Down Deep (Going Deep Book 1) by Virna DePaul

Author:Virna DePaul [DePaul, Virna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Going Deep Book 1
Publisher: Virna DePaul
Published: 2016-10-10T21:00:00+00:00

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The next day, Camille and Heath were wandering around a costume shop, and he was doing an admirable job pretending to be interested in finding items for the perfect pirate tea party. “How about this?” he said, holding up a packet of fake beards and mustaches.

“Maybe in the party favor bags. Otherwise they’ll get cake and ice cream all over them.”

“Oh, good thinking.”

They continued wandering, and to Camille’s surprise, Heath casually took her hand while they strolled. Her heart thumped loudly and she struggled not to melt when he rubbed her knuckles with his thumb.

“So tell me about yourself.”

It was so random and unexpected that she was taken aback for a moment. “Is this a job interview?” she joked.

“No, I just realized we haven’t really talked, is all. What did you want to be when you grew up?”

She didn’t know how to respond to that—he wanted to talk, while he was helping her shop for Emma’s birthday party, no less, yet just last week, he’d made it clear he only had sex on his mind where she was concerned, and that had been before he’d blown her off. But when she looked back at him, his expression was genuinely curious.

For some reason, though, she didn’t want to talk about herself. She wanted to know about him; she realized with a start that she barely knew him. Sure, they’d gone to the same schools, but that didn’t mean you knew someone. Not really. “Before I answer your questions, how about I ask you one? Then we can go back and forth,” she said.

He considered a moment before nodding. “Sounds like a deal. What do you want to know?”

“How about what you wanted to be when you grew up? Did you always want to play in the NFL?” She expected that he’d say yes, but when he shook his head, surprise filled her.

“Nope, I wanted to be a little league coach, like your dad. My dad was the one who wanted me to get into the NFL. I’ll be honest, I actually wanted to be your dad when I grew up.”

She stopped walking, surprise and tenderness filling her. She’d known that Heath had looked up to her dad, but she’d had no idea he’d wanted to be like Cal Pollert. The fact that his childhood dream had been so…normal made her heart twist a little. Had he also wanted the happy family? She knew his dad had never been the nurturing type, and that his mom hadn’t been around at all. “When did that idea change?” she asked.

Heath thought a moment. “Probably when my dad lost his job when I was a kid—he got injured, you know. He knew he could never pay for college, so he wanted me to earn a football scholarship. He pushed me to be my very best.” He gestured at himself. “And here I am, NFL player and all.”

“Yeah, but is that what you wanted? Or did you just do what your dad said?”

“I wanted to be good at football, for him.

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