Page 81 of Breaking Point
GRAYSON
everything will be okay
BELLA
what if no one believes us?
I peer down at my ticket, following the signs toward my seat, far too anxious to eat anything though the smell of popcorn tries to beckon me. But I know it won’t go down well. All it’ll end up doing is making me more nauseous. Another text comes through.
SCREENSHOT OF ICEHAWKS CHAT
I stop dead in my tracks, unable to squelch my laughter. Thankfully, the arena is packed to the brim with people drinking and hollering, along with music blaring from the speakers so no one pays me any attention as I continue to giggle down at my phone like an idiot.
GRAYSON
they love you already
BELLA
Taylor Swift? Been spying on me on the Ring camera again?
GRAYSON
would you make a report with HR if I said yes?
BELLA
depends on who HR is
GRAYSON
technically you
BELLA
don’t you have somewhere better to be? Like, I don’t know, a game in front of thousands of people?
GRAYSON
bored of me already?
BELLA
you and your fifteen personalities?
GRAYSON
harsh. I’d say I’m closer to two.
BELLA
and those are?
GRAYSON
I’m referred to as a Golden Retriever a lot
BELLA
