“Because you were sick. You weren’t ready.”
“Bullshit.”
“Because I was scared, okay? Because we hurt you, not intentionally but sort of intentionally on the field, because I knew how Mal had hurt you, had hurt me.”
“I never held that against you. It comes with the territory. It’s part of the job. We sacked you, too.
“But no one on your team kicked me the way Kasmerek kicked you. We knew what kind of guy he was, an enforcer. And when I saw you collapse at that press conference…”
Tam stood there with his hands in his back pockets, tears streaming down his face. Quinn looked at him but said nothing.
“Look,” Tam said finally, “maybe this trip was a mistake. Tomorrow morning, I think I’m going to head home. I’ll make some excuse about being called back for training. You should head back,
