Slow and Steady Rush: Sweet Home Alabama by Trentham Laura

Author:Trentham, Laura
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-08-16T16:00:00+00:00

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The next week passed in a blur of catnaps, worry, and boredom. Logan came and went as he could, bringing real food and much-needed coffee, but his commitment to the football team increased exponentially as game day approached.

Ada mended slowly. The doctors hadn’t recommended replacing her hip yet again, but the wear and tear of the strong antibiotics etched dark circles under her eyes and deepened the furrows on her face.

Darcy received sporadic texts from Robbie—terse and to the point, mostly asking after Ada.

Logan called Friday morning, his voice a combination of nerves and excitement. “You have to come, cuz. Ada is out of the woods. It’ll be next week before they’ll move her home. The boys have been asking every day if you’re going to be in the stands. By the way, they all aced their essays on To Kill a Mockingbird.”

“I’m not at all surprised they did. God, I would love to sleep in my bed. Did Robbie say anything about wanting me there?” She chewed a thumbnail.

“No, but he’s hyperfocused right now. I’m sure he’d appreciate your support.”

“So personally put.” She rolled her eyes even though Logan couldn’t see.

“Do you want him to get personal? I failed to mention it, but you looked pretty comfortable all cuddled up with him at the hospital.”

“He was being neighborly.”

“Right,” he drawled. “I don’t tenderly hold old man Jenkins in my arms when he comes to return my errant mail.”

“Good grief. I’ll be there.” She disconnected, missing being able to pound a receiver down in its cradle.

Ada had tried to talk her into going home all week and shooed her away with reassurances. Darcy drove toward Falcon with her car top down. After being trapped so long under fluorescent lights, the sun and blue skies grew her optimism like a plant kept in the shade too long. By the time she blew past the city limits sign, she was singing along with the radio.

The last Falcon football game she’d attended had been her senior year. Kat was picking her up. She had just enough time to shower and change into shorts and a faded blue Falcon T-shirt that hadn’t seen the light of day for a decade. She and Kat exchanged a long bracing hug before they set off.

They had to park a good half-mile from the stadium. Cars lined the grassy sides of the road, turning it into a one-lane highway. Excitement crackled the air, infecting Darcy and making her stomach jump. Supporters of both teams swelled the streets, but Falcon blue and white was everywhere. Cars with school flags waving out the windows were in a gridlock on Main Street. The crowd of people moved from the sidewalks to the street like a dam bursting. The toot of car horns cut through the chatter and yells.

Someone started a Falcons cheer—“Let’s go Falcons”—followed by syncopated claps. Her friends in Atlanta would dismiss the spontaneous cheers as herd mentality, but Darcy threw her arms up and chanted with the crowd at the top of her lungs.

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