Playing With Love
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Last published Sun, Sep 22, 2013
"I'm sorry. You won't be able to play basketball again." Who knew how those words could change my entire life? Meet Summer, the girl's basketball team captain. Her life was all set: a scholarship to a college known for its high standard girl's basketball team and becoming a professional basketball player. But now due to one accident which happened because of a basketball match, she lost her scholarship and her profession.
Upon returning back to school after her accident, she feels different without basketball in her life. One idea could possibly change that. "Just become the basketball club's manager." Can becoming the basketball club's manager bring back the excitement in her eyes? What happens when she becomes the basketball club manager of the guy's team? What will happen to her when Luke Anderson, the basketball team's captain and the school's player comes into her life, along with his team?
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