Harrisburg Railers Box Set 1 by R J Scott & V L Locey

Author:R J Scott & V L Locey
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781785642036
Publisher: Love Lane Books Ltd
Published: 2020-04-19T04:00:00+00:00

The room wasn’t particularly large, but was big enough for thirty or so chairs with some attending journalists standing at the back. I spotted Bryan immediately, and we exchanged nods. I hadn’t told him everything, but he only had to look at the names on the podium to have a good idea of what was happening here.

Jared Madsen. Tennant Rowe.

Most of the team were there, ranged down the sides of the room. The leadership group, the captain, both of the alternates, the veterans, Jared’s son and Ten’s oldest brother were in a loose group right by the small stage. Brady was in a Boston sweatshirt, out of place among the team guys in their suits. But he was a statement that needed to be made; that it wasn’t just the Railers who were facing this today. Brady was both family and a representative of an original six team.

And yes, I’d looked up what that meant when Ten had explained that his brother was up his own ass about being in a team with history. I’d thought it might be an issue, and said so, but Ten and Jared had just laughed. Clearly big-brother-Boston-player wasn’t an issue.

Between the two groups stood Adler.

Seemed to me that everyone was there to support Ten and Jared, except for Adler, who was there for me. I shook my head to rid myself of the idiot thought, but Adler wasn’t looking at the stage; he was staring right at me.

The owner of the team, Felix Cote, stood up. “Welcome, everyone,” he said, settling the room as Ten and Jared took their seats. “We have a prepared statement, and there will be copies available at the door. Tennant and Jared will take limited questions afterward.”

I waited as Felix took a seat. We’d talked this through, who should read the statement. Jared had said it should be him, but I’d made my point and they’d listened.

It didn’t matter who spoke the words. Jared could be perceived as leading Ten astray, or being a bad influence. Ten could talk and make it sound like Jared had changed him somehow, like maybe he was a kid who didn’t know his own mind.

In the end we’d compromised.

Only when Ten started to talk did I relax a little. We’d rehearsed this. I’d warned them to stay on script. They could do this.

“I’m gay,” Ten said simply. This wasn’t the results of a talent show that needed long pauses—this was direct and to the point. “I’ve known this for a long time, although I’ve only recently felt the need to tell everyone about the person I truly am and about the man I’m in a committed relationship with.”

“That would be me,” Jared said. “I’m friends with the Rowe family, having played with Brady. When Ten was traded here from Dallas, we reconnected as friends, and then fell in love.”

I nodded. The distinction had to be drawn that they’d been friends first, and that this wasn’t a hangover from some teenage thing. We’d decided no one needed to know about the early kiss the two had shared.

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