We sit on my couch. Allison faces me and asks, “What are y’all going to do about her? Something has to be done.”
“I don’t know. This isn’t something I deal with on a regular basis,” I snap. With a deep breath, I apologize. “Sorry. I have no clue what we’re going to do and it’s stressing me out.”
Allison pats my hand. “It’s okay. I’m stressed too,” she smiles a little in hopes of relaxing me. “You know what you need? Beer and a movie.”
“I don’t really want to,” I object as she gets up and heads to the fridge.
“Find a movie,” she orders. “We’re doing this.”
So I search for a comedy on the TV. We settle into the couch, start the movie, and begin drinking.
Chapter Fourteen
Brody
Anger is actually rolling off of me when I get off the phone with my lawyer. How could he have been so stupid as to think I didn’t want that restraining order for Selene too? Coach and the GM aren’t happy that I’m missing another game, but I don’t care. I need to see that Selene is okay. I need to hold her.
As I get off the plane, I hail a taxi. I’ll have to come back and get my car later. I don’t want to deal with hassle of getting it from the team parking lot. On the way home, I come up with the perfect idea and quickly call Bradley.
“I need a huge favor from you.” I don’t even let him get ‘hello’ out.
“Why do you sound so panicked?”
I take a deep breath and tell him everything that is going on with Jessica and Selene. The more I talk about it, the angrier I become about everything. I tell Bradley about my plan and hope that he will be able to do it without any problems arising.
“Yeah, I can come early. I don’t have any big projects due right now. If I do have work, it can be done over the internet and email, so that should be fine. Let me talk to my boss, and I can be there tomorrow night.”
“Bradley, I owe you one.”
“Nah, if you’re missing hockey games for this girl, then she must be ‘the one’. I love ya, bro. See ya tomorrow.”
I hang up feeling a little bit of relief. I just need to make sure that Selene is on board. I’m sure that she will be. She sounded so scared on the phone earlier. I don’t want her to be scared.
I think about our conversation before I left. My heart raced at her words. I loved that she talked to me as her friend. It meant a lot to me. I’m not going to lose her because of some crazy ass ex-hookup either. I will do everything in my power to protect her and Bonkers. I pay the cabbie and go straight to Selene’s house. I knock on the door, and Allison opens it. I’m confused for a moment.
“She okay?” I ask, walking into the house. Bonkers jumps all around me, and I feel a small hint of relief for that dog. I pick him up, and he licks my face.
“She’s as well as can be expected. But Brody,” I turn to Allison and she has a worried expression on her face, “that Jessica chick is fucking crazy. You need to nip this quick before someone gets hurt.”
I nod to her. “I have it taken care of. It won’t happen again.”
“Brody?” I turn to see Selene’s beautiful face. I sit Bonkers down and wrap her up in my arms. The smell of fresh flowers hits me, and I know she’s okay.
“Well, now that Mr. Captain is here, I’m going to take off,” Allison announces.
“Thank you for staying with me.” Selene leaves my arms and hugs her friend.
“I’ll walk you out,” I tell her.
I don’t want anything to happen to her either. At this point, I don’t know what Jessica is capable of. I make sure Allison is in her car and out of the driveway before I go back into the house. Selene is wrapped up on the couch in a blanket with Bonkers on her lap. I sit next to her and put my arms around her. On the TV is the game. Selene looks sad, staring at the screen.
“Are you okay?” I whisper in her ear.
She looks at me, and I see the sadness in her eyes. It pa
ins me to see her like this. “I’m better now that you’re here, but I’m still a little scared. I hate to admit that,” her voice cracks a little bit.
“You have every right to be scared, but I’ve taken care of everything. I even have a plan.”