Taming Molly: Heroes of Henderson ~ Book 2.5 A DuVal Cousins Quickie Read Free

interested in leaving North Carolina. Besides, I can work in solitary here just as well as there.”
    Vance chuckled. “Sounds like your days in solitary are numbered.”
    “I didn’t realize how much I’d like the camaraderie. Especially from a group of guys who know next to nothing about physics on paper. But I can tell you this. Their brains and their bodies sure get it out there on the field. Do you know how many mathematical calculations it takes for a quarterback to release a perfect spiral and have it arrive at the exact place and the exact time where a receiver is eventually going to be?”
    Vance shook his head. “I honestly have no idea.”
    “Neither do I,” Josh exclaimed. “It’s like a miracle. The fact that my plays are working out fifty percent of the time and they’ve just started learning them?” He shook his head. “I like the human factor. More than I expected.”
    Just then some pushing, shoving, and cursing broke out among his front line as they shifted from one machine to the next. The physical punishment of a long day out in the summer sun along with the extra burden of circuit training was apparently undoing them.
    “How do you like that human factor now?” Vance asked over his shoulder as he headed to break up the brawl. “All right, all right,” he shouted, clapping his hands. “That’ll do. Hit the showers and then find a whiteboard somewhere and write I will never bring a girl into Coach Evans’ office again , fifty times. We are done here. Move out.”
    Josh watched them go. “Are they really gonna do that? Write it out fifty times?”
    “Are you fucking nuts? Of course they’re not gonna do it. I just wanted to get my point across.”
    Josh laughed. “Tell me about that DuVal girl. The cute one. Why’d you classify her as off limits?”
    Vance shrugged. “I’m friends with Lolly, one of the many, many DuVal cousins running around Henderson. My father is marrying Lolly’s mother, Genevra, so I’m feeling a bit protective about all the ladies DuVal right now. And there are a slew of them, I tell you. Lolly worked me up a cheat sheet so I’d be able to figure out who was who at the wedding.”
    Vance walked over to his desk, grabbed up a sheet of paper, and read. “The DuVal cousins from oldest to youngest. Molly, Lilly, Lucy, Jacey, Lolly, Linley, Vivi, and Tinley. That does not include the one shining DuVal Y chromosome, Henry, who is a starter on my baseball team.”
    “I hear he’s got a good arm and can run fast.”
    “Yeah, yeah—no. Don’t even think about him. You and your crazy computer generated plays are not going to lure my pitcher into a head-bashing, concussion-producing, bone-breaking sport so that he’s sittin’ on the damn bench come spring.”
    “Not much of a football fan, are you?” Josh asked.
    “Absolutely love it. Just tryin’ to protect my championship-winning baseball team.”
    Josh chuckled. “There’s a lot of statistics in baseball. Maybe I can find a way to help out your team this spring.”
    Vance looked up, pleased. “Maybe you can at that.”
    “And being as you are close to all those DuVal ladies, maybe you can do something for me.”
    Vance looked skeptical. “What would that be?”
    “I want you to fix me up with the wild one. That first one. The oldest.”
    “Molly?”
    “Yes, Molly. She won’t remember, but she was sweet to me back in high school when I came over to compete with Henderson High’s It’s Academic team.”
    “Molly DuVal was never on any academic team,” Vance assured him.
    “No. But when I got the directions to the auditorium wrong, she noticed. She introduced herself and showed me the way. Even wished me good luck.”
    “You remembered her? From that?”
    “A pretty girl, payin’ attention to me? Of course I remembered her.”
    “Trust me, even if she still lived in town, Molly DuVal is not your type.”
    “Perfect. Because I am no longer interested in my type. I’ve dated a lot of my