Kyle sat impatiently in the car as his mother found a place to park, then turned the engine off. Unbuckling his seatbelt, he was ready to get out when he noticed she wasn’t moving.
“Is something wrong?” he asked as she stared at the steering wheel.
“You really like this girl that much?” she asked, still not looking at him. “Enough to give up volleyball for her, even though you refused to do so for years?”
“Yes,” Kyle said without hesitation. “Do we have to go over this again? I told you that I’ll do what you want if you take their case. So please do everything you can to win this.”
He pushed his door open, getting out of the car and looking around the empty street. It was already nearing ten pm, but despite his mother's insistence that it could wait until tomorrow, he had pushed to mee
