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"OkayI'ht because the teaet in until tomorrow afternoon With so before they release her"

Stevie's silent for ain his voice "Yeahum, listenshe didn't want you to know She asked me not to call you when they ad you now, or about you rushing back"

"What the fuck?" I yell into the phone, anger sizzling white hot through me "She didn't want me to know?"

"She didn't want you to worry," Stevie placates "She didn't want to distract you froame"

"Fuck that," I growl "If soain, you better be the first to callready to board a plane or skate out onto the ice I should be told this shit, and if you hide it froain, I'll take it personally and whip your ass"

"Whatever," Stevie sneers "You're not my mamma, and I don't answer to you"

"Yeah? Well, fuck you, asshole," I yell into the phone asat h

I wait for Stevie to come back at me, but all he says in a very soft voice is, "Are you done? Feel better now?"

"No," I grumble into the phone "I don't feel better and I'ed out"

"I get it," he says and then tries to talkTake the teaht home and she'll be back at her apartood"

"All right," I breathe out in a gust of frustration "I'll see you to mehave her do it I don't care what time I just"

My words trail off, floating out to the universe of uncertainty

"You just need to hear her voice," Stevie guesses

"Yeahthat would help"

"Got it, girlfriend," Stevie coos atmy phone back in my pocket

"What the hell is going on?" Alex asks

"Olivia is in the hospital Her red blood cell count is low and they gave her so"

Alex irabs his phone out of his locker and unlocks it "ShitSutton left me a text before we even went out on the ice I'm sorry, manI didn't check"

He holds the phone up and I read Sutton's text At least she wasn't banning irlfriend was in the hospital Call et word to Garrett

Then another text about an hour after that I' to be fine Low blood count Don't panic

I raise rin "At least Sutton was looking out for me"

"Yeah, well, I think she still feels like she owes you or so," he says and snickers

Reaching into the locker, I pull out my watch and put it on, then shove et on the Internet in the coach's office to see if I can book a flight out of here tonight"

"Dudethey are not going to like that," Alex says in a lohisper, and he's right We are required to travel with the tea to do with the e are insured, but franklyif ht now

"I couldn't give a fuck," I call out to hi coach's office

Luckily, Coach Pretore isn't in here, as I saw hi to one ofwas immersed in an ice bath I ihts, feeling the need to punch a hole through the hen I see there isn't anything direct that will get ht toht, knowing that it will cost , but then i to seem a little overly obsessive, and Stevie and Sutton both see to be fine

With a sigh of resignation, I get up from the desk and walk out of the office, ue I head for the exit where I know the bus will be waiting and pull my phone out of my pocket I hold it close to me because I don't want to miss out if Olivia calls me