Offensive Edge (Delay of Game Book 5) by Hannah Henry

Author:Hannah Henry [Henry, Hannah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-06-26T16:00:00+00:00

The Serpents had practice in Manhattan the next day, before playing the New York Falcons the day after. Rowan dragged himself around the ice, thinking about how Theo was doing. He had a text from Theo’s mom on his phone with an update about how Theo was feeling. Better. Not perfect. She also included a photo of him napping on the couch, which he knew Theo wouldn’t appreciate, but it was good to see his face.

They had a free afternoon and evening in New York City, and the guys broke into groups to explore. Rowan thought he was going to have to figure out a solo thing to do when Aaron hooked his arm around Rowan’s neck and told him they were going to check out the Oculus. It had been a while since Rowan had gleefully gone out to explore the city when they came here on roadies. He was either sad or tired. Now, he was mostly just tired, but he followed the kids to the subway and they headed south.

It was a brisk spring day, and Rowan was glad they got outside. They found the slices of pizza Mateo wanted, and wandered the shops in the bright, open sterility of the Oculus, its rib cage structure a protective white bubble high above them. Aaron bought his girlfriend a Kate Spade purse, but mostly they window shopped. They stopped in a tourist gift shop, and on a whim Rowan picked out a keychain that had a little Statue of Liberty on it.

“Trying to immortalize your wonderful time spending twenty-four hours in New York?” Mateo asked. He found a book of crossword puzzles for the plane. There was a little something about the atmosphere that made Rowan feel like he was in an airport.

“Just going to get it for Theo. He’s always wanted to go out to see the Statue of Liberty up close, but you never spend enough time in New York as a hockey player to justify it.”

“How is Theo?” Mateo asked. Their teammates had noticed a shift in their relationship recently, just like Rowan had.

“His head’s okay. Feeling better. His mom sounded hopeful for him getting back on the ice soon.”

Rowan looked at the keychain in his hand while he waited in line to buy it. This was stupid. It was weird, right? To have these dumb what if Theo was here thoughts. When he was in Texas, he could go weeks without thinking about Theo.

Or at least days.

Now, his Theo thoughts were as constant as they had been when they were teenagers.

He paid for his keychain and tossed Mateo’s crosswords on the counter to get it for him, too. At the last minute, he impulse bought a little bag of saltwater taffy. He didn’t know if it would be any good, but Theo was the only person he knew who actually liked it. He could probably squeeze in a joke about being careful to not pull his teeth out with it.

They hopped back on the subway to go uptown to a restaurant Link had made a reservation at for the whole team.

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