Breakaway (Pro-U #1) by Ali Parker

Author:Ali Parker [Parker, Ali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01B9XNJP4
Publisher: BrixBaxter Publishing
Published: 2016-04-25T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 19

Two Days Later

Lucas

I thought maybe taking a day off from being around her would be good for me, but it only seemed to leave me agitated and ready to buckle. I'd been fighting my whole life to be someone that Bret would be proud of, and here I was ready to drop my pretenses and let a woman, no, a girl, into my heart. She'd destroy me, just like Lisa destroyed my brother. We might look indestructible, but there was a tombstone at the grave just outside my dad's church that spoke otherwise.

I ran my fingers through my hair and walked into a meeting with my senior advisor and Coach Billows. It’d been scheduled for quite some time, but it seemed to have snuck up on me. Just like everything else was doing lately.

"There's the man of the hour." Dr. Dement stood up and extended his hand to me. "Come on in, Lucas. Have a seat, son."

"Dr. Dement." I nodded at the portly older man and turned my attention to my mentor. "Coach."

"Hey buddy. Have a seat. You want something to drink?" His eyes were filled with an odd pride he always seemed to feel around his players. It was one of the many reasons we played so hard for him.

"You got vodka?" I laughed and they joined me.

"No, but we should definitely think about making that a staple in some of these meetings. I think yours is going to be my favorite this year though." Dr. Dement squeezed my shoulder and smiled. "Your grades are looking great for your business degree and you played like the champ you are all season long. I wish we could clone you and just fill the campus with Jerry White's boys."

"Don't tell my dad that. He's already got ego issues." I smirked, feeling rather uncomfortable. I was good with hearing that I was on the right path, but being doted on felt odd after having my dad browbeat me every chance he got.

"So the good news is that you're gonna graduate near the top of your class, and that puts you in the bottom category for the cum laude designation. Good job from an academic standpoint, Lucas." He squeezed my shoulder again and glanced over at coach as his smile reached his eyes. "Tell him the good part."

"I told him some of it." Coach leaned back in his chair as his eyes got misty. "You know I'm proud of you, right? That in all my years of coaching, you're the closest thing I have to a favorite player."

"Are you hitting on me?" I smiled and tried to calm the torrent of emotions that raced through me. I'd forgotten that graduating and getting on with life meant no more Coach Billows lifting me up and breaking me down, making me stronger and better and faster. It was a part of my college life that was going to be sorely missed.

"No, we'll leave that to all the ladies out there." Dr. Dement laughed loudly.

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