Dirty Diamond

Dominic Sanchez was the best pitcher that the MLB had seen in ages! He was young, strong, confident, with an amazing arm; every team wanted him. However, it was the New Mexico Road Runners that got him after he got traded out of Miami, his hometown. Now, he was on his way to a state that had no ocean, no nightlife, and was out in the middle of nowhere. He thought for sure he would be bored all the time, something not good for a tender-age, hot shot. What he never expected to find was a woman who blew his mind at the first glance. A woman he had to have. A woman who was older, divorced, and with a kid.
Cassie Espinosa was older, wiser, single, and not in the mood for sports. In fact, she hated them. But her nine-year-old son, bless his heart, was in love with baseball, and his all-time favorite player was none other than Dominic Sanchez. He was cute, she’d give him that, but she couldn’t, wouldn’t dare risk falling in love with him. Not with her past and the hurt her ex-husband caused. But Dominic was resilient and kept pushing at her boundaries, crumpling them down one by one. Now, she was left wondering if she could survive the hurt once he left because they always left.