Game For Love: The Beautiful Game: SEAL's Goal (Kindle Worlds Novella) by Sharon Hamilton

Author:Sharon Hamilton [Hamilton, Sharon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Military, SEALs
Publisher: Kindle Worlds
Published: 2014-07-29T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 7

First Class Petty Officer Trevor Markham had invited Patrick to join them for drinks and dinner at the Mexican restaurant near their hotel. He was laughing about something one of the other men had said. There was a trail of longneck beer bottles snaking their way back and forth across the table. Patrick wondered why they didn’t just buy a pitcher and save some money.

“Hey there, Patrick. Come, we got your seat right here.”

Room was made for him on one of the benches next to LPO Trevor. Before he could ask, he was handed a bottle of beer, and the salute went up:

“Hooyah, Ryan,” they chorused. Quiet ensued when they guzzled their brews. Patrick considered the impact that downing a full bottle on an empty stomach might have on him, and his ability to get back to the hotel.

“So what’s it like playing soccer in England, son?” Markham asked. He was perhaps five years Patrick’s senior, so the term struck him as odd.

“It’s fun. One of the best jobs in the world.”

“What do you like about it?” one of the other SEALs asked.

“Get to train outdoors. I have all this cool equipment and gear. They bus us all around Europe, fly us to South America and places like that. Lots of girls, and the money’s good.”

“Well,” Markham said after he’d finished off his longneck, “up until the part about the money, I thought you were talking about our little club.”

Several other men chuckled, and then someone swore and followed it up with, “Ain’t that the truth?”

“And the equipment is better,” said a young man with a southern accent.

“A whole lot more dangerous, too,” Patrick said.

“I’ve seen those pictures of fans tipping over buses in Brazil, some ref getting beaten to death over a call. I’d say your line of work can be dangerous.”

“Yes, we get some defender coming at my head with his cleats up, I could lose an eye, or get scarred. But heck, I got scars all over my body, and it doesn’t make a bit of difference.”

“Shit, I got run through with a crowbar-type tool some months back,” the southern boy drawled. He lifted his shirt and showed Patrick a pink scar that looked like bubble gum stuck to the right side of his navel. “Goes clear through to the other side,” and he said as he attempted to turn around and show him.

That started a whole round of scar reveals. One soldier was missing an earlobe from hand-to-hand combat. Most of them had more tattoos than scars, so after they’d run out of scars they started showing them off. Patrick saw some beautiful, intricate designs. He knew Ryan had a bone frog with a trident on his chest right over his heart, and he suspected these men all did as well.

“You been playing a long time?” Markham asked.

“Yessir. Started playing professional just after high school and am now First Squad for Tottenham. It’s a good club. A good gig.”

“Yeah, Ryan mentioned that. He talked a lot about you, Patrick.

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