I think maybe if I’d lived more, experienced more, like you do, I wouldn’t have been so scared to lose hockey. I wouldn’t have thrown you out and ruined my—” He cut himself off with a clenched jaw. “You’re worried something is going to happen and you’ll be responsible, since you’re the reason I’m up here. Don’t be. I make my own decisions. I just wish I would have made the right ones sooner. I should have gone skinny dipping with you. I should have danced in the kitchen, no matter how bad it looked.” He swallowed, glancing back to watch Apollo tighten the final straps across his shoulders. “I
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