Capítulo 51: Chapter 51: Pour Some Sugar on Me

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"I can't watch this," Evan says. "I'm feeling seriously sick watching this shit."

The Crush are playing like total garbage. With Georg out on IR and Evan on a brief paternity leave, the team is relying heavily on Mikhail and Viktor, and they just aren't playing well together. Viktor is an enforcer. He's big and solid but he's not a strategic player. He's not quick. And Mikhail is struggling without a solid defenseman at his six.

I'm watching the game at Holly and Evan's house, and while Holly assures me that little Danya could sleep through a hurricane, I'm still nervous every time I yell at the television. This game is brutal.

"What the hell is going on with these refs?" Evan groans. "Seriously bad calls in every period. I shouldn't have taken this much time off."

"What, you being there would magically make the refs call the game better?" Holly asks.

"No, but I could be there to help Mikhail. It's like he's all alone out there."