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"Thanks for pulling me off hirab a Perrier, taking a moment to drop the towel onto my shoulder while I crack it open

Alex’s eyes slide to the cut on ain You probably need so and press the towel back on the cut "If it doesn’t stop in a bit I’ll call Terry"

Our head trainer He’ll be able to patch it up in no time and he won’t ask questions

"Want to tell me what that was down there?" Alex asks quietly

While I’m not as close to hiood friends over the months Alex is also our team’s captain, so I know this is of concern to him This is his first year with the "C" on his uniforical vote by the team once Luca Bressard, our former captain, retired

"Lost et the better of uardedly as I lumber over and sink down into an armchair that sits in the corner

"You overreacted," Alex observes "Players talk shit about GMs and coaches all the time"

I suck in a deep breath through hthe wound Just a tiny bit of blood coree we express our frustrations aboutabout rape"

"He never said those words," Alex says with a hard edge to his voice

"That’s what he rumble

"You don’t know that What he said was crude and way out of line, but he was drunk You should have let one to Coach Pretore"

"Fine, whatever," I growl I know he’s right, but da the shit out of him

"If Claude reports this, you could be in trouble Technically, he could bring criainst you"