Alex can't think of himself as anything but a failure.
In high school, he was on the fast track to a career in pro football when he forged an unlikely friendship with a half-Comanche boy from the wrong part of town, Ricky Lee Jennings.
Their shared love of books could have grown into more--but a homophobic teammate attacked Ricky Lee, and Alex wouldn't risk his scholarship to defend him.
Ricky Lee was kicked out of school, and Alex never heard from him again.
Now Alex's glory days are nothing.
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