The Champion: A Second Chance Sports Romance by Sloane Hunter

Author:Sloane Hunter [Hunter, Sloane]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Stockton Publishing
Published: 2021-04-28T16:00:00+00:00

Back in my childhood bedroom, I threw clothes into my suitcase. It didn’t take long to repack. I’d barely made it three days.

I was making the right choice. But where was the relief that was supposed to come with it? My decision was made. I’d said goodbye. But instead of acceptance, all I felt was regret, and with it an incessant urgent whisper from my memories. A warning. A lesson I’d learned. Not well enough it seemed — I was getting a chance to right my wrongs and still I was making the same damned decisions all over again.

I threw a pair of boxers into my suitcase with the intensity of a fifty-point dunk. The fabric thudded dully against my other clothes. I collapsed to a seat on the bed and rested my head in my hands.

Maybe… Maybe… Maybe… The word throbbed against my skull. Maybe what? It was twenty seconds to the buzzer, and we were too far behind, too far apart. No hope of even a Hail Mary to set us straight.

What would he say, if he were here? Would his words be different from the last time we’d spoke? If he’d have known what the future would hold for his only daughter would his words have been different?

I squeezed my eyes shut. Send me a sign, I begged. Tell me what to do. The void stayed silent, if it had even heard at all.

Ridiculous. This place was bringing out a side of me I barely recognized. I needed to get home before I did something truly stupid. I pulled out my phone and found the number of Henry’s pilot, Rodger. I typed out a message, asking him to be there for me in the morning. But my finger hovered over the send button, unable to press it.

There was no reason to stay. I’d said goodbye. There was nothing I could change.

Don’t you dare leave her like this!

The thought burst through with such force the others shrieked, scattered, and died. I wasn’t a religious man, nor was I superstitious. I’d known the reluctance lurked in the shadows of my brain, banished by sane or rational thought. Shep hadn’t spoken to me. The thought hadn’t come from beyond. But I also knew, with every fiber of my being, that Shep wanted his girl to be happy. And so did I.

I wanted a purpose to this visit? I needed to remind Liv Shepard of the girl I’d loved. There was no hope for any more, but Liv still had a shot at breaking free, from Junction and from the past. And if there was any way to make up for the damage I’d caused, it was that.

I deleted the text and threw my phone to the side. Relief was a warm tide washing over me. It wasn’t over yet.

I stood up and walked to the window, drew back the curtain, peered into the dark.

Liv’s curtain was still closed to me. But the light was on.

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