Chapter 63

Madison

The crowds in Montreal are going wild with their team up by three points, Alex and his guys are working their assess of trying to catch up, he’s already been barrier railed twice, luckily the ref skated over to break up what looked like an incident about to get quickly out of hand. My heart was in my mouth, nobody wants to see anyone getting hurt least of all me witnessing Alex getting a broken jaw or anything else whilst out on the ice. Hockey is a brutally demanding game, not just the physical exertion but everything else that goes with it, hell some players have been seriously injured on the ice.

My phone beeps, I have it on vibrate, it’s my sister Henri. “Hey you,” I say as I shift in my seat in the VIP area to get a better look at Alex skating below, he has the puck, it looks like he is going to take a shot. I hold my breath as Henri speaks.

“I’m all good, just got the head librarian role and couldn’t wait to tell you. Mom and dad are so happy for me. And I’m seeing someo