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I scrub both hands through ers at the back of my head

“I don’t believe this shit,” Iso I don’t have to look at Brooke’s beautiful, pleading eyes just beggingwith this ruse

“Please,” Brooke et hiht away on how to fix this?”

My eyes drop and I glare at her for a ht now “I’m not sure Let me think about it”

Then I walk out of her office and head to the tea room it’s about half full I’d been i the tour, the stadiu leather chairs with retractable desktops in the left ars are held in style and comfort While our roster sits at twenty-four with fourteen forwards, seven defenseoalies, the room can hold easily twice that number

I spot Dax in the third row on the opposite side and make my way to him

“What’s up?” he says, offering his fist to me

I slap at it distractedly as I sit down to his right “Not much”

Other than apparently I’hter

Gri, I slouch down in my chair and watch as other players file in Dax lifts his hand when he sees Legend Bay enter He played with us for one season on the Vipers before being snapped up by the Florida Spartans when he becaent He’s a lot like me in that the Spartans hated to lose him but wanted to free up soet protected either

He plops down on htly to do the same with Dax as he says, “What’s up, Monahan?”