Flanigan 03 - Longing by Kingsbury Karen

Author:Kingsbury, Karen [Kingsbury, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781594153921
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2011-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Fourteen

THE LUNCH MEETING WITH SPORTS ILLUSTRATED AND THE INTERVIEW with ESPN were two hours off, and Cody could hardly believe the drive into the city. He’d never been to New York, never seen the skyscrapers or the high rises that grew from Madison Avenue. Never even imagined the lights of Times Square. But here he was — he and DeMetri Smith — on an adventure he had almost cancelled.

When it first came up a few months ago, he had imagined taking Cheyenne. He would have paid for her hotel room, since ESPN was springing for his, and together they’d take in the sites of the city. But now that wasn’t possible, of course. Cheyenne was into another round of chemo. Down another ten pounds and looking worse every day. He almost didn’t come because he wasn’t sure it was right to leave her.

In the end she was the one who urged him to go. “I’m fine, Cody … I won’t be any less sick because you miss this chance.” She had a way of moving him to do things he might not otherwise attempt. This was no exception. She even used the DeMetri card. “Neither of you has ever been to New York City. Who knows when you’ll have a chance like this again?”

She was right, and Tara also assured him that though Chey was sick, she was stable for now. A few days away wouldn’t make a difference.

Cody settled into the stretch limo and smiled at DeMetri. The kid hadn’t stopped talking since the car picked them up. “I mean, this is crazy high living, Coach. Traveling by limo.” He shook his head as he stared out the window, craning his neck to see the tops of the buildings. “This is sick.”

“True.” Cody laughed. “It would be sick to get used to it, Smitty. Especially if you want to be a pastor.”

“Hmm. You have a point.” He settled down for a minute. But then he bounced around on the seat again. “Still … I think God would want me to enjoy the ride, right Coach? For now?”

Again Cody laughed and he realized how good the action felt. How long had it been since he’d laughed? Cheyenne was right. This trip would be good for him. He would meet with a few members of the staffs at both Sports Illustrated and ESPN — where he and DeMetri would be interviewed on camera — and then they’d share a night on the town. There had been moments when he thought about seeing Hairspray tonight. Smitty would like the show, and, well … he’d never seen Bailey on Broadway.

But there seemed no point to it. He would only love her more if he watched her perform. And this week’s pictures on the cover of every gossip magazine seemed to suggest that Bailey and Brandon were getting more serious every day. One picture — though it was dark — almost made it look like Brandon had proposed to her. But the magazine stopped short of saying so.

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