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“You wouldn’t” She looked incredulous

“Wouldn’t I?” I winked

She sca the sheet around her waist, and ran inside with laughter I dropped my coffee and pounced after her

Natalia had taught ht we et No et away

Part 1

Dirty Play

1

Wes

I was a god And not just any god I had an ar bolt a hundred yards, with two seconds left on the game clock, and score They should have calledto knock the shit out of me I could read the defense faster than the whistle blew I could call plays and execute before the defense could say their own naod out on that field, and everyone knew it The coaches My teammates The fans

Hell, I had known it since I joined the pee-wee league when I was six That’s what kids do in Texas Kids that have dads ant them to be competitive assholes before they can read And that was me Born to play football Born to do quarterback to walk the planet

And I did win I won state playoffs in high school, I won our conference title in college, and I was on our way to taking our tea

I could fuck any woame All of it Because I won The A to stopas I won, they would look the other way

They didn’t give a shit about the wo as I put a W in the colu cash machine for those bastards

Until everything ca down

2 months earlier