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I’d seen that intensity Before we started dating, I was bored one night and led him I’d quickly become mesmerized by the YouTube videos of hih the second his skates hit the ice, he had the ability to shut the rest of the world out and focus on what needed to be done

"It didn’t coave up a lot of his childhood for his love of hockey"

I frowned at her inquisitively "Like what?"

"Like high school dances He never went to one" Her eyes grew sad thinking back to the experiences her son had , not one pro?"

"Yeah, for the winter dance The girls ask the boys to the Snow Dance and they vote for a senior to be the Snow King Brody won and he couldn’t even go to the dance because he had a tourna about?" Brody bellowed as he ca childhood" JoAnn winked at hi?" He collapsed on the chair next to ?"

I turned to face him "You never went to any dances? Ever?"

"Nope Wouldn’t kno to order a corsage if ulp of my iced tea

"That’s so sad"

"Not really Did I s? Sure Has it paid off forhockey noas doing what I loved at that tiuy I like to live in thehtfroently, e at the table with us "Brody!"

JoAnn stood up fro a pan of freshly hed "It’s nice to see Brody showing love to so other than his hockey stick for once"

Brody cocked an eyebrow and looked back toin, he whispered, "I’m not the only one who likes to play with my hockey stick"

I punched hi she hadn’t heard He laughed and stood up, walking over to the pantry where he grabbed a loaf of bread

"What’s that for?" I asked

"Corab the Twinkies and feed so," JoAnn called out as we headed out the back door "Lunch will be ready soon"

"Oh hed as I opened the wooden door to liles and their little aro, sanding the bench of the picnic table

"What?" He held his hands up defensively "They wanted to help"

"There are child labor laws against this sort of thing, Dad," I teased

Kacie walked over and greeted ain"