The Playbook

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I'm a father first football player second and everything else third.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I've worked hard the last three years to create a life of routine and structure for my daughter. I don't trust easily and I've never liked the idea of hiring a stranger to care for cece when I'm away for practice and games. But when I find myself out of options. An unexpected offer comes to the table.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>I've known summer Kincaid since we were kids. For the last twenty years she's been best friends with my sister and a thorn in my side. She's impulsive outspoken and a little too sarcastic for my liking. But when I'm put in a position where I need her help she steps up in ways I never would've expected and turns all of my previous grievances against her into things I suddenly admire.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The more time I spend with Summer the more I realize how much of her confidence is a mask covering a girl who has always felt like she's hard to love. Yet loving her is becoming one of the easiest things I've ever done.</span></p><p><br></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Like an opponent I wasn't ready for she blindsided me and disrupted my whole playbook.</em></p><p><br></p>