Chapter 1HugoI am a performer. It sounds weird to say because , I cannot see myself doing anything either than what I'm doing right now, and it feels utterly good to be where I'm supposed to be .The pitch is my stage ; the Stadium is my theatre, and my audience are the countless supporters I have in the stadium stands and online. I am a footballer and pretty damn good one at that .I have everything I could ever want and that includes , the cars, endorsements, the house , a girl who loves me and dare I say I am loving the good life .Today was a huge day for me and I couldn't be mhore excited . The team I captained was taking on our arch nemesis in the football league and this was a very important match for me because my agent had told me earlier on that ; there were going to be big sponsor's and scouts at the game . One of the scouts had an eye on me, and he had been tracking my career f
Chapter 2EricaEvery morning I wake up , to check and see to if I am alive . I always wear an elastic band around my wrist before I go to sleep . When I wake up I pull it back all the way to my head board and release. The sound of the elastic band making contact with my wrist stings, but it doesn't compare to the pain I feel inside when I wake up. I've been struggling to sleep and I've been talking in my sleep lately ... I'm lying it's been going on for the past year .There has to be a way to get overmissing someone so badly that you wished they were here with you on earth and not gone.Itfeels like it was just yesterday when I saw both their faces . Andrew and Chloe; my brother and my best friend. To think that I set them up on their first date ,and Chloe was well on her way to getting back on her feet and supporting herself and her little boy
Chapter 3HugoThere are days when I feel like I have made the wrong decisions when it comes to love. Seeing the way Lisa reacted when , all I wanted was to have a moment alone without the whole world looking at us was a clear indication that I am a foolish man who needs to rethink his decisions.As soon as I arrived at the hotel I ended up in the gym running and training . I thought about a lot of things about; how much I missed Chloe and how our lives would have been if I had stuck it out with her and admitted my wrong doings. The fact was that I cheated on her with Lisa and left her for Lisa . Chloe was the love of my life and part of me still feels like crap for leaving her the way I did . I could have already had kids with her and a stable family and work life. I miss how she would always smile at me when I was deep in thoughts and tell me ; everything will be alright ,I just need to believe that I am the best at what I
Chapter 4EricaI've always taken my time when it came to love. I think maybe it's because ; I take love seriously or basically need to be sure before I say yes. I've never been the type to just ask a guy out and hope things could work out for the best.I usually wait to be swept off my feet and fall head over heels in love with the guy asking me out . I've never wanted been ready to go out until now . I am falling so hard for Alexander Tristan and he is making it so easy for me to love him . He actually sent me a text , telling me that he would be in transit but as soon as he gets settled at the hotel he will call me . I was pretty much offline for the whole day and unreachable because; the shop was busy and I was understaffed.I was reluctant to hire anyone after Chloe . Which meant that besides Mikayla I had no one and I didn't feel ready to hire anyone ,a
Chapter 5Five days laterHugoThere are moments when your life flashes before your eyes and it's sad to say; usually when tragedy is about to strike , or has happened that's when some of us start to count our blessings.I can hear the machine beeping , and that's an indication that I am alive . I know that all of my medical bills will be taken care of by the club I am sure of that. My whole body is in excruciating pain ; I don't know what time , or day is it. All I know is that I am alive and I pray to God that Alex is alive too and we are sharing a hospital room together.He's been my one true friend and what happened to us was unfortunate but I really need him to live .I love sharing a lot of stuff with Alex . We have been roommate's when we traveled and we have also been best friends from when I started to join the academy .He accepted me for who I was and
CHAPTER 6 Erica People often say that; it’s a small world and today ; that saying rang true for me when I went to go9 check up on someone who could easily be my future baby love. I wanted to go see how Alex was doing at the hospital after the accident . I had been in everyday and there had been no change for the past five days . I had to get a temp in to help Mika out just for the time being because I needed to be there for Alexander. I also checked on Hugo indirectly because he too was badly hurt. The accident was scary to look at when it made the news both locally and nationally. Hugo was going to get picked to be captain and Alex Vice captain. I wasn’t fond of Hugo , but if he was friends with Alex ; then he must be one of the good ones . The hospital cubical I was in was big enough for both of them, and unlike Alex who had a broken arm and a thigh injury , Hugo had a horrendo
Chapter 7HugoI like Erica .I don't think I like her ... I like her . My mother likes her and by the looks of things ; she is the most affable person I've come across. As for that woman I call a girlfriend I am going to deal with her personally .I saw the look of panic set on her face and I could only imagine what she was feeling. I've heard her come in for the past 5 days , and she has been kind enough to ask Matthew how I was doing and if I she should call anyone .I didn't know she knew my mother . Even though I was hurting at the fact that Chloe had passed on I was surprised to find out that I was a father to a five year old boy. As far as I knew , my face was scarred really badly and I needed surgery , which was going to cost more than my hospital bills . I knew I had more than enough , but since I had a precious gift to take care of. Erica and my mother were asked to leave the roo
Chapter 8 EricaI'm a believer . I believe in what I pray for ,and I actually might be falling in love with Alex Tristan.. he might be loaded but that's not why I am falling so fast and so hard for him.I run my own business and besides; the baking business , I used to be a Sports physio therapist. The sports club I worked for was the same club I met; Matthew and later on Alex . I never got to meet Hugo because when Alex got injured the male physio was off sick .He was the one who would normally fix up the first team .Alex is a curiosity case to me . He is secretive ; intense , sweet, loyal and till now he has been a good friend. I'm no stranger to developing feelings or crushing on someone. With him it was unexpected. The week before he came to the bakery ,he had mentioned that; he was done with playing around and he wanted to settle down . I knew he wasn't perf