CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
ALEX DAVALO
I got lucky!
I was fuming when Phil told me that my brother and Bethany had attacked Nadia during training. Phil sounded angry over the phone, and I could feel his frustration radiating through the line. It felt like he didn’t care anymore if I was going to punish him for speaking to me in that manner; he just wanted to vent his anger and frustrations on me.
“Because of what they did, we are going to lose a key player for the competition,” he said through gritted teeth. I could almost picture him pacing back and forth, his hands most likely balled into fists.
“What do you mean?” I shot back, trying to keep my anger in check, but it was no use. “Why would they do something like that?”
“Nadia didn’t show up for the last team meeting before we traveled
