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He walked into the office to check in with Owen and there she was. Still in her skates with blade protectors and leggings with a tight zip up fleece. He tried to stop all the blood from flowing to his cock at the sight of her round perfect ass in those leggings. Her hair was pulled into a bun showing off her graceful neck and he wanted to kiss that neck.

"Cash," Owen said, pulling him out of his Evie-induced haze. "I'm glad you were able to make it."

"Yeah, I came as soon as I got everything settled," he said.

Evie turned and looked at him with a look that cut straight through him. She was still beautiful, but the icy glare she gave him pulled him up short.

"Nice of you to join us," she said, and she turned and left the office.

"Here, let me give you this,” Owen said, like nothing happened. “This is some of the information from the guys coming in this afternoon. We have some pretty talented players, and their coach was hoping you guys could work on some of these things. Wes is going to do some shooting drills with these guys, I'm working on skating drills. I'm hoping you can work on defense and corner work."

"Yeah, that sounds great."

"Also, we'll probably open with you and Wes sharing a little about your stories since you both started where they are."

"Of course, that's why we’re both here."

By the time he was able to finish talking to Owen, it was time to start getting stuff ready. Evie was already out on the ice. He watched her instructing a group of teenage skaters, she was amazing. He could tell she was tough, but she knew what she was doing.

After the skate and the kids were gone, Owen called him and Wes into his office for a little more planning for the rest of the week. This was stuff Cash could do in his sleep; he just needed to be told when and where to show up.

But he was anxious to go find Evie. The way he looked for her was new to him. He needed to find her and convince her to go out on a date with him, and he was feeling hopeful after their interactions. By the time he left Owen's office it looked like she was already gone. Damn. Well, there's always tomorrow.

As much as he wanted to text her and take her out tonight, he did need to get home and sort things out with River.

When he got out in his car, he pulled out his phone to text her, but he saw he had missed calls from his sister and River. He had a feeling this was just the beginning of whatever family drama this was. Being halfway across the country, he didn't get pulled into the family drama much, but it looked like he was in deep this time.

He decided to call his sister first to find out what he was supposed to be doing.

"Hello."

"Hey, how's it going?" he asked as he got in his truck.

"Hey." She sounded less than pleased, but he couldn't blame her.

"So, what's the plan? Am I putting him on a plane back to you?"

"No."

"No?"

"Cash, I don't know what to do with him. I was kind of thinking maybe he could just hang out with you this summer and you could help him to shape up."

"I'm not sure that's a good idea. I have all kinds of plans this summer. I don't have time to babysit."

"He's seventeen, he doesn't need a babysitter. He needs a decent man in his life. Please. Or else I'm going to lose him.” The desperation in her voice pulled at something inside him. “He's going to be a hapless musician like his dad and our dad. I don't want that for him."

"I'm not sure you can stop him. Is he any good?"

"Don't start. He needs to go to school and get a real job."

"When did you become the man?" Cash chuckled.

" I'm serious. You went to school and got your degree, and you have your shit together. Maybe if he spent the summer with you, he might be able to figure out his own shit."

"I don't know..."

"Please. I'm begging you. I'm so worried about him."

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