Walk of Shame by Avery Flynn

Author:Avery Flynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2024-01-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Cal had been on his way to the bullpen where all of the coaches’ cubicles were to get another cup of coffee—that he fucking hated, but the machine was right by Astrid’s desk, which gave him an excuse to see her—when Coach flagged him down.

“They want you upstairs,” Coach said as he stood in the open doorway that led to his office.

Cal’s gut clenched. “In HR?”

Had Coach found out and was firing him to set a stay-away-from-my-daughter example? Had he fucked his second chance? And did he give a shit?

What. In. The. Ever. Loving. Fuck. Is. Wrong. You. NumbNuts.

The hockey puck in Coach’s hand that he was always fidgeting with stilled. He looked at Cal as if he had the same question in his mind.

“Why would HR want you?” Coach started rotating the puck over and over again as he studied Cal, giving him the same what-kind-of-person-are-you scan that he had when Cal had shown up for his first day as the Rage’s goalie after getting called up. “Is there something you need to tell me?”

Cal tightened his grasp on the “World’s Greatest Grandpa” cup he’d taken from beside the coffee machine when he’d been in the bullpen earlier and clamped his mouth shut before he verbalized the questions rushing through his head. If the players were talking about him and Astrid, then the coaches were, too. And if they were talking amongst themselves, were they keeping their mouths shut? Or were they going to spill all to the one person who could either help Cal get back into hockey permanently (his only life goal, because it was the only thing he actually had the skills to do) or make sure he never saw the inside of a pro rink again?

Not that there was much to say. Astrid had been avoiding him since she’d snuck out of his apartment after bingo night, leaving only her Diet Coke and her scent on his pillow.

Yeah, he’d swapped his pillow for the one she’d used that night. It had a stay-cool side that was supposed to make it easier to fall asleep. And that was the only reason why.

“No, Coach,” Cal finally managed to get out. “There’s nothing I need to tell you.”

The other man let out a hmmm that didn’t sound convinced at all. “Well, then, you better get on up to the media office. I’m sure it will only be as painful as you make it.”

The top floor of the Ice Knights Arena was where the business of the team was hammered out. Numbers were crunched. Plans hatched. Brand partnerships developed. It made Cal’s skin itch—an uneasy feeling that didn’t go away when he was ushered into the director of communication’s office and found a no-nonsense redhead behind the desk instead of Jared Rhodes.

“Look, I’ll cut right to it,” said the crisis PR expert who introduced herself as Lucy Kavanaugh. “This is not what I normally do. Usually, I’m only here when the shit hits the fan, but a friend asked for a favor.

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