The Lost Quarterback Returns novel · Chapter 20 of 24
Chapter 20: Twelve Years Gala
Shanna crossed the empty ballroom in a rustle of silver, and she stopped four feet from her son.
"Baby," she said. "I wanted you to see the dress."
"It's nice," Dylan said.
"The foundation sent it. Your tie will be on your bed tomorrow, the blue one."
"I have my own."
She smiled, small and tight.
She looked at me, and she looked at Griffin, and she lifted her chin at his typed pages on the lectern.
"I'm so glad we understand each other, Mr. Hartsell."
Griffin said nothing.
She went out the way she had come, and the doors swung shut behind her.
Dylan watched them swing.
"She thinks you're going to read it," he said.
"I know," said Griffin.
By seven the next night, four hundred people filled the Meridian ballroom.
I sat at table one in a dark green dress I had bought for a funeral.
Rhett sat on my left in his best suit, and Dylan sat on my right in his second-best.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–12 of The Lost Quarterback Returns are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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