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“Gray Brannon” Her voice is professional but husky If the wooalie and current coach for the Cold Fury, I’d considerwoman

“Gray… it’s Dominik Carlson”

It’s apparent her secretary already inforet her to leave herShe’s not surprised, nor affronted, by my interruption Merely replies, “What can I do for you, Mr Carlson?”

“Dominik,” I say “Everyone calls me Dominik”

“Okay, Dominik… shoot”

Efficient I like that

“I have a player… Rafe Simmons”

She iales me with his stats, all of which are stored in that pretty yet brilliant head of hers “Second-line center He was brought up frooals, twenty-seven assists Sixty-three points in eighty-two games Not bad”

Yeah… little freaky she knows that inforlad I can cut to the chase

“He wants to be traded to the Cold Fury,” I say bluntly

“Coain?” This is an unheard-of request after the trade deadline since she knows full well ithe could not actually participate in the playoffs

I inform her about Rafe’s situation and how this is a personal request to be near a dying family member

“That’s awful,” she murmurs, a relatively set the businesswo to our teaible to play And frankly, I’o It will be to your detriood conscience trade so the able to play”

She’s not tellingI don’t know and didn’t expect Still, I can’t resist “Come on, Gray Have a heart here”

“Give me an option that lets me show some compassion, but that helps h

I like her a lot

“Okay, I’ve got this idea, but it would be risky and it’s ti out at the Phoenix skyline I spent the last hour ironing this out with Coach Perron and Christian, and we think it’s doable “I’ll send Rafe down to the minors today on waiver You do the same with Kane Bellan”