Coach by Devney Perry

Author:Devney Perry [Perry, Devney]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2023-04-05T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY

FORD

A thousand tiny hurricanes raged inside my veins. They rained nerves and anticipation and excitement and dread. It was an effort to keep my hands from shaking as I strode out of the fieldhouse, following the team marching to the stadium.

Fans were lined up along the path, clapping and cheering for the Wildcats. It couldn’t have been a nicer day for our first home game. A cloudless blue sky. A gentle breeze to combat the sun’s heat.

Damn. Sunscreen. I’d left the house this morning knowing I’d forgotten something. It was sunscreen.

Hopefully with this hat and my sunglasses, my face wouldn’t burn. But my forearms and calves were probably going to get roasted.

“Ready for this?” Toren asked as we walked side by side.

“Nope.”

We could use another week of practice, but that was always the case. No matter the role, player or coach, I’d never once felt prepared for a first game. But I hadn’t been this anxious before a game in years.

Keyed up was an understatement. Every time I drew in a long breath, I expected to exhale these crippling nerves. This wasn’t my first game. I’d done this countless times before. So why couldn’t I relax?

The scrimmage last weekend had gone well, but today we’d be running our plays against another team and another coach who wanted to win too. Guess we’d find out who wanted to win more.

And who had the talent to bring in a victory.

God, I hoped it was us. For the thousands and thousands of fans who’d be in the stadium, for my staff and my players, I hoped like hell we’d win.

And maybe for Millie too.

It had been eight days since I’d stormed out of the ladies’ bathroom. Eight days since I’d seen her face. This time, it hadn’t been her avoiding me, but the other way around. I’d made sure to stay far away from her office, focusing my time and energy on my corner of the world.

Joey had started school, and so far, fourth grade had been a hit. She’d made a few friends already and liked her teacher. But it was still early on. Every night when I went home, I held my breath as I walked through the door, wondering if I’d find her in tears.

She hadn’t wanted to come to today’s game, choosing to stay home with Stephanie instead. Next week, Joey started volleyball, and somehow, I’d need to figure out how to balance my schedule and hers so that I made it to a few games—also on Saturdays, because why would anyone make it easy on me?

Maybe if her game was early enough, I could go watch for a bit before coming here. Stephanie would need to help and take a video or maybe live stream it and—

Later, Ford. That would all need to wait until later.

The list of shit I needed to figure out was growing and it was all pushed to later.

Millie included.

Was she here working today? Would she be watching the game?

As we walked toward the stadium, I glanced up to the sky boxes.

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