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“Hi, you’ve reached Violet, the dumbass hockey hooker I’m too pissed off and hue Unless you’re Alex “Asshole” Waters In that case, you can fuck the hell off Have a nice day”

I sit there for a few long seconds after the phone beeps, just breathing, until I realize I should either speak or hang up I choose the second option because it’s clear Violet doesn’t want to hear from me I folloith a call to Dick and fire hiret the decision I tell hi up

I try Violet’s nuht to voicewith Coach and Butterson is brutal We e to work out a feasible story which makes me look like a complete asshole Like the broken nose, I deserve it

The next few days are plain old shitty X-rays prove ain It’s swollen and it hurts like a bitch The black eyes are a sucky reminder of how badly I messed up

Beyond that, I receive endless calls fro interviews It’s a pain in the ass I’ with this stuff on ent who’s willing to take me on despite the shitstorm I’ve created recently

If that isn’t bad enough, Violet’s phone has been disconnected, which tells ed her number I have no way to contact her aside fro what happened

Beyond that, practices are rough Coach is right; if Butterson and I can’t deal with our shit, we’re going to destroy our chances ofit to the finals I don’t want to be the reason for that He pulls Butterson and me aside and tells us we’re to keep our personal issues off the ice or he’ll encourage the general er to trade both of us I think he means it

Butterson watches Coach walk away “For the sake of our teao on the ice, but don’t think for a second I’ve forgiven you for what you’ve done to Violet”

“I get that I’d really like to apologize to her—”

He points a finger at h as it is She doesn’t need you y”

I push his hand away “It’s not bullshit I care about her”

“Yeah? Well if that’s the way you treat people you care about, I’d hate to see how you are with the ones you don’t even like How you got to be captain of this tea bastard” He turns away and skates back onto the ice He’s not wrong, which makes me feel a million times worse

Despite Butterson’s violent warning, I try to contact Violet I call her parents, hoping if I get to Skye, I can persuade her to put Violet on the phone