The Mulligan by Terri Tiffany

Author:Terri Tiffany
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: christian Fiction
ISBN: 9781611164022
Publisher: Pelican Ventures Book Group
Published: 2015-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

17

I hate being stuck in my trailer. The next morning, I haul myself outside and sit down on my plastic chair with my foot propped on a cement block. The humidity clings to my shirt like a piece of slime, and I wonder if October is ever going to cool off like everyone around here told me it should. At this rate, I will melt in approximately two hours.

About fifteen minutes into my sunbathing, Drew’s familiar truck pulls in my driveway. He slides out of the driver’s side, balancing two cups of coffee and a bag of doughnuts that he tosses into my lap before handing me a cup. I take a sip. The aroma teases the insides of my nose. My taste buds applaud. Perfect. Two sugars and one cream.

“Thought you could use some company. Greg told me what happened. Sorry.”

I point to my one other chair, and he pulls it up across from me. I should have washed my hair, but the thought of standing to dry it wasn’t appealing.

“What about classes?”

“Guess you forgot—there’s a tournament today. No class.” He raises his cup to salute me.

I can’t get over the strangeness of Drew sitting in my yard. It’s not like we have progressed to the point of good friends or anything like that. I lusted over him when I first met him, but ever since he made it clear that he is my instructor only, I have taken my sights off him. But today his blue eyes cause me to shiver even though it is ninety degrees.

“Thanks for the coffee.” I peek into the bag and pull out a glazed doughnut—still warm. The glaze oozes onto my fingers. “Oh wow.” I bite one in half and pass him the bag.

He does the same and tips his face toward my leg. “What are you going to do about December?”

“It’s only the end of October. I have time.” I shrug. Sure, he can tell I’m worried. What golfer wouldn’t be with this setback?

“Work on your upper body strength. You always need that.”

“Anything else you want to tell me?” I had already planned to hit the gym as soon as I can drive and maneuver my way on crutches.

Drew smiles and runs his free hand through his hair, making it stand in peaks. “As a matter of fact there is.”

“What? Drink plenty of vegetable juice?”

“I was thinking it’s time to tell you my story.”

Now, that sentence gets me. I set my coffee aside and slide up in my seat. “What are you waiting for?”

Drew clears his throat, and at first it looks as if he’s going to throw up, but then calmness takes over his features. “Unlike you, I started playing golf when I was five years old. My dad bought me a set of clubs for my birthday and made sure we hit the links any day the thermometer read above thirty-two degrees. By the time I was ten, I was playing in all kinds of tournaments for kids and winning.

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