Chapter 46

Cody

I psyche myself up for the game, we’ve gotten the press bits and paps out of the way. It went okay, not too many questions about me and the baby. Thank goodness. In fact, they were all pretty professional this time round and were focusing on the games, our stats and how far we’ve come. We discussed Atlas and I being drafted and how we’re now feeling about it, that we’re just a few weeks away from leaving Minnesota for Dallas.

What can I say? I’ve just got back with my girl and now I feel like I’m being torn away from her. Literally, like my arm is being torn off. There isn’t anything I can do about it; my management team have signed me a two-year contract and I have to suck it up and Man up about it.

We’re all in the locker rooms in various states of undress, coach comes in and our manager. “Right guys, you’ve done an amazing job to get us to the semifinals. We’re proud of you, in all my years as a coach I’ve not come across a team as strong and bonded as you guys. You’ve got t