Goalie (Texas Mutiny Book 3) by M.E. Carter

Author:M.E. Carter [Carter, M.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juked Series
Publisher: ME Carter
Published: 2017-02-17T18:30:00+00:00

“Hey, how ya doing, Santos?”

“I’m doing ok, thanks.”

Shaking my therapist’s hand, a genuine smile crosses my face. I’ve been seeing Justin for a couple of weeks now, and therapy hasn’t been at all like I thought it would be.

I envisioned a stuffy old man making me lay on a couch while he holds a clipboard and asks me about my mother. Justin, however, is anything but a stuffy old man. Just a couple years older than me, he comes to work wearing jeans and sneakers. He’s got scruff on his face and doesn’t even have a desk to sit behind. His office looks more like a living room with a couch and a couple recliners. The only indication it’s a therapy office at all is the bookshelf full of reference material.

We talk for a few minutes about my latest game and what the chances are we’ll win the title this year. Turns out Justin isn’t a fan of soccer, but he’s been to an occasional game. Most people in Houston have, even if it’s just to say they’ve gone.

Quickly, the conversation turns to Mari and the kids. The look on his face when I tell him about Theo getting out of the apartment mirrors the horror I felt when Mari called and told me.

“Holy crap,” he exclaims. “I can only imagine how that made you feel to hear about it.”

“I was so scared, man,” I admit. “Even though it was already over, ya know? Nothing was even happening. Theo was safe and sound, but I felt so helpless. I hate not being there.”

When Mari had called me the night after it happened, the initial panic was overwhelming. As she told me about it, I paced the floor of the house; it was impossible to sit down. I was so glad he was ok, but I was so mad it had happened in the first place. Once again, I was mad at myself for putting us all in the situation to begin with. What if she hadn’t found him in time? What if she hadn’t found him at all?

“Sounds like it was just one more reason to be frustrated with the situation.”

“You have no idea. You have kids, right?”

“Yep.” Justin picks up his phone and pulls up a picture to show me. “Two girls. Three years and eight months.”

“They’re cute.”

“They take after their mother,” he says with a smile, glancing at the picture one more time before putting the phone away.

“So you get why I was so panicked.”

“Oh, yeah. Your reaction was totally understandable. The danger was over, but you still needed to process your emotions. It’s scary stuff. How was Mari when you talked to her? Did she sound ok?”

I take a deep breath and think back to how she sounded. “She was calm. Maybe too calm. It was weird.”

“She was probably in shock.”

“That’s what I was thinking. I don’t know how she kept it together long enough to even call me.”

“Shock typically doesn’t set in for a couple hours, especially if the person keeps moving for a while.

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