ELI ARRIVES BACK in Houston to a small unruly group of professional hockey players waiting at the airport baggage claim with ridiculous, and in some cases hardly legible, handmade signs. When he comes into view at the top of the stairs, they start screaming so loudly that Hawk is momentarily a little scared, and a security guard drifts closer to investigate the situation. Eli’s team finds this charming. Eli considers killing Alex.
