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I clear my throat “You mean…on the team plane?”

“It’s a big fucking plane,” he says, like I just said the du ever “And you knoe’ve sometimes let family members travel on special occasions”

That’s true One of our veteran third-line left wingers brought his parents to New York a feeeks ago on the plane They were in visiting and he got permission for them to ride back with the team to New York, where they were from

Again, that probably boils down to the generous nature of our owner, Dominik Carlson He did, after all, loan his private jet to Bishop once to travel cross country to hunt Brooke dohen things got intense between theh her raise and helped get her parents’ life insurance money

But still…we’re talking about a baby

I don’t think on it overly long, though, and push forward e Coach really wants me to play “I need three seats on the plane,” I blurt out

Coach Perron’s eyes narrow at me in question

“I have a new nanny that I’ood friend that’s been helping until we get the nanny up and running”

He stares at et some rest”

I pop up out of the seat, eager to leave to get hoes his mind

His voice stops me when I reach the doorway

“I trust,” he says slowly so that I’ive hihter, whichhockey for me Got it?”

“Got it,” I say with a confident nod

As long as Charlie is with me, that will ease my worries

Now I have to figure out how to convince Pepper to co with me, and not because I think she’s crucial to be there to watch over Lucy I could get one of the hockey wives to do it, but because ad her in endPepper is supposed to be waiting for me in the hotel lobby andfor her