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“Where’s Olivia?” He jerked off his glove and threw it down

“She’s not here” I backed up, waving my hands in front of me

“Where is she?” he growled

“She misses you, man”

He dropped his other glove and looked over his shoulder I thought maybe he’d coed at uys were far enough back so he could get to me, but this time I was ready for hi it

“Colm, stop, damn it She’s home” At least until we decided to move somewhere else

His face contorted, and this wasn’t the Col as a freshh school This was a wounded ani his shoulder into my stomach I tuckedin a fistfight

There was a sickening crunch and a howl One of his legs stuck up out of the top of the box My brain raced to piece it all together When I’d shoved hi over the waist-high wall Colm had flipped over, I stared down at him, wide-eyed

He clutched his knee, shouting Bile rose in my throat I’d probably just ended his career My hands shook I rushed toward him

I slid my hands under his arms to try to lift him

“Get your fucking hands off uys crowded in

“It’s okay, ot this” Heath put his hand ontiet Colm to his feet Declan ran off and came back a few minutes later with Bailey, our team physical therapist, while I stood there helpless with my hands braced behind my head

They got him strapped into a stretcher and out to an aht mine, and he looked ready to jump up and break my nose I was pretty sure he would’ve if he hadn’t been strapped down E with him Heath, Declan, and I stood there shell-shocked as the ambulance drove away

“We all sahat happened No one blames you” Declan turned to me with somber eyes

“I shouldn’t have pushed him”