Tuesday Tales are Getting Ruthless
Happy January Tuesday Tales... Today, I return to my current WIP, Personal Fouls, Book 3
Before I
could legally sit in the front seat of a car, I played football. Some kids
played video games, soccer, went fishing, or watched cartoons, I was
practicing. Every Sunday, I watched football all afternoon with my pops. He
taught me about downs, off sides, running plays, penalties, and everything else
I needed to know to make me invincible.
I spent
hours throwing a football through a tire swing in the yard. I needed accuracy
with the perfect spiral meant to leave the defense in the dust. Pops got me
into little league football, giving me the chance to show my skills to the
bigger kids. The difference between me and all the other boys, I breathed this
game twenty-four seven, and it showed.
By no
surprise, I broke every school record for my positions during four years of
high school. I was the first freshman ever selected as all state in our
conference, continuing every year till graduation. Then came college
scholarships, more records, more accolades, then, finally, the pros.
Probably a
few years into the limelight, I became a man I could no longer be proud of.
While ruthless on the field was one thing, an asshole during the day to day was
another. Playing pro ball gave me more than I wanted, could ever need. Still,
nothing satisfied my greed for life, a lust for anyone who fed my overinflated
ego. I looked in the mirror one day deciding no more.
Through
mutual friends, I met Lola, a dominatrix who put guys like me in my place.
Stripped down in her locker room dungeon, she didn’t allow my pompous attitude.
She whipped my ass into complete submission, peeling away the layers of
obnoxious, humbling my gluttonous soul. Lola returned me to the days of my
momma taking a switch after my behind when I stepped out of line. She reminded
me of the respect I’d forgotten for the people surrounding me. Lola forced me
into appreciative obedience.
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Comments
Great narration about Rudy and what motivates him.