Vancouver Wolves Hockey Romance 01.5 - Hook My Heart by Stone Odette

Author:Stone, Odette [Stone, Odette]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 8

Kaitlin

A week passed and now it was Zach’s turn to avoid me. I had no idea if he had found a new place to live or when he would be leaving. Frankly, I was dreading it when he left. As complicated as this situation was, I loved nothing more than having him near. It felt like sweet torture.

By the time I got home from school, Zach had already left for his game. I made a quick dinner and sat down in front of the TV to watch. This was nothing new. I had faithfully watched all his games since he had started playing in the NHL.

The game started out fast. Someone scored the first goal with an assist from Zach. I held my breath every time Zach got pushed against the boards, but he seemed invincible out there.

I didn’t see it happen. I was coming back from the kitchen when I heard the announcer say, “Mason had Burke lined up and he belted him and Burke is down and maybe out.”

The camera zoomed in on Zach, who lay motionless on the ice. Players fought around him while the goalie rushed to throw himself over Zach. Players' legs and skates bumped against Zach’s lifeless head.

“Peters grabs Mason. They gotta watch out for Burke here. They have to back away from Zach Burke who may be out. He never saw Mason coming and was just stopped dead in his tracks. The medics are running on the ice and the goalie is signaling for help. And Zach Burke is in some trouble.”

My hands covered my mouth as the worst fears rushed over me.

Oh fuck. Wake up. Wake up.

What if he wasn’t okay? What if I never had the chance to say sorry for all the stupid ways I had wrecked this friendship?

I started to cry. Watching Zach lie on the ice, completely motionless, I realized that nothing mattered if I couldn’t say I was sorry. I screamed when they cut to commercials.

My phone rang.

“Hello?”

“Kaitlin Smyth?”

“Yes.”

“My name is Tony, I’m one of the trainers for the Vancouver Wolves.”

“Oh my God, is Zach okay?”

“He got hit pretty hard. They don’t think he has any spinal injuries, but we aren’t taking any chances and he is heading to VGH to do tests.”

“Okay,” I looked wildly around for my purse. “I can meet him there.”

“They are going to be cutting his gear off him, so you might want to grab some clothes for him.”

“Right, I can do that.” I sounded so out of breath.

“I’m going with him in the ambulance, so I will be with him until you get there.”

“Thank you,” I breathed. “Is he awake?”

“Not yet.”

“Oh my God.”

“He’s in the best of hands, okay?”

“Okay,” I sounded so tearful.

“Drive safe, okay?”

“Okay.”

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