My Hockey Alpha

Nina

“Of course I believe you, Nina.”

Relief flooded through me at Enzo’s words. “Thank you,” I whispered, looking down at the table.

Enzo wasted no time in getting to work. He opened his laptop and started scouring all of the Twitter threads that contained pictures of me, scanning through them until he had a list compiled of some of his biggest — and most angry — fans.

“Do any of these people look familiar to you?” he asked, turning the laptop toward me I furrowed my brow as I looked through the list then shook my head, handing him back his laptop.

“Not really,” I replied, “but I also haven’t seen the stalker. I know they were right next to me on multiple occasions, but I never saw them

“What about someone else?” Enzo asked “Like James. Or even Lisa. Those pictures taken from the quad the other day when Lisa threw her coffee on you were taken from relatively close range Maybe someone else saw.”

“I could ask James,” I replied. “I don’t think Lisa would even talk to me, let alone tell me the truth.”

Enzo nodded and shut his laptop. stuffing it back into his backpack.” That’s alright,” he said. “I’ll talk to her You go talk to James.” He stood, slinging his backpack over his shoulder, then started to head for the exit.

I found James in Tiffany’s office later that day, poring over paperwork. He was slightly upset that I had just run away from him the day before, but was understanding of the situation and even more concerned when I told him about the stalker “I haven’t seen anyone,” he said, his eyes wide after I told him about the stalker. “Did you go to the police?”

I nodded. “I went this morning.” I replied. “The stalker somehow erased all of the evidence. They even stole the letter out of my bag. So, naturally, the police didn’t believe me.”

the table. “Let me know if you get any

sun was already going down, which only added to the feeling of

home, Jessica and Lori were sitting on

jumping up from the couch as

didn’t believe me. The stalker somehow destroyed the

wrapped her arms. around Jessica,

else happen?” I

pulled away from Lori and nodded, wiping her tears with her sleeve “I was walking home from the dining hall earlier and saw something move in the bushes,” she said

to her “Did you see them? What

Jessica, whose sobs got even louder, and shielded her from me with an angry look in her eyes. “She didn’t see anything because she was so terrified she

put my hand on the

she said. “Do the right thing and cut him off before this psycho does something really horrible

had expected my friends to be supportive through this entire thing, not accuse me of starting the problem.

a word, went into my bedroom and slammed the door behind me. The sound of Jessica’s sobs in the other room intensified, I heard Lori shushing her, followed

unclenched my fists as I waited with

I noticed something two

of the cold autumn breeze on my cheek, blowing through my window. I stopped in my tracks and narrowed my eyes as I slowly turned to face the

as the blinds rattled in the breeze My heart was practically pounding out of my chest. Horrible images of a crazed killer sitting in the tree outside my window flashed through my mind… Or perhaps they were hiding in my closet, or under my

“Hey.”