It`s time for Tuesday
Tales.
Today we have a snippet
from a new MM May-December hockey romance book, Lost
in Indigo. In this excerpt, we have a small bit from the prologue of the
book that sets up how Mathieu Beresford, captain of the Buffalo Surge, suffers a
possible career ending injury.
Our word prompt today is
“Crush”.
This story may have gay
erotic scenes, strong social issues addressed and mature language. If those
things offend now is the time to move onto another Tuesday Tales blog. Thanks
for stopping by!
“And
the puck squibs free and goes behind the net. Beresford is on it like a dog on
a pork chop.”
“I
think that dog comparison is a good one, Drew. You can see how hungry the Surge
captain is.”
“Beresford
has some trouble corralling that puck. Looks like it’s on edge. And Heckerman
is coming in hard. Got to love seeing two big defensemen on a collision course!”
“Yes,
you sure do, Drew. Keep in mind that Beresford is probably looking at one of his
last chances to win it all so he’s going to be one ravenous canine. The man is thirty-eight years old although he plays with
the passion of a man half his age. He said once in an interview that I did with
him back at the beginning of his long and illustrious career – Ouch! Holy
blindsided! Heckerman came up behind Beresford and knocked the stuffing out of
him!”
“I’m
not sure if that wasn’t an illegal hit but there was no call on the ice and
Heckerman takes the puck down to the – Oh boy, Andy, Beresford is having
trouble getting up.”
“I
see that. He seems to be in a lot of pain. That’s not good news for the Surge
and their coach, Wally Tombs.”
“Let’s
pull up the replay to see if that was a missed call. Looked to me like
Heckerman’s skates may have left the ice but – wow, Beresford just tried to
stand and went right back down. Come on, Mat, get up. This isn’t good, Andy.”
“No,
no it isn’t. And now we have the whistle after that soft shot on the Surge
goalie.”
“Oh,
my God, you hate to see this. He did try to get up but collapsed back to the
ice. That’s grit right there, Andy. That’s why he’s been such a force in the
league. What mettle. You don’t teach that. This is why hockey is a man’s game.
You get hurt you get up and continue your shift. Backbone. Look the word up you
young players.”
“Okay,
we have the replay here. We’ll give this a look as the Surge physician now
begins to attend to Beresford.”
“Ah,
okay, Heckerman’s skates didn’t leave the ice. It appears to me that Beresford
may have lost an edge right before the moment of contact. What do you think, Andy?”
“I
think you’re right. And then the contact with the boards. Oh. Oh, that is not
good. Did you see the way that leg bent, Drew? Now we’ll have to hope and pray
that whatever damage was done to the left leg is something that will heal
quickly. Maybe a day or two of rest. This Surge team is going to be crippled
without their captain on the ice.”
“Did
you see Heckerman go over a second ago to check on Beresford? Looks like
they’re calling for the stretcher. Oh dear. That’s not good. The Surge are
going to be crushed to lose this man
who has lead them to the finals. Pluck and determination, that’s always been
how I’ve described Mathieu Beresford. Let’s look at the replay again...”
I’d watched that replay a hundred times over the past
two weeks. I knew the words the play-by-play and color man said by heart. The
pain in my leg was equal to the pain in my heart. Greedy pain it was. Greedy,
envious, shallow pain. I was a bitter man. Sick to the core of my being over
losing a chance to raise the Cup over my head, bring it home, and participate
in the long-awaited victory parade. I’d missed it all. Twenty years in the
league working for that moment and I’d missed it.
Copyright 2017
©by V.L. Locey
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8 comments:
Great excerpt! My heart goes out to him.
OMG! Your post gave me gooseflesh! Honestly, what an emotional scene it is. So beautifully written. The play-by-play could have been lifted right from television. So realistic and then the last paragraph. Brought tears to my eyes. Wow, this is going to be some incredible story.
Another great story. My heart breaks for him already. Great play
Thank you all so much for the kind words!
Wow. What Jean said. I could hear the Hockey Night in Canada announcers' voices in my head. Awesome! looking forward to more.
Very realistic commentary - love it. And that last paragraph... so sad.
Thanks for dropping by ladies!
Are you sure you don't moonlight as a hockey announcer?
Awesome, very realistic snippet!
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