Tag: football
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A Place that was Ours. Chapter Twelve – Knights In Manilla 1989
I knew. Oh, yes, I knew what I was doing. My friend John Hargreave coined the phrase that perfectly described my situation. “You’re painting yourself into a corner, Chas.” He was right. I was. It all began well enough – Angie and I caught up in the novelty of living together, building a home…
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A Place that was Ours. Chapter Eleven – A New Page
It was a reflex action. The naked man standing opposite me in the corridor of my home was Mackenzie Crabtree – no stranger to me – a man I had every reason to hate. My fury took over. I half-pushed, half shoulder-charged him, thrusting my full weight against his chest and sending him staggering backwards,…
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A Place that was Ours. Chapter Ten – Secrets
I don’t really recall what my expectations were when I left Rossiter’s Hotel that July evening, coaxing Carlo’s elderly scooter back into town with a large folder protruding from under my jacket. All at once the game I had supposed could never be more than an absorbing pastime threatened to consume my whole life. …
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