The Hockey Captain Wants the Size 20 Team Chef Every Night novel · Chapter 19 of 24

Chapter 19: Cup

The final went six games, and by the sixth we were up three games to two.

At one o'clock I had made the same soup as every playoff day, with the lemon on top.

Pavel ate four bowls, and then he kissed the ladle for luck.

Before warmups Doran had found me in the hall, put his forehead against mine, and said, "Tunnel door."

At the end of the second period, I stood at the tunnel door with my dish towel and my ladle.

Doran's mother stood beside me.

Halfway down the tunnel, a security guard had hung a velvet rope.

He had a credential list in his fist, and he had told me twice that I was not on it.

"I'm the team's chef," I said.

"Ma'am, the ice is credentialed."

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