The Opposite Attractions by Mary Smith

Author:Mary Smith [Smith, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Gone Writing Publishing LLC
Published: 2019-09-29T16:00:00+00:00

“You’re a big ol’ softie.” Mikayla’s voice came through her car speakers. He wanted to take her to school, but she insisted on driving her own car. Instead, he settled for a morning phone call as he drove to the arena. He told her about the dinner with Joy.

“What would TMZ say if they had that piece of information?” she continued to tease him.

“Well, we won’t ever know since no one will find out I have a soft spot for my sister or you,” he growled at her.

“Depends on what they’ll pay.” Her laugh made his heart jump with happiness. “Listen, I need to go, but I’ll talk to you later. Love ya.”

The call ended before he could reciprocate the endearment. However, the smile remained as he pulled up to the arena. The Bears were one of the few PHL teams that didn’t remove their ice in the off season. They hosted numerous summer leagues and like today the team came in for a friendly scrimmage. Not the whole team, just a handful of the guys.

He grabbed his duffle from the trunk and strolled in, noticing several guys were already inside. Making his way down the hall, he saw Shade. He stood at the end of the tunnel staring out at the ice with the saddest expression.

“Shade, you okay?” Jarvis asked when he stepped up next to him.

Before an answer came, a child’s squeal came from the ice. Jarvis caught a quick glimpse of Teo, the Bears backup goalie, chasing his daughter Klara, around the base of the tunnel. Everyone knew Shade and Jenessa’s son was born the same day as Teo and Nova’s daughter.

“Yeah, I’m good.” Shade turned away from the view of the giddy toddler and went to the locker room.

Jarvis could feel Shade’s pain as he walked away from him. Shade had never, ever been cross to the child. In fact, Klara seemed to seek Shade out at times, but he couldn’t imagine the heartache of losing a child.

Once in the locker room, the guys began to change, and he didn’t mention anything to Shade. He figured it was best to leave it be. Several of the guys were joking around and carrying on but stopped when Jackson walked in.

“Hey, Jackson.” Dag was the first to greet him.

“Do you guys have room for one more?” His question came with deep apprehension as he glanced at Jarvis.

“Sure,” Shade said. “Lace ‘em up.”

Jackson gave everyone a grin and moved over to his stall.

Jarvis remained quiet because he couldn’t stand Jackson’s cheating ass. He thought he should have been blackballed from the league. However, it wasn’t up to him.

The guys made their way onto the ice. Skating around in a circle, warming up their legs, some stretched on ice. Jarvis listened to some of the small talk around him. Even though this was nothing more than a pick-up game, he still wanted to push himself.

“How are you doing, Jarvis?”

Rolling his eyes, a trait he’d recently picked up from Mikayla and Joy, he had no desire to answer Jackson’s question.

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