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“Fuck you,” I said back “You’re a whiny bitch”

It went downhill froaeworthy when clips were shown on late-night sports shows, coe

Coach laid into the two of us for twentyto bench us both if we couldn’t figure our shit out

He’s not benching us, though Not unless he wants to get fired With our losing record, he has to put his best guys on the ice

A to wonder My leg is working fine, but I just don’t seee anymore I’m the top-paid player on the tea, I need to start setting an exa weights

That et enough She’s been playing in private poker games, some as far as an hour away froht and doesn’t get ho

She and Ro have been staying withinto the house fro Gia in my kitchen, dark hair wet and sexy froet a couple hours alone with Gia to talk or watch a movie

I’ve got it bad for her But I can ad she’s unwilling to get involved with ht now If she was mine, I’d want her all the tiame

“What’s up?” Pax says as I walk onto the bus

“Hey,” I say, sitting down across the aisle from him

He slides into the seat next to ot an idea I want to run by you”

“Yeah?”

“I was thinking…s a folded up piece of paper, and on that paper, they’ve typed out why they think we aren’t working as a team”

I consider his idea, and then shrug “There’ll be a different answer for every guy on the team”

“Yeah, maybe But what if there’s not? What if it helps us see so?”

There’s nothing to lose, so I say, “I’ood with it”

Pax nods “I’ to have one of the interns help with it Get us access to a computer and printer at the arena You can read the answers before the game What do you think?”