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?”

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