“You do realize that you didn’t complain about your side or hip the whole time,” she pointed out.
I sat up and pumped my hand in the air.
“Yes!” I exclaimed. “I mean, now that you mention it, I am sore. But it’s not even close to as bad as it was.”
“You were pretty useless in the sack while you were hurt.”
I just let her barb roll off me. I might actually be getting better. Thank God!
“Maybe we should do that again, just to make sure,” I suggested.
“You’re such a guy. I bet you’d have sex 24/7 if we could.”
“You saying you don’t want to?” I asked.
“Yes, David, I want to. That doesn’t mean I have to be easy about it, though.”
“It’s okay to be easy when you’re with me. You have my permission.”
“Oh, really?”
“Yep, really.”
“Then get busy, Mister.”
I loved Brook Davis.
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Chapter 40 – I Agree to be Videoed Wednesday November 2
I had my bags packed and was ready to go to St. Louis. The schedule called for us to go to morning classes and then leave at noon. The game was to be shown on ESPN, and the network wanted to do their prep this afternoon. Coach Hope had shared that we were one of only a handful of high school teams that had had their games televised on ESPN in back-to-back years.
Until this week, I’d ignored this game for several reasons. Honestly, my focus had been on two things: recruiting and my injury. I’d not thought about Broadview Academy because this was one game our athletic director was crazy to schedule.
Last year, we’d played King High and probably should have lost to them. I think if they hadn’t tried to hurt me and had it backfire, injuring their star linebacker, we wouldn’t have won. Broadview Academy was a college prep school for athletes. It was one of a handful of schools around the country that focused on helping kids get to the next level. Here, the target was high-level football players who wanted to play for the best college programs and eventually make it to the NFL.
Unlike King High, who drew their players from only their school district, Broadview Academy enrolled players from all over the country. Percy Wilkes was right; we shouldn’t play them. On paper, they were probably better than we were at almost every position.
I should’ve been nervous. I should’ve been wringing my hands, worried that we would get killed in this game. The game film showed them dismantling every opponent they’d played. So why wasn’t I worried? It was because we’d prepared for a game like this for the last four years … as a team. We’d been given every advantage. Our booster club had made sure we had the facilities we needed and provided specialized training. We’d attacked off-season workouts and gotten bigger, stronger, and faster. We had some of the best coaching I’d seen at the high school level.
The key factor for me was that we
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I met Brit as I stepped out of my apartment.
“How’s it going with Precious?” Brit asked.
“Since she got me to understand she could do whatever she wanted, we’ve been getting along fine.”
“What do you mean?” she asked.
“She’s allowed to sleep on my pillow on my bed when she wants to get away from her kittens. I’m also not allowed to lock the crate, or there are consequences,” I said, showing her my arm.
“Thanks. I don’t know anyone else who would have let Precious have her kittens at their place.”
“You need to thank my mom. She was ready to evict her and her kittens when she found out. Precious has terrorized her and my dad more than once.”
Precious had snuck in with Duke on a couple of occasions when he’d wanted his morning loving. For some reason, it was always my fault that Brit’s cat was so antisocial.
“I’ll be sure to thank her too,” Brit assured me, then went up to check on her cat and the litter.
Duke met me at the back door of the house, so I let him out. I walked in to find Scarlet and Peggy having coffee. Coby saw me and grunted as he reached his arms up for me to pick him up.
“Morning, ladies.”
“I have some good news for you,” Scarlet announced.
“What’s that?”
“They finalized the deal on Halle’s movie. They fired the director and producer because they both knew about Halle’s complaint against Zander and did nothing about it. I heard that filming will begin again on Monday, and you know the director they hired: Kitty Ellis.”
“Who’s that?” Peggy asked.
“She was one of the directors on
“They did. Caryn told me that Halle says she owes you,” Scarlet shared.
“I didn’t do anything.”
“You agreed to take a piece of the movie instead of suing her old studio. Caryn said she talked to Saul, and if this movie hadn’t been put back into production, they might have blackballed Halle. I guess they’ve done that to other actresses. Halle needs this picture to be a success.”
