The Soccer Star's Forgotten Wife novel · Chapter 25 of 32
Chapter 25: The Signal
Seattle took the throw short.
Their number 8 trapped it and turned, with his back to Dex, the ball bobbling up off a divot.
It was the perfect ball for a red, studs up, from behind.
Dex came at him fast.
I was twelve yards away with the whistle at my mouth and my other hand already on my back pocket.
Two steps out, Dex looked at me.
Not at the ball.
At me.
Then he pulled out.
He planted his foot and stopped dead, a yard short, and let the number 8 go past him with the ball.
He turned and jogged back into position with his hands open at his sides.
That was all.
Nobody in the stadium noticed anything.
A player didn't make a tackle.
It happens fifty times a match.
I lowered the whistle.
In my ear, Robin's voice came through the crew headset, very quiet.
"Box," she said. "He's doing it again."
I didn't look up.
I didn't need to.
Minute ten, Dex had the ball at his feet in the center circle with a Seattle man coming in late.
He played it wide.
Minute twelve, a Seattle defender held his shirt for three full strides.
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