Tuffer's Christmas Wish (4 page)

So, why not acknowledge Rusty Fowler?
What harm would it do to speak to him? “
Best to let go of the anger and feel sorry for the
man,”
Tuff’s mom had said.

With peace in his heart, the linebacker
trotted out to the line of scrimmage to play the game he loved with
a nod toward the man who had, perhaps, given him the skill to be a
star.