Saints and Sinners: The Complete Series by Eden Butler

Author:Eden Butler [Butler, Eden]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-08T23:00:00+00:00

EPILOGUE

REESE

APRIL 2018

NFL DRAFT

REESE HAD NEVER BEEN to Philly. In fact, the only thing she knew about the city was that it was where Will Smith had been “born and raised.” She smiled at the stupid internal joke and let Gia squeeze her hand when the announcement overhead called for her to make her way to the stage.

It might have been unheard of for a current player to announce a new draft pick, but Reese herself was a little unheard of and this particular player would be, too.

She nodded to the commissioner as he gestured toward the podium, blinking as the lights around her moved like they were signaling some manic SOS message with hundreds of flashing lights. Reese had grown accustomed to the attention she pulled from the media, especially since she and Ryder had officially come out as a couple a good two months after their loss to Minnesota in the division game.

But being accustomed to something didn’t mean she had to like it.

“Good afternoon,” she said, adjusting the mic in front of her. She found the camera, smiling at it and tried not to laugh out loud. Ryder had asked her a question, one she’d refused to answer. One he demanded she answer before she returned to their hotel room.

“If it’s a yes, then wink into the camera. At least give me that,” he said, pouting when she dressed for the ceremony. She was set to announce a selection during the first round and Ryder hadn’t yet recovered from their return trip from Scotland to check out a distillery he was thinking of investing in.

“I make zero promises,” she teased, kissing him soundly as she finished dressing and left the bathroom. When Ryder crashed onto the bed, Reese stood next to him, nudging the mattress with her knee. “Are you gonna watch? This is kind of a big deal, you know.”

“So was my question…”

He was probably asleep, likely still irritated at her non-answer, but she still looked right into the camera, smile twisting and a little flirty before she winked. If he didn’t get that, he didn’t deserve an answer at all.

This was a moment Reese never got. It was the shift in attitude Gia had ushered in for herself and every woman that followed after them. The tide turned with each contract Gia signed and every upright Reese shot ball after ball through.

The crowd expected this. The media had discussed the prospect of this draft being different than any other ever held and it would be because this was the year the old boys’ club had its narrow doors blasted open.

Reese leaned forward, holding the draft card in her hand, surrounded by a royal blue NFL Draft banner behind her. “With the eighteenth pick in the first round, the Denver Broncos select the placekicker from Duke University…Grace Reynolds!”

There were loud, roaring noises, all hoots of joy, a spattering of low, booing cries from a few Broncos fans, but Reese did not pay attention to anything except the woman walking toward her.

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