Chapter 5
Derek
“Good practice today, D. You play like you haven’t missed a day,” Evan called out. He slapped me on the shoulder as we headed into the training facility. It felt good to be back. Being on the field with the guys was exactly what I needed.
“Thanks, man,” I said. “I missed being here, but I definitely didn’t miss the damn heat. It wasn’t like this in Wyoming.”
Evan chuckled. “I bet not. You’ll get used to it again.”
We were about to the locker room when Coach Joel shouted out my name from his office. During practice, he hadn’t said a word to me, but I’d known it was only a matter of time. Evan nodded encouragingly and then left me there in the hall. Taking a deep breath, I turned on my heel, slowly making my way to Joel’s office.
Head down, he wrote a few more things in
