Chapter 471

“You’re right,” chuckled Steve as he thought back to his rookie year.

After the second practice of the day at the team’s Richmond training camp, Steve had been walking to his car in a parking lot when he noticed one of the men who was vying for a position on the defensive line had a young man pinned against a car with one hand. He appeared to be threatening to hit the kid with the other.

“What’s the problem?” demanded Steve as he moved to stand as close as possible to the young man being manhandled by the larger athlete.

“This kid was hanging around my BMW, and I don’t like it. He’s probably looking to see if there’s anything worth stealing before he breaks into it,” responded the larger man. “I’m going to give him a little lesson in why he shouldn’t take other peoples’ stuff.”

Steve noticed the kid was clutching some colored papers in his hand, so he reached down to take one from him. “It looks to me like he’s placing these flyers on car windows. I don’t th