IT WAS ALWAYS YOU by Erika Kelly

Author:Erika Kelly [Kelly, Erika]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: EK Publishing, LLC

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Cassian pocketed his keys and headed across the lawn. “I’ll catch up with you later.”

Amie pulled open the door to the office. “Let me know how it goes.”

He gave her a wave. The crew had cleaned up the field from morning drills, but they’d left out a blocking sled and a couple stepover dummies. He snagged a flag off the grass and tossed it toward the shed. He’d have to talk to the guys about that.

The kids learned more than football here. They learned respect and independence. His coaches needed to model the right behavior.

As he crossed the grass, he breathed in the clean mountain air, took in the snow-crested peaks of the Teton Mountain Range. Damn, he loved it here. Even as a fourteen-year-old kid from New Jersey, he’d been in awe of this Wild West town surrounded by intimidating mountains and the bison that wandered onto the road, not giving a single fuck about travelers.

When he’d bought this property, he hadn’t thought about teaching kids how to play football. He just knew he needed a place where he could be anonymous. A place where he could relax.

A place that had Gigi Cavanaugh.

He’d purchased the land with an LLC, so his name wasn’t associated with it. So far, his privacy hadn’t been violated. Calamity had a permanent population of about ten thousand, though it swelled to over a million during the ski and hiking seasons. A good number of residents were successful entrepreneurs and celebrities who appreciated the healthy outdoor lifestyle and wanted to get away from it all in a magnificent setting. People left them alone.

He could get a coffee here, and no one asked for his autograph.

The idea for the camp came a few years later. He’d invited his offensive line out for a preseason retreat so they could bond and get in some specialized drills. The Bowie brothers, four local extreme athletes, ran a training facility just down the road, and it had everything an athlete could ever need to get in top shape.

He’d bought his teammates mountain bikes, and they did long distance swimming in the lake, but given that they played football, he’d made some accommodations on his land. They couldn’t run plays in a sage-filled meadow.

He and Dean had been sitting on his deck one night, drinking beers and gazing up at the stars, when the vision came to him. Together, they’d brainstormed their dream training facility. Not just for their teammates, but for kids. Specifically, kids who had the talent and drive but not the access.

The next day he’d contacted a landscaper about designing a football field and a contractor about building a facility where he could house and feed young athletes. He’d only been hosting the camp for three years, but he didn’t think there was anything better he could do with his time in the off-season.

The kids had four hours of training each morning and an hour of rest after lunch. In the afternoons, they hit the gym to focus on exercises for explosiveness and athleticism.

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