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Titus laughed. “Of course you’d say that. Well, I’ll be up tomorrow to help you move the equipment in. I’m sure Mama will be happy to have it out of the yard.”
“I’m sure she would.” I paused considering what I would say next. “You know, a funny thing happened when I got there this morning.”
“What? Is it leaking already?”
“Nothing like that,” I said as I turned to walk back to the office. “Someone was there.”
“Yeah? Who? Was it a customer?”
“No. It was someone I knew from university. He was an assistant coach on the football team.”
“Really? How did you know him?”
“What do you mean?”
“What do you mean, what do I mean? How did you know him?”
“He was an assistant coach on the football team and I played on the team. Although, I guess I knew him socially as well.”
There was silence on the other side of the phone.
“Wait. Back up for a second there. You were on the football team at university?”
“Yeah,” I said knowing that I had avoided the topic until now. “Haven’t I mentioned it?”
“No you haven’t mentioned it!” Titus replied stunned. “Are you telling me that in all of the time we’ve been working together, you’ve heard me talk about everything going on with my team and you never once thought to mention that you played ball at university?”
“It didn’t come up,” I told him.
“It didn’t come up? Don’t you think that’s one of those things that you bring up?”
“It really wasn’t a big deal. I was hoping to put that time behind me.”
“Rough games, huh?”
“I guess. Anyway, the assistant coach showed up at the office. Apparently he got the address from the website.”
“What did he want?”
“He wanted me to get back involved with football.”
“How?”
“I’m not sure,” I lied, not wanting to get into it.
“So, he just wants you back in the sport?”
“Seems like it.”
“And how did you know him?”
“He was an assistant coach on the team. And, I guess you can say that we were friends.”
“Friends? Wait a minute, you had friends in university?” Titus joked.
“Yes, I had friends.”
“What type of friend was he? Because guys don’t show up out of nowhere trying to get you back for no reason.”
