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Chapters (45)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Prologue
  4. Chapter One
  5. Chapter Two
  6. Chapter Three
  7. Chapter Four
  8. Chapter Five
  9. Chapter Six
  10. Chapter Seven
  11. Chapter Eight
  12. Chapter Nine
  13. Chapter Ten
  14. Chapter Eleven
  15. Chapter Twelve
  16. Chapter Thirteen
  17. Chapter Fourteen
  18. Chapter Fifteen
  19. Chapter Sixteen
  20. Chapter Seventeen
  21. Chapter Eighteen
  22. Chapter Nineteen
  23. Chapter Twenty
  24. Chapter Twenty-One
  25. Chapter Twenty-Two
  26. Chapter Twenty-Three
  27. Chapter Twenty-Four
  28. Chapter Twenty-Five
  29. Chapter Twenty-Six
  30. Chapter Twenty-Seven
  31. Chapter Twenty-Eight
  32. Chapter Twenty-Nine
  33. Chapter Thirty
  34. Chapter Thirty-One
  35. Chapter Thirty-Two
  36. Chapter Thirty-Three
  37. Chapter Thirty-Four
  38. Chapter Thirty-Five
  39. Chapter Thirty-Six
  40. Chapter Thirty-Seven
  41. Chapter Thirty-Eight
  42. Chapter Thirty-Nine
  43. Epilogue
  44. Acknowledgements
  45. About the Author

It hits me like a wave as I watch Ellis play with Jack after introducing Lyndsey to the guys. This is the life I’m lucky enough to have, and I’m going to give it my everything. After this season, I only have one more on my contract with the Spears, and I never would have thought I would be ready to retire when I signed it – but somehow I do. Plus, even if I did sign again I only have a few good years left in me. Hockey is physically demanding and soon my body is going to protest against the strain. I want to be here for Ellis and Jack and our baby, see them grow and hold them when they cry. I want to have my family. I need to figure out if now is the right time or if I am just being swept up in the emotions of becoming a parent.

Hockey was my driving force, but Ellis has given me so much more than I thought I deserved. Even if she doesn’t want the same things as me, if she doesn’t want to be a family, I will come to terms with that. But I don’t want to miss a single moment of our future.

My life.

With Ellis.

Chapter Fifteen

Liam

Every player has a pre-game routine. Whether it’s as simple as eating a specific breakfast or playing certain songs in the locker room. My routine used to be so simple: eat eggs for breakfast and not look at my phone for two hours before I hit the ice.

Simple, effective and helped me get in the zone. I don’t think I have been in the zone since the day I found out I was going to be a dad. Eggs are still my pre-game breakfast, but how am I supposed to put my phone away when Ellis could need me? This morning I nearly missed the baby kicking. Again.

Ellis has been able to feel it for a little while, flutters inside her. But the last few days they’ve been stronger, strong enough to feel from the outside, and I kept missing it. First it was because I was at training, then yesterday I missed it again because I was at my place while Ellis was getting kicked about half an hour away.

I only managed to feel it this morning because I swung by to see if they wanted to come to the game, to which the answer was still no. I was about to walk out when Ellis called me back and I finally felt it. That feeling hitting my palm could have knocked me over and now I can’t put my phone down, even though the puck drops in an hour.