The Rise Of A Legend 12 The Decision 1

Walker reaches the convince store to start his shift there. Henry wasn't there yet, so walker continues with his work.

Two hours after Walker finished his shift and saw Henry how just came back.

« Uncle Henry, are you free right now ?» asked Walker with nervousness in his voice

« Oh, yeah am free is there is a problem, » asked Henry

« yes, I am in a bit of a dilemma I don't know how to handle it,» Walker replied

« okay let's go to my office and talk,» said Henry

Walker nodded and followed Henry to his office.

« what is it tell me, » said Henry

« Today I was cleared by the hospital, and my legs now are perfectly fine,»

Walker said

« Oh congratulations, on being declared by the hospital that's good news where is the problem in that » Henry Replied

« it's good news, but in the same time a big dilemma for me,» Walker said while thinking of a way to bring up his injury when he was a college student with hurt Henry's felling.

« Oh I see, so you want to continue playing basketball, but your mother is against the idea of you playing basketball again »

Walker nodded because what Walker said was the truth.

« and I think you came to ask me of how I dealt with my injury when I was in college that led me to early retirement before even going to the NFL »

When Walker saw that Henry revealed his plans, he felt embarra.s.sed.

« Sorry, I didn't mean to bring a sorrowful moment back, but I need some guidance to decide where my career will go because, if I stay direction-less that will bring me more harm than good,» said Walker

« there is no need to apologize that was one my happiest moment, » said Henry with a bright smile on his face

« ... » Walker was confused because this reaction was surprising for him .

« did you think I will be regretting my decision of playing in with an injury ? » said Henry

Walker nodded

Henry saw how Walker was straight forward with his response he shakes his head

« let me tell you my story I got injured, in a collision with another player in the field.

I lost my conscious and woke up in the hospital, and they told me that the collision creates blood clots in my head because of repeated impact.

The doctors told me to quit playing Football and if there a collision recur it would lead to my death.

I was in the same dilemma you are facing should I continue or quit.

I decided, to continue playing at all cost the coach didn't want me to play in the finale because he knew that my injury is severe.

And because I kept bothering him, he made me sign a contract that if I got injured in the filed that he and the college will not take responsibility » Henry said

«did you sign it?» ask walker with curiosity in his voice because the story of him was similar to what he is facing.

« Of course I sign the contract since I decided to play the last game.

when it was game time, the coach didn't put in the starting line up for the game.

I complained, but he told me that although I signed the contract that he is the on to determine if he will let me play or not.

The game continued and the team was down 17-10, the Starting QB fumbled the ball then the coach decided to put me in.

There were only two minutes left, and no timeout after the defensive lineup stopped the other team from scoring.

I ran a play an send it right in the hand of the RB to a touchdown now the score is tied 17-17,» said Henry

« what happened next, » said Walker with excitement in his eyes.

« After we tied the game, the defense stopped one more time the opposing team from scoring.

Now the time was against us there were only 30s left so, everything was in my hand in the last play.

so I did A fake hand-off to the RB and started running towards the touchdown zone 40 yards.... 30 ..... 20....10 when I was close form the touchdown zone a player from the other team tackled me from behind.

My head hit the field hard, but the ball was already in the zone the referee whistled we won the game » said Henry

« What happened to you when you hit the ground hard »

« oh yeah I hit the ground, but I stood right back up like nothing happened I think it was the adrenaline that was rushing in my veins that let me stand up,» Henry replied

« what happened next » asked walker importance written all over his face.

« we celebrate the victory, and you asked me why I didn't regret it because I decided to propose to my wife who was my girlfriend back then after winning the championship and that what's I did,» Henry said

« and she said yes » walker ask

« yeah she said yes, and that was one of the happiest moment of my life, but when I entered the locker room I start to feel dizzy then I fainted.

They took me to the hospital, and I was lucky enough that the collision didn't do any life-threatening damage.

When I woke up and saw a beautiful lady that is soon to be my wife near me I was glad that I took that decision and that is it,» Henry said

Walker was in deep thought after hearing the story of Henry and his eye were shining with determination.

« Thanks, Uncle Henry for sharing your story with me sorry if that bring you any sad memories, » said Walker

« no, it okay, I wish that my story helped you pick what path you are going to take » Henry responded

« Yes thanks for guiding me, I decided to continue playing basketball and let fate decide the rest, » said Walker

« it's good that you choose what you are going to do, but you should inform your Mom » replied Henry

Walker nodded with determination written all over his face and then exited the room after saying goodbye to Henry he headed back home.

When Henry saw the back of Walker he sighed

« Like Father like Son, » said Henry while looking at a photo was on his desk of both him and Walker's dad after winning the state championship.

The story that Henry told Walker was about John Hamilton who is Walker's dad.

He was the QB that NFL teams want in their Roster but the injury that he suffers cut his career short.

the women that he proposes to after winning the championship was Sophia Walker's Mother.

As for Henry, he was the RB of the team. He was projected to be an NFL player, but he decided to retire before even setting foot in The NFL because the play that led Walker's dad get injured was his fault.

He fumbled a hand-off pa.s.s, and after that, he couldn't continue playing with the same pa.s.sion so he decided to quit and he didn't regret his decision.

Meanwhile, Walker, who is in his way home, he decided to pursue his dream at any cost and to let fate decide the rest.