Page 64 of His Hungry Wolf
“Do it!” My mother yelled from upstairs.
Merri and I looked at each other, shocked. He mouthed ‘Wow’! And I apologetically agreed with him.
“I’ll think about it,” I told him before saying it again facing the stairs. “I’ll think about it.”
“Let him know that if he needs a place to stay…”
I cut Momma off before she could finish that. “I’m sure he has a place, Momma. Do you, Merri?” I asked, suddenly unsure.
“I do. I’m at Cali’s place again.”
“Okay. Because if you did need a place, you could stay here.”
“We’d be happy to have you,” Momma added.
“Thank you, Miss Harper,” Merri replied before saying, “I’ll go. But I want you to know that there’s no pressure. If you truly want to play for an NFL team, this would be your best chance. And I know that if you wanted it, you could have it. I’d do everything in my power to make sure of that,” he said with a smile.
“I’ll talk to Titus and let you know.”
“Tomorrow?”
“Tomorrow,” I confirmed and then showed him out.
After watching him walk to his car and drive off, I returned to the kitchen to find Momma there. I was expecting her to make a big deal about everything, but she didn’t.
“He seemed nice.”
“He has his moments.”
“You’re smiling,” she pointed out.
“Am I?”
“You are,” she said with a smile. “Is this about the football or him?”
I shrugged and headed upstairs to my room.
The next morning I headed into the office knowing Titus would be there. We still had a few things to do to prepare our new place before the season started and not having class on Mondays, he had agreed to help.
“It was fun last night,” I told him as we installed the glass case for our t-shirts.
“It was! And you know you’ve become a legend, right? We didn’t even think it was possible to beat Quin at a game. You might have shaken his entire worldview.”
“If you insist,” I conceded. “So, something funny happened when I got home.”
“What was that?”
“I had a guest.”
Titus stopped working and stared at me. “Who?”
“Merri.”
Titus tilted his head quizzically. “And?”
“And, he was there with an offer.”
“From his team?”
