I’m getting ready to head over to Jana’s when my phone rings where it sits on my dresser. I see my brother’s name on the screen and press the speaker button.
“Hey,” I answer.
“You seriously retired and never told Mom or me?”
“What does it matter?” I snatch my keys and grab my phone.
“This is huge, Kane. You didn’t think the family should know? And you’re going to be head coach now?”
My younger brother, Lee, knows how professional sports teams work, except instead of moving a stick around the ice, he’s the quarterback for the San Francisco Kingsmen. My mom is always told how fortunate she is to have two professional athletes for sons. Not that she cares that much. She’s stayed in her bubble ever since Dad died.
“Don’t go acting like we’re a normal family, Lee.”
“I like to think we ar
