Hatch
Maverick once had to choose between life under the bright lights of the field and his family. A family that not only included his wife, Lily, and baby girl, Charley, but the Dogs of Fire as well. Granted, he probably could have still had a life in the NFL, but it would have put his vet plans on the back burner and he wouldn’t be close to home, which would have made Lily twitchy.
Okay, it would have made Hawk twitchy, but Lily loved her family as much as Maverick did, so the NFL didn’t make the cut.
“I still can’t believe you’re a grandpa,” Sparky said.
“That doesn’t mean I can’t kick your ass,” he replied.
“Sure, you can. With your cane,” I said to laughter all around.
Ace flipped me off. “You’re older than me, asshole.”
“Yeah, but I make getting older look good.”
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