Chase
I saw Allie enter the family section less than a minute before the opening ceremony ended.
For most of warmups, the seat beside Mia had remained empty.
I tried not to watch it.
Failed.
Nadia sent updates through team security, but they contained only facts.
The hearing had started.
Allie had delivered her statement.
The judge was considering the restraining order.
No information about how she felt.
No certainty that she would come.
I told myself it did not matter.
She had faced Olivia that morning.
She did not owe me an appearance at a hockey game after standing inside a courtroom with the woman who had invaded her home.
Then the private entrance opened.
Allie appeared beside Mia.
Her hair was pulled back, and she still wore the dark suit from the hearing beneath my t
