Chapter 72 Return to Owner
(Marlow's POV)
I didn't turn on the light. I dropped to my knees on the kitchen tile and crawled toward my mother's voice.
"Mom? Where are you?"
"Here." A hand grabbed my sleeve. She was folded up small between the fridge and the wall, still in her slippers, her whole arm trembling against mine. ...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 THE NAME I NEVER STOPPED HEARING
2. Chapter 2 THE STICK I COULDN'T HOLD
3. Chapter 3 JUST MY NAME
4. Chapter 4 THE CALL I COULDN'T ANSWER HONESTLY
5. Chapter 5 THE ASSIGNMENT I DIDN'T FIGHT
6. Chapter 6 The Half-Truth 
7. Chapter 7 Ellery Knows That Face
8. Chapter 8 First Official Interview
9. Chapter 9 A Third Text
10. Chapter 10 Odette, Up Close
11. Chapter 11 Bus Ride to Away Rink One
12. Chapter 12 Postgame, Almost Alone
13. Chapter 13 Corinne Notices
14. Chapter 14 A Fourth Text, No Warning
15. Chapter 15 The Line She Draws
16. Chapter 16 Practice Runs Long
17. Chapter 17 Ice at Midnight
18. Chapter 18 Holt, From a Distance
19. Chapter 19 Odette's Warning
20. Chapter 20 A Question She Almost Asks
21. Chapter 21 The Recorder Trick
22. Chapter 22 Away Game Two
23. Chapter 23 Bettina's Blind Spot
24. Chapter 24 The Fifth Text
25. Chapter 25 Coach Okonkwo's Blind Eye
26. Chapter 26 A Real Laugh
27. Chapter 27 Ellery Asks Directly
28. Chapter 28 Odette at the Gala Meeting
29. Chapter 29 A Question He Answers
30. Chapter 30 Holt at the Rink Door
31. Chapter 31 The Sixth Text
32. Chapter 32 Practice Under Pressure
33. Chapter 33 The Apology
34. Chapter 34 Corinne's Question, Round Two
35. Chapter 35 Away Game Three, the Big One
36. Chapter 36 The Upset
37. Chapter 37 Alone on the Dock
38. Chapter 38 The Real Reason
39. Chapter 39 The Kiss
40. Chapter 40 Walking Back In
41. Chapter 41 The Agreement
42. Chapter 42 Stolen Minutes
43. Chapter 43 Odette Watches Closer
44. Chapter 44 The Seventh Text
45. Chapter 45 Article Deadline Looms
46. Chapter 46 A Night Off, Almost Normal
47. Chapter 47 Holt and Truett, Overheard
48. Chapter 48 She Almost Tells Him About the Texts
49. Chapter 49 The Gala Announcement
50. Chapter 50 Writing Around the Truth
51. Chapter 51 Writing Around the Truth
52. Chapter 52 Practice, Public Face
53. Chapter 53 Odette's Fear Shows
54. Chapter 54 Away Game Four
55. Chapter 55 Corinne Visits
56. Chapter 56 The Eighth Text
57. Chapter 57 Truett's Slip
58. Chapter 58 A Fight, Small But Real
59. Chapter 59 Making Up
60. Chapter 60 Holt's Softening
61. Chapter 61 Ellery's Own Story
62. Chapter 62 The Ninth Text
63. Chapter 63 Confronting the Question
64. Chapter 64 Ten Days Until Gala
65. Chapter 65 The Calm Before
66. Chapter 66 Odette's Panic
67. Chapter 67 Holt Corners Truett
68. Chapter 68 The Cold Media Room
69. Chapter 69 No Explanation, Again
70. Chapter 70 Ellery's Anger, On Her Behalf
71. Chapter 71 No Headlights
72. Chapter 72 Return to Owner
73. Chapter 73 The Second Voice
74. Chapter 74 Cold
75. Chapter 75 Thin Ice
76. Chapter 76 Northgate
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