The Second Wind

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 51 48 1)><em>Nick</em></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 51 48 1)>By any measure some might say I had it all. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 51 48 1)>A starting quarterback position in the NFL. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 51 48 1)>A gorgeous wife. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 51 48 1)>And a raging case of anxiety carefully hidden from everyone. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 51 48 1)>Well maybe not that last part. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 51 48 1)>Now a career-ending injury has brought me back to my foggy hometown of Estero Bay population 16000. No job no wife and that's fine with me. I am happy to live a solitary quiet existence free from distractions. My best friends are my dog and my grandfather. And it's fine. Great even.  </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 51 48 1)>Until the one that got away makes a sudden reappearance...</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 51 48 1)><em>Summer</em></strong></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 51 48 1)>By any measure some would say I had it all. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 51 48 1)>A lead role with a prestigious ballet company. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 51 48 1)>All the money in the world.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 51 48 1)>And a supportive husband all too happy to control every aspect of my waking life and even my sleeping moments too. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 51 48 1)>Well maybe not that last part. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 51 48 1)>A career-ending injury and sudden divorce have brought me back to my hometown for a fresh start. For the first time I am living my life on my terms. Taking what I want. No looking back and no regrets. </span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(29 51 48 1)>And what I want is my best friend's older brother-a certain retired quarterback I've always harbored a crush on...</span></p>