Page 10 of Redeeming Heart

“Are you only here to lecture me?” He asked.

“I am not lecturing you. I just don’t want to see you get hurt all over again.”

He patted me on the shoulder as he passed me. “I’ll be fine.” He assured me and then gestured for me to follow him downstairs.

“Do you still remember a girl, Sasha-Lee Adams?”

“Are we talking about the girl who punched Clarissa in the face? And the same girl you drooled over in high school?”

I nodded. “Nobody has seen or heard from her since her mom passed away.” He clarified.

“I just bumped into her on my way over here,” I informed him.

My confession made Jake stop with what he was busy with to give me a knowing look. “Have you finally told her about your secret crush that you had for years? And you are finally getting married to her? Or did she finally decide to come out?”

I just shook my head at him for being ridiculous. “She looksreallygood. She’s into skateboarding now.”

Jake rolled his eyes at me. “She has always been into skateboarding. She practically carried that thing around with her everywhere she went. How can you not remember this? For a guy who was stuck on a girl and supposed to know everything, you quite suck at this.”

“I always thought that Sasha was the reason why things didn’t work out between you and Clarissa,” Jake noted.

“Are you thinking about growing a spine and finally asking her out on a date?” Jake asked.

I shrugged. “It’s Sasha we are talking about.” We may have matured over the past three years but she was still the same strong-willed girl I met years ago.

“Well, maybe things will work out for you this time as her passion burned out years ago,” Jake suggested but I had a feeling it wasn’t going to be easy to get Sasha to go out with me.

She had that same look in her eyes that she had years ago. Only she become more distant since her mom passed away.

“Why don’t you start with thanking her? She is the reason why you followed your passion.” He reminded me.

“I have a feeling that she won’t care.” She was a pro before I even thought about becoming a pro. Her strength and motivation inspired me to push harder for my dreams, but then she just disappeared and stopped doing what she loved. I don’t think she has any idea how many lives she changed.

“You will never know unless you try,” Jake encouraged.

We spend a few hours at his house before Jared showed up and we had to get o practice. I was still on a high from this morning from bumping into Sasha and I never imagined seeing her twice in one day.

My eyes found her the moment I entered the ice rink with my team. She stood out from the crowd and I couldn’t convince myself to remove my eyes from her.

“Isn’t that?” Jake whispered into my ear, gazing at her.

“Yup,” I replied with a curt nod.

“So, go up there.” He insisted.

I shook my head. “It looks as if she is ready to beat up the coach for letting her brother get smashed out there,” I noted.

“That little guy has to step up or that is going to keep on happening to him,” Jake remarked.

“His teammates are total dickheads for doing that to him.” I glanced over my shoulder when I found my whole team standing behind us, looking at how Jonah is getting mishandled by his team.

“I know we were also jerks when we started but we didn’t treat any of our mates like that,” Jared commented, glaring at their coach.

“It’s all about who has money these days. It’s not about the talent anymore.” Jake muttered and most of the guys agreed.

“Have you seen who is here?” One of the guys asked and I expected it to be someone famous with the way everyone reacted.

“Sasha-Lee Adams.” He continued, expressing his excitement.

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