The Captain's Shadow — The Ridgemound Injury

They left. Only the two of us were left in the therapy room. For some reason, I thought of that swimming class again. The girl who stopped me.

That half-open door. Ethan's face had been scarily dark. Get out. I said, everyone get the hell out.

I grabbed my clothes, rushed downstairs, and ran out of school without stopping. How I wished Jane would leave this world. As if she had never existed. Then I left for three Away game against Ridgemound. I sat behind the player's bench, data notebook open on my lap. Ethan was slammed hard into the boards by the other team's number nine.

The whole arena booed. I stood up to call a stop. His shoulder couldn't take a hit like that. He pushed himself up against the boards and waved off a substitution.

When he came back to the bench, blood was already seeping through the tape on his right shoulder. Take it off. He looked up at me. It was the first time I'd used that tone with him.

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