Spin Serve (Sports Series Book 8) by Nicole Pyland

Author:Nicole Pyland [Pyland, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pyland Publishing LLC
Published: 2024-05-30T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 20

Kendra couldn’t afford a trip to Italy. Well, that wasn’t entirely true. Her network wasn’t covering the international event. Volleyball, both indoor and beach, while popular across the country, was only starting to be aired on prime time. Beach volleyball had been on TV every weekend of the season during the heyday of the previous pro league for about twenty years or so, but when that league collapsed, there was a gap before the new one popped up, so it was only starting to get popular again for networks to air. An international event, though, which most people weren’t even aware of, wasn’t going to be covered on any of the major sports networks. That meant that Kendra wouldn’t be paid to go to Italy to cover the event, and since she couldn’t afford to take a trip like that after just buying a house and starting to do work on it, she’d be watching Aspen’s matches on her laptop, since it would only be streaming, and at odd hours due to the time difference. She had one trip to Portland to cover an NWSL match that would be during the middle of the tournament for Aspen, but other than that, she’d be watching at home.

As she stared at her computer, with the website telling her with a black screen and a short message that the event would start shortly, Kendra thought about maybe making the trip to Berlin. The network still wouldn’t be covering it, but she could ask for some time off and at least go for a few days, get a hotel room with points, and use some of her frequent-flyer miles to get a free or cheap flight. She supposed she could’ve done that for Italy, but she’d already been booked for a local NWSL match for Angel City FC and the one in Portland, so she probably wouldn’t have gotten the time off. In addition, spending all those miles and points on a tournament that wouldn’t earn Aspen and DJ an automatic spot in the Olympics didn’t seem worth it. Not to mention, the hotel points and flight miles would only take care of so much; she’d still have to pay for everything else. So, if she was going to do that, she’d rather do it for Berlin, when Aspen and DJ could lock in an Olympic spot.

“You’re acting like she’s your girlfriend,” she said to herself as she took a sip of her merlot. “She’s not your girlfriend. You’d just be that weird person tagging along to support a relatively new friend. She might even think it’s weird for you to be there.”

Her screen changed to a volleyball court, and she set her wineglass down on her table quickly.

“Come on, Aspen.”

In their first match, Aspen and DJ were playing a team from South Africa. They’d gone with two tall players, both over six feet, and that was a strategy. For a few teams, it worked, whereas for others, it usually didn’t. Aspen and DJ were introduced, and they took their spots on the court.

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