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- Authors: Toni Aleo
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Kirby
I sigh hard.
Harder than I normally would.
I notice I do that a lot more now that the Stanley Cup series is over. I
don’t lose well. Especially twice in a row, and to the same team. The
fucking Nashville Assassins. I hate them. They may have some cool dudes
on it, but together, they’re a mountain we couldn’t conquer. Even when we
had a three-game advantage over them, they still came back and won. Four
games straight. No one thought they could do it. Everyone had us, the
IceCats, as the winners of the most coveted Cup, but the Assassins didn’t
give up. It’s so fucking annoying, though you can’t help but be impressed
with them.
Still, I’m beyond unsatisfied and extremely frustrated with myself, my
team, and the hockey gods.
The IceCats have had two chances to win the Cup, and we couldn’t do
it. We couldn’t close, no matter how much we fought, how many times we
came from behind, and no matter that we have the best goalie in the league.
I mean, Nico Merryweather won the best goalie trophy three years in a row,
yet we can’t give him the Cup. I don’t get it. I don’t know why we haven’t
won. We have one hell of a coach. A great team of strong players and,
again, the best goalie in the league. Why? Why can’t we win the ultimate
prize?
It’s so frustrating. I’ve spent my whole life wanting that Cup. I didn’t
have the best home life. I got thrown back and forth between my parents,
and the only reason I played hockey was because they guilted each other to
make the other pay. When I was old enough to work, I started working at
my home rink just so my fees were paid and the fighting could stop. I
would get hand-me-down gear, and most of the time, I slept at the rink. That
way, I didn’t have to hear my mom getting her ass beat by my stepdad, and
on the weeks I was supposed to be with my dad, I didn’t have to watch him
be a drunk.
It wasn’t easy, but I knew what I wanted. To be a Stanley Cup winner.
To get there, though, I couldn’t worry about my dumpster fire of a family.
My dad died in a drunk driving accident my freshmen year in college, and
my mom divorced her abusive husband and married once more, starting a
brand-new family. I was forgotten very quickly, and I soon realized, if they
weren’t worried about me and my dreams, why should I worry about them?
Even with the emotional buttload of shit I was dealing with, I worked
my ass off on the ice and, most of all, at school. Being a Michigan
Wolverine, I had no choice but to grind. Not only did I have my pride, but I
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