Christian stayed with the Rebels through the season, and acted as surprised as the rest of the team when his trade to the Blizzard was announced. Only Ronnie knew otherwise, but he didn’t mention it, not to Christian or to the rest of the team. Up until their last game together, he acted as if it wouldn’t happen, and Christian didn’t bother to bring it up again. So this was where things ended between them? So be it.
It was one thing to turn away from his friend on the ice when others were watching—it was quite another to struggle not to think of him as he packed the last of his things into the trunk of his car. They had been so good together, Christian thought. What he’d felt between himself and Ronnie had been so…so real. Had he been the only one who felt that? Had all those evenings alo
