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    League Of His Own
    League Of His Own
    League Of His Own
    Ebook38 pages32 minutes

    League Of His Own

    By David Manoa

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    Rodger is a Rugby League Player who is wrongfully convicted for the possession and distribution of Heroin.
    With his lucrative contract torn up he loses everything including the woman he loves.
    Spiralling into a deep depression for next ten years in prison, Rodger decides to take his own life and in his last moments
    he reflects on his romantic and loving times with Jane.
    But something begins to happen to Rodger as his life dwindles away, a wish that may possibly
    come true...

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Manoa
    Release dateJul 26, 2014
    ISBN9781310467103
    League Of His Own
    Author

    David Manoa

    I am a writer based in Auckland, New Zealand.I write mainly contemporary romance.My interests are Rugby League, Cars, Gaming and Bodybuilding.

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      League Of His Own - David Manoa

      LEAGUE OF HIS OWN

      ~~~

      David Manoa

      Copyright 2014 David Manoa

      SMASHWORDS Edition

      ~~~~

      The author asserts the moral right to be identified as

      the author of this work.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including photocopying, recording, information storage and retrieval systems, or otherwise, without prior permission in writing from the author, with the exception of a book reviewer, who may quote short excerpts in a review.

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      "Rodger, for god’s sake shut the fuck up. I’m trying to sleep," the inmate across to me says in a deep droning tone.

      In the confines of my cell, I'm gasping for air. The makeshift noose I made out of a torn bed sheet choking me to death.

      I'm done with terrible place, I don't deserve this, I didn't ask for it, rotting here for the next ten years of my life. Each day the same—drowning in the shame of embarrassing my family, and the deep sadness of losing the one I love.

      There a slight discomfort as the knot in the noose presses into my Adam’s apple, then a sharp pain comes right down from my neck to my shoulder like a long sharp knife being inserted into it. I resist the urge to adjust the noose. I want it all to be done with. I want my death to be quick.

      I relax my left arm, staring at the tattoo on it, of Jesus carrying the cross. He died by the hands of people who persecuted him, and I’m choosing to die by my own hand, after the loss of everything I had, to kill that tormented feeling that can’t go away.

      Time begins to slow down as the brain gets deprived of oxygen, all the bullshit that got me here beginning to dissipate, and I can only think of my beloved Jane.

      Her face flashes into my mind. I weep, remembering the day I first met her, the most beautiful woman I'd ever seen. Gosh, I’m even tingling inside thinking about her, I miss the warmth of her cuddles. She still makes me smile even when the breath of my life is being squeezed out of me.

      I take my final minutes to remember my fondest memories of her, rewinding to where it all began…

      And how it all turned to shit.

      ***

      Through my years at school, I made the junior grades representing my country until I was scouted by a franchise for a rugby league team in Australia. My family being

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