The Hat Trick Box Set by Samantha Wayland

Author:Samantha Wayland [Wayland, Samantha]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781940839288
Publisher: Loch Awe Press
Published: 2019-10-31T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty Four

Garrick woke after a few short hours of sleep and told himself he was neither surprised nor disappointed to find Rhian was gone. It was for the best.

He dragged his ass out of bed and took a stinging hot shower—a failed attempt at reinvigoration. He would have complained about how little sleep he’d gotten, but in truth, if Rhian hadn’t come over, he would have been up all night. All in all, a mind-blowing orgasm and four hours of sleep wasn’t bad.

Now he just had to convince the league, and possibly the police, that he wasn’t a rapist and he’d be all set.

Right.

He went to the arena first. He wanted to tell Rupert his intentions, if for no other reason than he might need bailing out and there was no way in hell he was going to call his mother or sister. And since Savannah was in Boston and Rhian was forbidden to acknowledge his existence, Rupert and Reese seemed like his best bets.

A commotion echoed down the corridor from the direction of the gym and locker room. Garrick made his way around the curved passage, stuttering to a stop when Rupert, Reese, most of the Moncton Ice Cats, and four of Moncton’s finest came into view. Badges flashed in the fluorescent lighting, two winking from the chests of the uniformed officers, the others from the belts of the plain-clothes detectives.

“He did nothing of the sort!” Rupert yelled, remarkably brazen in the face of the youngest and shortest detective.

“Sir, I appreciate you don’t believe the charges levied against your friend, but we still need to speak with him. Do you know where we can find Garrick LeBlanc?” He enunciated the question, obviously having asked it before.

Garrick’s first instinct was to run. In a choice between fight or flight, flight seemed like a better option when he had to enter the fight with nothing but the truth and no alibi.

A voice came from the crowd. “There he is!”

Bodies shifted to look at the traitor, revealing Steve and Deena hidden amongst the players.

The cops turned to Garrick, and he held his hands out in front of himself in the hopes of keeping everyone calm. He’d planned to go to the cops if it came to this. He just hadn’t planned on an audience. Had someone sent out invitations?

As if on cue, Jack ran up behind him. “I just heard. Stay cool, man. We’re going to fix this.”

Garrick tried to smile at his friend, the ex-con who’d done a five-year stint in prison for being a dumb and confused kid. Not a lot of reassurance there.

He continued toward the crowd and the cops. “Officers, Detectives, I’m glad you’re here. I’ll cooperate however you need me to. I want to clear my name.” He spoke in a strong, level voice. Heads nodded. In particular, his coach, Rick, appeared approving, and for some damn reason, this lent him confidence.

The detective Rupert had been shouting at turned suspicious eyes on him. “Garrick LeBlanc?”

“Yes.”

“We need you to come with us, sir.

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