Kelly & Stacey Agdern & Kenzie MacLir [Kelly, Isabo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New York Empires Book 2
Publisher: T&D Publishing
Published: 2016-07-18T21:00:00+00:00

Kayleigh

There were two huge folders of “Winter Classic and related events” music, and Kayleigh swore she’d played every piece of music in them twice. Including three different arrangements of Vivaldi’s Summer that the Plugged ensemble was testing. Her fingers desperately needed a massage, but she was too tired to walk down the block to her favorite little massage place.

Instead, when she got back from practice, she collapsed on her couch and called it a day. She was contemplating ordering dinner when the phone rang. The caller ID said “Sousa,” and she always picked up the phone when her best and oldest friend called.

“‘Lo?”

“Turn on the TV.”

There was an urgency in her friend’s voice, and she wasn’t sure why. “What?”

Sousa sighed on the other end of the phone. “It’s about to get interesting. Turn on the TV.”

“Good interesting or bad interesting?” she wondered aloud.

“You, my friend, need to judge that one for yourself.”

Kayleigh nodded, even though she knew her friend couldn’t see. “Sure then…”

Then she held the phone between her ear and her shoulder and carefully, sadly, got up from the most comfortable couch she’d ever owned. Then, following some instructions a friend of a friend once had given, she stretched her arms, then her legs. Sufficiently stretched, she crossed the living room and grabbed the remote.

Remote in hand, she walked to the couch, flopped back down and pressed the on button. The TV flared to life, lighting up the half-darkened room to the point where Kayleigh needed to cover her eyes. “Ouch,” she said.

“Did I wake you?” Sousa asked.

“Nah. Long practice, came home, collapsed on the couch and forgot to turn on the light. So what channel am I watching?”

“Four.”

She turned to one of the major networks and waited.

“In other news earlier this evening, athletes from all of New York City’s major sports teams gathered together for the premier of an advertisement that showcases the international flavor this city has to offer.”

She sat back and watched the Swedish goalie for one of the other New York hockey teams, the Dominican outfielder from the baseball team from Queens, and the Japanese right fielder from the Bronx baseball team all talk about their sports.”

“Here we go,” Sousa said. “This is it…”

“Defenseman Max St. Laurent from the New York Empires had this to say…”

As they switched to the footage of Max’s interview, her heart started to race. His responses were slow and clear, which boded well for him. He was also adorable. And then…what?

As the silence extended, she wanted to smack the usually annoying journalist with her shoe. Finally, she watched as the adorable Frenchman realized he’d been asked a question, then managed gamely to answer it.

“Oh, boy,” she said.

“Oh, boy is right,” Sousa replied. “I take it you two have been emailing?”

“Yeah,” she said. “There was some kind of emailing and he emailed me back but I hadn’t….”

“So what are you going to do now? After you’ve seen your adorable Frenchman on TV?”

“Send him an email?”

“Do it now,” Sousa ordered. “He needs it.

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