Welcome! Tuesday Tales are back! Here's a snippet from my new football romance series, coming in 2015, called First & Ten. This is the story of Aloyisius "Buddy" Carruthers.
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Buddy turned
to his favorite page in the scrapbook. The one with the picture of Emmie and
him at the junior prom. She wore a green ribbon in her long dark hair. He
rubbed his fingers together, remembering the feel of the ribbon. The color
matched her eyes. “Emerald” was his nickname for her because her eyes were the
color of the fine gem. She was the funniest, sweetest, most beautiful girl he’d
ever seen. And she could sing like an angel.
Now she was the famous rock star called “Emerald”.
He hadn’t seen her since college graduation, five years ago. She’d shot to the
top like a rocket. With her talent and looks, he wasn’t surprised. He glanced
at his cell and closed the book. It was almost time for training camp. He
placed it on a shelf and sat down at the computer.
One look at
Fb first. He went to the Buddy Carruthers page. Sure enough there were at
least four more posts with sexy pictures of women he didn’t know attached. The
ones that were too revealing, he deleted quickly, if reluctantly.
A star
running back for the Connecticut Kings, he was in demand with the ladies.
And Buddy didn’t disappoint. He had a girlfriend
in every town. But not the one he
wanted, Emmie. They spent every moment together in college. But it ended badly.
She went her way and he went his. Now he lived with regret, he let her get
away.
He closed his computer, grabbed his car keys, fed
his fish and his cat, Scruffy, before heading for his car. He put the Miata in
gear and roared down the winding road to the stadium. Football was his first
love. But it didn’t fill the space in his heart he had given to Emmie Baxter so
long ago.
“Carruthers, get your ass out here,” Coach Bass
called.
“Coming, Coach.” Buddy slammed his locker shut,
hiding the picture of Emmie he’d taped to the back. With a sigh and a smile, he
joined his teammates on the field.
