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I’d committed early to the Nittany Lions.
“Thanks, Coach,” I said, pulling away. “I couldn’t have done it without you.”
He gripped my shoulder and stared me right in the eye. “Yeah, you could. You did good, Kaiden. Real fucking good. Penn Stateandthe playoffs. It’s a good day, son.”
“Mr. Ford,” Mom’s voice gave me pause.
“Tina, please call me Jason.” He stepped aside to greet her. “I’m glad you could join us.”
“You have a lovely home.” Mom smiled but there was a sadness behind her eyes.
“Thank you. Was there something you needed?”
“I wanted to say thank you. For everything. It hasn’t been easy the last few weeks…”
“Hey, Mom.” I wrapped an arm around her shoulder and hugged her to me. “It’s going to be okay.”
My old man had finally gone into rehab. After that day, when he found out about me and Lily, something changed. I didn’t know if it was the threat of losing Mom, or the realization that he’d broken her spirit that snapped him out of it. But he finally agreed.
Coach and his wife had been right there, helping us every step of the way. It wasn’t easy, and I knew Mom felt like she was betraying Dad to some degree, but things were better.
And she loved Lily.
The two of them had hit it off like old friends, and there was nothing more I enjoyed than watching the two people I loved most in the world talk about everything and nothing.
Lily came over, slipping under my arm. “Hey, Dad. Tina.” She smiled. “Can I steal him for a second?”
“Of course. But we eat soon, so be—fuck.” Coach grumbled. “That’s not… I didn’t… No sneaking off. Remember the rules, Lily.”
“Sure thing, Dad.” Her laughter wrapped around me like silk as she led me across the yard, past all of her friends and her family, and the rest of the team. Nobody paid us any attention, used to us sneaking off to be alone.
My girl was insatiable. After that amazing night at Bryan’s house, Homecoming 2.0, Lily wanted it all the damn time. I didn’t blame her, I did too. I couldn’t touch her without it leading to more. Which was a slight problem given how much time we spent over at her house.
If her dad knew how many times I’d made his daughter come while he and his wife were downstairs, he’d kick my ass, but Lily was worth it.
“Where are you taking me?” I asked as we reached the edge of her property. It was surrounded by trees, giving us plenty of privacy.
“I got you something,” she said, her eyes twinkling with love.
“You did, huh?” I snagged her around the waist, pulling her into my chest. Her hands went to my shoulders as she gazed up at me. “Does it include you on your knees, those pretty pink lips wrapped around my—”
“You are so bad.” She swatted my chest.
“Me?” I cocked a brow. “That’s not what you were saying when I had my fingers deep inside you this morning when your dad called you on the phone.” Her eyes darkened with lust, and I glided my hand down her spine, gently squeezing her ass. “If we’re quick, we can—”
“Sorry, hot shot football player. But this is your day. Everyone’s expecting you to make an appearance.” Lily pecked me on the cheek. “But later…”
“You’re no fun.” I pouted.
“I wanted to give you this.” She produced a small pouch and handed it to me.
“What is it?”
“Open it and see. I hope you like it.”
I released the tie and tipped out the contents in my hand. The silver chain glinted in the sunlight. Smoothing my fingers over the dog tag and little football charm, I leaned in to inspect the engravings, but Lily beat me to it.
“It’s your number, and on the back, it saysplay hard, fight hard, love hard… It was my dad’s mantra back in the day. I thought…”
