packersrsquo ; t we supposed to score ? packersrdquo ; he yelled out, his words slurring . packersldquo ; Did the rules change here, too ? packersrdquo ; Moss led Jason to the side of the rink . packersldquo ; Dude . It packersrsquo ; s just pond hockey, and they packersrsquo ; re just kids . packersrdquo ; Jason nodded, shook it off . They met for another face - off, and this time when the kids took the puck Jason skated backward slowly, making no move to go after it . Unused to playing without the boards, he tripped over the plastic edge of the rink liner and fell into the arms of the crowd . He noticed Zephyr Santorelli - Weinstein packersrsquo ; s face, and a half - dozen others from school . packersldquo ; Sorry, packersrdquo ; he muttered, staggering to his feet . When he stepped onto the ice again, Jason headed for the puck, hip - checking a player to Charles Woodson Jersey get him out of the way . Except this time, his opponent was half his size and a third of his weight, and went flying . The boy banged into his goalie, who slid into the net in a heap, crying . Jason watched the kid packersrsquo ; s father hurry onto the ice in his street shoes . packersldquo ; What is wrong with you today ? packersrdquo ; Moss said, skating close . packersldquo ; It was an accident, packersrdquo ; Jason answered, and his friend reared back, smelling the alcohol . packersldquo ; Coach is going to rip you a new asshole . Get out of here . I packersrsquo ; ll cover for you . packersrdquo ; Jason stared at him . packersldquo ; Go, packersrdquo ; Moss said . Jason took one last look at the boy and his father, then skated hard to the spot where he packersrsquo ; d left his boots . I did not die, and yet I lost life packersrsquo ; s breath : imagine for yourself what I became, deprived at once of both my life and death . Laura read Lucifer packersrsquo ; s lines in the last canto of the Inferno, then closed the book . Hands down, Lucifer was the most fascinating character in the poem : waist - deep in the lake of ice, with his three heads gnawing on a feast of sinners . Having once been an archangel, he certainly had the freedom of choice - in fact, it was what got him to pick a fight with God in the first place . So if Lucifer had willingly chosen his course, had he known beforehand that he was going to end up suffering ? Did he think, on some level, that he deserved it ? Did anyone, who was cast in the role opposite Clay Matthews Jersey the hero ? It occurred to Laura that she had sinned in every single circle . She packersrsquo ; d committed adultery . She packersrsquo ; d betrayed her benefactor - the university - by seducing a student . . . which could also be considered treachery, if you classified Seth as an innocent pawn in the game . She packersrsquo ; d defied God by ignoring her wedding vows : She packersrsquo ; d defied her family by distancing herself from Trixie when Trixie needed her most . She packersrsquo ; d lied to her husband, she packersrsquo ; d been angry and wrathful, she packersrsquo ; d sowed discord, and she packersrsquo ; d been a fraudulent counselor to a student who came looking for a mentor and wound up with a lover . About the only thing Laura hadn packersrsquo ; t done was kill someone . She reached behind her desk for an antique china human head she had found at a garage sale . It was Ray Nitschke Jersey smooth and white and divided into calligraphed subsections across the brain area : wit, glory, revenge, bliss . Over the skull she packersrsquo ; d put a headband sporting two red devil horns, a gift from a student one Halloween . Now she took the headband off and tried it on for size . There was a knock on her door, and a moment later Seth stepped into her office . packersldquo ; Are those horns on your head, packersrdquo ; he said, packersldquo ; or are you just happy to see me ? packersrdquo ; I She yanked off the headband . packersldquo ; Five minutes . packersrdquo ; He closed the door, locked it . packersldquo ; You owe me that much . packersrdquo ; Relationships always sounded so physically painful : You fell in love, you broke a heart, you lost your head . Was it any wonder that people came through the experience with battle scars ? The problem with a marriage - or maybe its strength - was that it spanned a distance, and you were never the same person you started out being . If you were lucky, you could still recognize Aaron Kampman Jersey each other years later . If you weren packersrsquo ; t, you wound up in your office with a boy fifteen years younger than you were, pouring his heart into your open hands . All right . If she was going to be honest, she had loved the way Seth knew what an anapest was, and a canzone . She loved seeing their reflection in a pane of glass as they passed a storefront and being surprised every time . She loved playing Scrabble on a rainy afternoon when she should have been grading papers or attending a departmental meeting . But just because she had called in sick that day didn packersrsquo ; t mean she wasn packersrsquo ; t still a professor . Just because she abandoned her family didn packersrsquo ; t mean she wasn packersrsquo ; t still a wife, a mother . Her biggest sin, when you got right down to it, was forgetting all that in the first place . packersldquo ; Seth, packersrdquo ; she said, packersldquo ; I don packersrsquo ; t know how to make this any easier . But . . . packersrdquo ; She broke off, realizing the words she was about to say : But I love my husband . I always have . packersldquo ; We need to talk, packersrdquo ; Seth said quietly . He reached into the back pocket of his jeans and tossed a rolled newspaper onto the table . Laura had seen it . The front page chronicled the newly filed charge by the district attorney . Jason Underhill would be tried as an adult, due to the presence of date rape drugs in Clay Matthews Jersey the victim packersrsquo ; s bloodstream . packersldquo ; Ketamine, packersrdquo ; Seth said . Laura blinked at him . From what the prosecutor had said, the drug found in Trixie packersrsquo ; s system hadn packersrsquo ; t even been one of the more popular date rape drugs . It hadn packersrsquo ; t been listed in the newspaper, either . packersldquo ; How would you know that ? packersrdquo ; Seth sat down on the edge of her desk . packersldquo ; There packersrsquo ; s something I have to tell you, packersrdquo ; he said . packersldquo ; I packersrsquo ; m coming ! packersrdquo ; Trixie yelled through the open door, as her father honked the horn for the third time . Jesus . It wasn packersrsquo ; t like she wanted to go into town right now, and it wasn packersrsquo ; t her fault that the pizza cheese he was using to cook dinner had grown enough mold to be classified as an antibiotic . She hadn packersrsquo ; t been doing anything earthshattering that she couldn packersrsquo ; t interrupt, but it was the principle that was upsetting her ; Neither parent felt comfortable letting Trixie out of sight . She stomped into the first pair of boots she could find and headed outside to his idling truck . packersldquo ; Can packersrsquo ; t we just have soup ? packersrdquo ; Trixie said, slouching down in her seat, when what she really meant was : What will it take to make you trust me again ? Her father put the truck into first gear to go down a long hill . packersldquo ; I know you want me to leave you home alone . But I hope you also know why I can packersrsquo ; t do that . packersrdquo ; Trixie rolled her eyes toward the window . packersldquo ; Whatever . packersrdquo ; As they approached town, there was a glut of cars . People in bright parkas and scarves spilled across the street like a stream of confetti . Trixie felt her stomach turn over . packersldquo ; What packersrsquo ; s the date ? packersrdquo ;
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