Scorin' on the Fourth of July: A Red Hot and BOOM! Story and a Storm Series Novella by Cassandra Carr

Author:Cassandra Carr [Carr, Cassandra]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Sports, Romance, Contemporary, Collections & Anthologies, General
Publisher: C-Squared Publishing
Published: 2014-06-04T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

His phone pinged with a text message from Terri as he was finishing breakfast from room service.

Heard from Storm management again. Goalie signed for Rochester-want to know if I’d play in ECHL-one step below. Not too far away, but not as good a league.

He sighed. It had been obvious Terri was excited about the prospect of playing for the Storm’s minor league team, but he could certainly understand not being as thrilled about instead being part of their minor-minor league team.

That sucks. Still going to rookie camp?

Mikael took a sip of orange juice and then sat back, lost in thought. Could he help her at all? He supposed he could speak with the management in Minnesota, but would Terri want him to? Maybe she’d feel like he was advocating for her because she couldn’t do it on her own merits. Plus, selfishly, he didn’t want her to go that far away. From what he knew, Minnesota’s minor league team was somewhere in Iowa. I shouldn’t get in the way of her being able to play, though. Another text came in.

Yeah, they invited me. And you never know what could happen.

True. Players got injured all the time.

Where is the other team they asked you about?

He truly felt bad for Terri, who had a lot of talent. It seemed like the sex of the goaltender shouldn’t matter much if that person could play the game. Having females as forwards or defensemen could be bad, simply because the men who played professional hockey tended to be big, strong guys. Mikael wasn’t the hugest or the hardest-hitting player in the league by a long shot; his specialty was speed and passing, but he’d still crush a woman of Terri’s size if he checked her.

Elmira. It’s about two hours or so south and a little east of Buffalo. Not too bad.

Rising, Mikael debated whether or not to offer to talk to the executives in Minnesota. He didn’t know her well enough to be able to gauge how she would react to such a suggestion.

Maybe wait a bit and see if any other offers come in. Go to the Storm camp too. Then you can make a decision.

Now that he considered it more, going that route made the most sense to him. If her options were limited, maybe she wouldn’t get mad if he spoke to the management in Minnesota. Since he was damn sure he’d still be seeing Terri through the summer and hopefully beyond, they had some time before he brought up the subject.

His phone rang with the call from the relocation specialist the Storm had hired for him. He told her what he wanted and she promised to get back to him that day or the next. The idea of moving out of this hotel room was certainly appealing, but it would take time to close on something. Pulling out Karen’s card, he dialed the number on the back.

“Buffalo Storm, this is Karen.”

“Hello, Karen. It’s Mikael Maata.”

“Mikael! How are you? Great tournament. You did well.

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