packersldquo ; Oh, I believe you, packersrdquo ; his father said, sarcastic . packersldquo ; I believe you didn packersrsquo ; t take any of those drugs yourself . packersrdquo ; The conversation was spinning back and forth in directions Jason couldn packersrsquo ; t follow . packersldquo ; Then why are you flipping out ? packersrdquo ; packersldquo ; Because Dutch Oosterhaus called me at work to discuss a little lab report he got today . The one they did on Trixie Stone packersrsquo ; s blood that proves someone knocked her out by slipping her a drug . packersrdquo ; Heat climbed the ladder of Jason packersrsquo ; s spine . packersldquo ; You know what else Dutch told me ? Now that drugs are in the picture, the prosecutor packersrsquo ; s Ben Roethlisberger Jersey got enough evidence to try you as an adult . packersrdquo ; packersldquo ; I didn packersrsquo ; t . . . packersrdquo ; A vein pulsed in his father packersrsquo ; s Troy Polamalu Jersey temple . packersldquo ; You threw it all away, Jason . You fucking threw it all away for a small - town whore . packersrdquo ; packersldquo ; I didn packersrsquo ; t drug her . I didn packersrsquo ; t rape her . She must have fooled around with that blood sample, because . . . because ., . packersrdquo ; Jason packersrsquo ; s voice dropped off . packersldquo ; Jesus Christ . . . you don packersrsquo ; t believe me . packersrdquo ; packersldquo ; No one does, packersrdquo ; his father said, weary . He reached into his back pocket for a letter that had already been opened and passed it to Jason before leaving the room . Jason sank down onto his bed . The letter was embossed with a return address for Bethel Academy ; the name of the hockey coach had been scrawled above it in pen . He began to read : In lieu of recent circumstances . . . withdrawing its initial offer of a scholarship for a postgraduate year . . . sure you understand our position and its reflection on the academy . The letter dropped from his hands, fluttering to land on the carpet . The iPod, without its headphones, glowed a mute blue . Who would have imagined that the sound your life made as it disintegrated was total silence ? Jason buried his face in his hands and, for the first time since all this had begun, started to cry . Once the storm had stopped and the streets were cleared, the storekeepers in Hines Ward Jersey Bethel came out to shovel their walkways and talk about how lucky they were that this latest blizzard hadn packersrsquo ; t caused the town manager to cancel the annual Winterfest . It was always held the Friday before Christmas and was a direct ploy to boost the local economy . Main Street was blocked off by the spinning blue lights of police cars . Shops stayed open late, and hot cider was served for free in the inn . Christmas lights winked like fireflies in the bare branches of the trees . Some enterprising farmer carted in a sickly looking reindeer and set up portable fencing around it : a North Pole petting zoo . The bookstore owner, dressed as Santa, arrived at seven o packersrsquo ; James Harrison Jersey clock and stayed as long as it took to hear the holiday requests of all the children waiting in line . This year, in an effort to connect local sports heroes to the community, the square in front of the town offices had been sealed and flooded to create a makeshift ice rink . The Ice CaBabes, a local cornpetitive figure - skating team, had done an exhibition routine earlier that evening . Now the championship Bethel High School hockey team was slated to play pickup hockey with a local group of Boy Scouts . After everything that had happened, Jason hadn packersrsquo ; t planned to go until Coach called up and said he had an obligation to the team . What Coach hadn packersrsquo ; t done, however, was specify in what condition Jason had to arrive . It was a fifteen - minute ride downtown Heath Miller Jersey , and he drank a fifth of his dad packersrsquo ; s Jack Daniel packersrsquo ; s on the way . Moss was already on the ice when Jason sat down on a bench and pulled out his skates . packersldquo ; You packersrsquo ; re late, packersrdquo ; Moss said . Jason double - knotted the laces, grabbed his stick, and shoved hard past Moss . packersldquo ; You here to talk or play hockey ? packersrdquo ; He skated so fast down the center of the rink that he had to slalom around some of the wobbling kids . Moss met him and they passed the puck in a series of complicated handoffs . On the sidelines, the parents cheered, thinking this was all part of the exhibition . Coach called for a face - off, and Jason skated into position . The kid he was opposing on the scout team came up as high as his hip . The puck was dropped, and the high school team let the kids win it . But Jason stick - checked the boy who was skating down the ice, stole the puck, and carried it down to the goal . He lifted it to the upper right corner of the net, where there was no chance of the tiny goalie being able to stop it . He pumped his stick in the air and looked around for his other teammates, but they were hanging back, and the crowd wasn packersrsquo ; t cheering anymore . packersldquo ; Aren
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