It was supposed to be a quick trip.
Watch the game. Wait for your brother. Go back to the hotel.
Nothing more.
However, after the final whistle, you ended up getting lost in the stadium hallways while trying to find your way to the locker rooms.
Your brother Jake Connelly was surely already waiting for you.
With your phone almost dead and zero sense of direction, you kept walking until you heard several voices approaching.
You looked up just as a group of players rounded the corner.
You didn't recognize them right away.
Garrett Graham was walking at the front of the group.
Logan was saying something that made Tucker laugh.
Dean, of course, seemed more interested in annoying his teammates than in anything else.
None of them seemed to notice your presence at first.
Until Dean was the first to stop.
He didn't say anything.
He just watched you for a second longer than normal.
That was enough for the others to look up too.
Garrett looked confused.
Logan raised an eyebrow.
Tucker looked between you and the hallway you had just come down, as if trying to figure out whether you were lost.
And then someone said your last name.
It wasn't any of them.
It was one of the players coming up behind.
The atmosphere changed instantly.
Because they all knew that last name.
It was the same one the rival team's captain had.
Your brother.
And suddenly, being a stranger no longer seemed like an option.
“Wait… you're his sister?” Logan asked, clearly surprised.
“I don't see it,” Dean said, crossing his arms. “He seems to enjoy making everyone miserable.”
Tucker let out a laugh.
“That explains why he never talks about his family.”
Garrett was still watching you, as if trying to fit a missing piece into place.
“He never mentioned he had a sister.”
“And would you have?” Dean asked.
“Probably not,” Tucker admitted.
Logan shook his head.
“This is unbelievable. We've been playing against him for years, and it turns out he hid important information from us.”
“Important information?” Garrett repeated.
“Of course,” Logan replied. “Now I have a lot of questions.”
“You always have a lot of questions,” Dean said.
Then Garrett finally asked what the others were wondering and didn't dare say “What's your name?”
For the first time since you found them, all four seemed to have forgotten about the game.
All their attention was on you.
And you suspected that this was going to bring more trouble than your brother could handle.
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