Sure, this he sees.
I nod and walk off without putting up a fight. I deserve this one. It was worth it.
As long as Andi’s okay, anything’s worth it.
Chapter 36: Andi
Isee the players asthey barrel toward me. I attempt to sidestep them, but I don’t get far enough over and Seamus O’Marra plows right into me. I curl forward as I fall so I don’t whack my head again.
I don’t need a second concussion this summer.
It still hurts when I make contact with the ground, especially with the weight of Seamus O’Marra on top of me. It’s only for an instant as he jumps up as if I were made of fire. He grabs my wrists, pulling me to my feet.
While touching referees is a foul-able offense, this would be one time when it’s okay.
What is not okay is when his hand snakes around my waist, cupping my butt and giving it a squeeze. It can’t be misconstrued for the slap players give each other on the rear for encouragement.
Even so, I probably would have let that slide.
It’s the wink and the grin he gives me that stuns me.
Is Mike going to call this? I reach my right hand around to my back pocket which is the signal that there is a red-card offense, but Mike just stares at me, unmoving. There’s no way he didn’t see it. Then, all hell breaks loose.
Out of nowhere, Brandon flies through the air, landing on Seamus and knocking him to the ground. Brandon’s pommeling him as if he were in a bar fight. In a flash, Pressley Samson and TJ Doyle are pulling him off of Seamus.
Hamilton steps between the melee and me. “You okay?”
I nod, trying to look around him to see what’s happening with Brandon. I hear my name before I can see him. “Andi! Andrea! Are you okay?”
He saidAndrea.
I look around Hamilton Regan to see Mike giving Brandon a red card. He records the information before signaling a direct free kick for the Wave.
What about the red card for Seamus O’Marra?
I run up to Mike. “You’ve got to give O’Marra a card.” We both glance at O’Marra who’s still sitting on the ground, blood pouring from his obviously broken nose as the trainer attends to him.
