Anything For Her Children
If the fans packing the Springhill High gymnasium had known about the Carolina State College scandal, they might have given Grady Quinlan an even icier reception.They greeted the basketball players who ran single file onto the court with raucous cheers worthy of an undefeated team, but the ovation abruptly quieted to a murmur when Grady walked onto the hardwood.
Grady kept his expression carefully blank, a triumph considering he'd already weathered the resignation of his assistant coach earlier that evening.
"You got nothin' on Fuzz," Dan Cahill had said, referring to the longtime Springhill coach who'd suffered a heart attack over the Christmas holiday. "I can't work with someone I don't respect."
Grady had only taken over the job as the Springhill Cougars' head coach two weeks ago, but the crowd about to witness his debut didn't think much of him, either.
All because word had spread that Grady had suspended Bryan Charleton, the best player to come through Spring-hill High in a decade.
Grady looked over his shoulder, expecting to see Bryan bringing up the rear. The seventeen-year-old junior had shown up for the pregame talk wearing khaki pants and ... read full excerpt from Anything for Her Children ebook
