Crossing the Line

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  • A
  • young
  • man,
  • born
  • to
  • self-desgtructive
  • parents,
  • finds
  • solace
  • on
  • the
  • makeshift
  • bakyard
  • rink
  • and
  • in
  • the
  • love
  • of
  • his
  • uncle.
  • As
  • the
  • book
  • starts,
  • his
  • provessional
  • career
  • has
  • bloomed.
  • He
  • is
  • traded
  • to
  • his
  • hometown
  • Montreal
  • from
  • Dallas,
  • where
  • hs
  • is
  • slated
  • to
  • sign
  • a
  • multi-million
  • dollar
  • contract.
  • Only
  • problem?
  • He's
  • not
  • sure
  • he
  • wants
  • to
  • keep
  • playing.
  • He
  • sees
  • the
  • city
  • buried
  • under
  • a
  • snowstorm
  • that
  • never
  • ends,
  • hungry
  • unhoused
  • people
  • begging
  • for
  • money,
  • his
  • uncle
  • who
  • raised
  • him
  • stuck
  • in
  • an
  • unhappy
  • marriage
  • and
  • bored
  • with
  • life.
  • He
  • meets
  • a
  • young
  • woman
  • who
  • works
  • for
  • a
  • food
  • bankm
  • which
  • serves
  • only
  • to
  • exacerbate
  • the
  • guilt
  • he
  • feels
  • at
  • earning
  • so
  • much
  • while
  • all
  • around
  • him
  • people
  • have
  • so
  • little.
  • The
  • team
  • is
  • pushing
  • him
  • to
  • sign
  • his
  • contract;
  • his
  • agent/business
  • manager
  • disappears
  • with
  • all
  • his
  • money
  • and
  • his
  • teammates
  • and
  • coaches
  • resent
  • his
  • interest
  • in
  • the
  • world
  • outisde
  • the
  • rink
  • and
  • question
  • his
  • dedication
  • to
  • their winning.
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