His Chance

Hailey- Chapter 20

I'm sitting on the balcony of our second hotel here in London. It's hard to believe but this one is even nicer than the last place we were at. Chance has done such a great job of planning all of this out. He still hasn't gotten back from practice yet today. He warned me that today was gonna be a long one. I'm not complaining though. The last few days have been amazing. I feel like I'm living a fairytale. So much has happened in such a short time. I think back on the lovely time we've had thus far and I just can't help but smile to myself. Let's see......

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I was so impressed when I toured Chance's practice facility.  It was so incredible to see the behind the scenes things that go into the day to day running of a professional football club. I met all of his teammates and his manager. Everyone seems really nice and they were all so welcoming. Chance took me to an amazing restaurant called Hide for dinner that night and then we walked for awhile and went back to our hotel and made love and cuddled and talked until the sun came up.

I felt bad for Chance because as I was falling asleep, he had to get up and go to practice. I know that day was a super long one for him. I met him for lunch and he could barely keep his eyes open but he had to go back to the practice facility and finish out the day while I got to go and get a facial and massage. That night we just stayed in at the hotel and ordered room service and Chance fell asleep with his head on my lap and I just stroked his hair and his face and watched him as he slept.

We woke up the next morning and I actually rode with Chance to practice and I got to run with him before he had to go into meetings and I went back to the hotel. I showered and changed and had a quick breakfast before I met up with the estate agent (American equivalent of a real estate agent) that Chance hired to find us a home. He showed me a couple of properties and they were all so beautiful but I was completely overwhelmed. They were all so big and expensive and I can't make a decision on something like this without Chance. Besides, I don't even know right now how soon I'll be able to return back to London once I go home in about a week. I called Mama on her cell phone but she didn't pick up so then I called Grace and she didn't pick up either.  That's not that unusual because Grace is always so busy; I tried not to worry but I did a little bit.  I busied myself with going over the brochures that I'd picked up on the houses that I saw. It seemed like one was even more beautiful than the next.  This is all so crazy.  Two months ago, I was living at my sister's house; well technically, I still live at my sister's house but soon I'll be living with my husband in a bigger house than I could have ever imagined myself living in, and in a foreign country to boot.  I set aside the brochure on the house that I liked the most and then I  glance at the clock, it's 5:41 pm.  I know Chance will be getting back shortly so I decided that I should freshen up before he arrives. Just as I stand up and walk across our suite, my cell phone rings and it's my sister Grace. 

"Hey girl", I say as I answer my phone.  "You will never believe what I did today", I tell her before she can even get a word in.

"Hey Halo", she says to me in her sweet and quiet voice.  "I can't imagine.  What did you do?", she asks me.

"I looked at houses", I tell her and then I laugh. "Chance had an estate agent show me some properties today and, well, I have to tell you Amazing Grace, that um, a couple of them were as big as your house". 

"That's great. Did you find one that you really liked?". 

"I think so", I tell her. "Honestly, they were all so beautiful and way too big, but there was one that I really, really liked. I think that you would really like it too and Mama, yeah, Mama would like this one as well. I will send you some pictures of it and maybe you can show it to her and I could get both of your opinions".