Two Tickets by A. J. Manney

Author:A. J. Manney [Manney, A. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-12-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

It takes me about three players to realize I’ve made a terrible mistake. I stand to my feet. I need to get out of here and get to the away team locker room, not the home team. I don’t make it before I'm stopped.

“Hey Gorgeous,” a guy says, stopping me.

I turn back with a forced smile. “Hi.” I turn back around and keep walking.

“Wait, who are you and why are you back here?”

My body tenses. “I’m sorry; I went the wrong direction.”

The guy walks over to me, a frown on his face. Another player stops him. “Wait, that’s her.” He smirks.

“Who?” the first guy asks.

“Ninety-eight’s girl.”

The guy turns back to me. “No kidding.” I don’t like the look that comes over his face. A few more of the other team players come out of the locker room and gather around us. I take a step back and try to keep the panic off my face.

I pull out my phone and open it quickly. I take a step back and glance down, pull up my text messages and add Chloe’s name.

Me- help.

Me-wrong locker room.

I send it, hoping she will call me and give me a way out of here. “I’m sorry. I’m in the wrong place. I’ll just leave.”

Somebody reaches out and grabs my arm. “Wait, there’s no need to hurry off.”

I face the team that has now surrounded me, cutting off my escape. “Okay, guys.” I give a small laugh. “Just let me go, okay?”

“But why, when this is so much more fun?” the first guy asks. I don’t recognize him without a jersey and number from the game, but I have a feeling he’s one of their lead players.

He steps into my private space, and I push away the panic that’s threatening to take over. One of the other guys grabs his arm. “Back off, Anders. Let her be.”

He shrugs off the hold. “We’re just having a little fun.”

“Seriously, Anders, let her be,” somebody else says.

He doesn’t listen. He leans close, and I take a step backwards, right into another player. I have nowhere to go. “You don’t want to do this,” I tell the tall guy in front of me.

“Oh, I do. I really, really do.”

He leans towards me, and I turn my head. When he gets too close, I put my hands on his chest and push. He doesn’t move an inch, but he laughs. He grabs my hands, trapping them against his chest. “Let me go!” I demand and try to free myself.

“I would listen to her if I were you.”

The words are low and harsh, and I recognize them instantly. Relief floods me. Aiden's here. I turn my head and lock eyes with him. His eyes look darker than normal, and his body is tight with anger. Just like that, my relief turns to dread. Aiden’s here, and he’s a fighter.

“Hey Man, it’s not a big deal. We were just messing around,” one of the other guys says.

The Anders guy still hasn’t let go of my hands.

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