Training a Hockey Star by Van Cole

Author:Van Cole
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Van Cole

Chapter Eight

Rudy

I know it wasn’t the best thing to do, but I couldn’t help myself. I sat there and watched all the news stories about Jesus Navarro. They were packed with highlights of his exploits and his talent, and I hated how easy he made the game look. He slalomed through players as though they weren’t there and it wasn’t difficult to see why management wanted someone like him. I knew it was just business, but this business was more than that to me. It was my life, and I wasn’t about to let it end with a whimper. I stretched out my muscles and felt a slight twinge. Maybe Josh was right and I had been overdoing it on the weights. It was hard to admit that he was good at his job, not that I would ever tell him that to his face.

God, I had so much anger inside me and I don’t know where it’s all going to go. I wish I could just go back in time without all this glitz and glamor where the only thing that mattered was the game. It seemed so much easier back then when things were simpler, or maybe I’m just getting jaded.

It still hurt that Annette didn’t think we could be something together. I always figured I could come back here and pick up where I left off, but I guess it’s never that easy.

I was sitting there in the dark, wondering how I was going to handle things. I felt the light dwindling. Whether I had two seasons left or five, or however many, I knew they weren’t going to be endless. Eventually I was going to have to hang up my boots and if there was one thing I knew more than anything else, it was that I wanted to go out on my own terms.

But how was that?

I’d known other players that had outstayed their welcome. They had all been unwilling to listen to their bodies and they had been shamed by younger, quicker players. They had all tarnished their legacies by hanging around and being humiliated, shells of their former selves. I wanted to go out on top, when I was still a champion. If Jesus Navarro was going to take my place then it was only because I had left it empty, not because he had wrested it from me. But to do that I needed to be in better shape than I had ever been in before, and for that I needed Josh’s help.

It was with reluctance that I picked up the phone and called him.

“Josh,” I barked, not wanting to let him relax.

“What is it Rudy?” he asked. The tension in his voice didn’t escape my notice. It was clear that he had enmity towards me and I didn’t blame him after the way I had treated him, but a little bit of tension was good for the soul. I remember a guy I had a great partnership with on the ice,

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