Darsey misses the next game with the Rendell Rockets, and a few more practices. No bombshell. Coach Dixon informs the team, “Darsey didn’t quit the Thundercats. He’s going through some personal matters. Not to worry. He’ll be back soon. He’s just taking some time off. He sends his regrets that he can’t make it.”
What-the-f**k-ever!
I don’t fall for Darsey’s personal sob story. As far as I’m concerned, he’s no longer a Thundercat and he let the team down.
So long, center. He can be replaced.
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Valentine’s Day comes. I receive an anonymous valentine in the mail. Very small. Only four inches square. A red heart. Some glitter on the outside with the word Love. On the inside it has three lines of third-grade poetry in block-style letters, reads: Roses are red / violets are blue / I w
