Game Changer

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but some folks liked to arrive early to and get their choice of seats and watch the players warm up.
    Harper was there already. She avoided looking directly at Brandon as she set up the scorekeeper’s table. A few bleachers away, a young woman Brandon had never seen before cheered loudly, pumping her fists in the air and bouncing in rhythm with her cheers, her long-sleeve crop top and short shorts providing lots of excellent jiggling in all the right places.
    Brandon swiveled around to skate backward and caught Gabe’s attention. “Who’s the puck bunny?”
    Gabe didn’t take his eyes off her as he answered. “I don’t know, but she’s definitely got talent.”
    Will slid to a stop in front of them without warning, nearly causing a whole-team pileup. He smacked Gabe’s helmet with his stick. “Knock it off, you guys. Before Duke hears you. Don’t you recognize her? Jesus!” He shook his head, disgusted, his eyes on the ice.
    â€œNever seen her before,” Brandon said, looking her over again. He’d definitely remember a girl like that. “Who—”
    But Brandon’s question was cut off when Duke’s voice reverberated across the ice. “Kayla Ray! Well, I’ll be damned. Sweetie, what a fantastic surprise! Hey, everyone, this is my granddaughter, Kayla. Kayla, say hi to my team.”
    Seemingly oblivious to the horrified gasps and cringes from the team, Kayla Ray bounced again, this time waving at the team. “Hi, boys!”
    On her next bounce, her top pulled up, revealing the underside of what looked like a bright pink bra.
    â€œOh, shit,” Gabe said, wrenching his face away.
    Oh, shit was right because Brandon had seen enough of Kayla Ray’s type to know she was nothing but trouble. Big time.

Chapter Four
    Brandon decided to follow Gabe’s lead and refocused his attention on the dark rectangle of the hallway entrance behind the team bench. “Yeah, I’m just going to look over here for a few minutes. Let me know when she’s gone.”
    â€œThat’s more like it,” Will grumbled. “Show Duke some respect.” Will stood taller, as though protecting Duke’s kin was his personal responsibility. Which he probably did feel, since he didn’t have any family of his own and Duke had more or less adopted him when he’d moved to Destiny Falls. Will rented out the converted garage behind Duke’s house, worked for him in his general contracting business, and sometimes went to church with him and his wife, Donna.
    â€œShe must not live around here because I’ve never seen her before,” Gabe said.
    â€œShe hasn’t been around recently because most of the time Duke goes to Raleigh to spend Christmas with his daughter, but a couple years back, his daughter and her family came up for the holidays instead. Kayla was in high school then, and, uh”—Will chanced a look over his shoulder—“it looks like her fashion choices haven’t changed much since then.”
    â€œDude, that sucks,” Gabe said with a groan.
    â€œTell me about it. I looked at a lot of walls that Christmas.”
    Theo cursed in French, as a Quebecois like him was prone to do. “Back up. She was only in high school a couple years ago? I’ve only got eyes for Allison, but I still feel like a dirty old man for even noticing that awful bouncing thing she’s doing.”
    â€œSame here,” Gabe said. “I wasn’t trying to look, I swear. I respect Duke too much to have these images stuck in my head. I need a cold shower before he kills me.”
    Liam burst out with a hard laugh and pushed off into a glide, accelerating around them, his stick in his hands. “Give it up, losers. We have a game to win. Stop thinking about who’s bouncing on the sidelines and start warming up something other than your dicks.”
    Nobody moved to follow him.
    Brandon checked to

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