Frances Stockton Quarterback Blitz (pdf)

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need for the surgery. We can have you under within an hour.
Let s do it. Need my phone first.
Think the nurses took it, Hathaway said. Reporters and cops have made their
way here, all demanding to talk to the hero.
Not a hero, I feel like shit. What time is it?
Almost eleven, they kept you sedated because you kept asking for your girlfriend.
I ll tell the police you ll talk to them in the morning and see what I can do about your
phone. Should I call your agent?
Nah, my lady is Anna James, she lives in Baltimore. Call her. Tell her not to worry,
but she needs to get here.
Anything else?
What you told me, she can know.
You sure, might want to check with Griffins management first.
I m sure. Let s face it, Doc, my playing days are over. Hathaway nodded once.
Kyran lifted his arm to argue, but was snagged by an IV line. Hey, tell her I love her
and to be careful.
Will do, relax, you ll be in surgery soon.
Kyran made another painful attempt to grab Hathaway s arm. It s important, Doc,
get her here. She has to hear who did this from me. Then I ll talk to the cops. Anna in
danger, surgery and his career flashed before him.
Kyran wanted to slam his fist into Will Simmons face again, damn psycho.
Angry, he didn t notice Doc Hathaway leave. Seconds, maybe hours, later the guy
returned.
Seville Davis is at the front desk demanding to see you. She s flashing a rock the
size of a mountain, told a nurse she s your fianc�e.
Don t have one, Kyran shouted painfully. If I did, it d be Anna.
You took on a guy with a crowbar for Seville. You sure you don t want to see her
before your surgery?
If I do, I ll fucking puke, Doc. The idea of seeing her made him reach for a kidney
basin.
Hathaway helped him out and pushed a button on his IV machine. A second or two
later, Kyran relaxed a little. The juice in the IV was starting to work better this time.
I ll have the nurses get rid of her. You rest. His doctor left to take care of Seville.
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Kyran was glad he didn t puke up his dinner. Would have gone great with his
hospital gown and busted knee.
Why the hell was that bitch claiming to be his fianc�e? If she hadn t called out for
Sharks players to come to her fucking rescue, he might have seen Will Simmons sooner.
Sur-fucking-real!
Will had gone for Seville. But it d been Anna s name he shouted.
Kyran blocked his path with a roundhouse. His body locked, knee exploded with
such force, he was on the floor before the pain kicked his ass. Next thing he knew,
Sharks and Griffin players were all around him, medics working on him.
Fuck, he hurt. Hurt so badly that the pain in his knee was secondary. Reality check,
he was not crying. The drips on his cheek were sweat. His career was fucked, but he still
had Anna.
Yeah, he still had her.
Something in his IV kicked in. Anna s face came to mind. She was so pretty,
calming, a lady. Wiping his eyes, he kept focused on her.
Maybe he should buy Anna a ring. He d do that when he got home. Then he
wouldn t have to convince her to move in with him. She d be his wife and wacked-out
exes wouldn t bother them anymore.
* * * * *
Anna clutched her cell phone. Looking at the screen, she told herself not to fly to
L.A.
Alex Grant had promised to call. There was no telling if the agent had reached
California yet, so she had to wait.
Anna, you should try to eat, Tracey urged, coming from the kitchen with two
bowls of chili.
I can t. She was afraid to move. Eating required letting go of the phone, wasn t
happening.
It s been hours. The game ended. Coach Cahill gave a statement about Kyran. He ll
be okay.
Anna cringed. Cahill revealed during a short press conference that Kyran Black had
suffered a severe injury to his left knee when a man rushed into a crowd of reporters
and Sharks players, wielding a crowbar. He went for Kyran, deliberately aiming at his
knee.
The suspect had been apprehended and was said to have been sedated and taken
away in an ambulance. When asked the extent of Kyran s injury, the head coach could
only say that the best surgeons and medical specialists in California were attending
him, but he was expected to make a full recovery. Further information would not be
given until Kyran Black s orthopedic specialist held a news conference in the morning.
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Anna had heard of celebrities and sports figures being attacked by fans or stalkers,
sometimes to maim them, sometimes to make a statement or objection. There d been
some anger from Sharks fans against Kyran, but to actually do that? To attack someone
with a crowbar was so cruel that she cried.
The reporters on TV were now glossing over Kyran s record and career as a
professional football player with the Sharks and the Griffins. They were painting him
like he was a hero who d sacrificed the rest of his career to save someone else.
But Anna suspected the witnesses were right. Kyran had been targeted and she was
scared for him.
Anna, look, Tracey prodded, gesturing to the television.
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