Ryan took a seat on his brown leather lounge chair, letting out a sigh of contentment as he could finally relax. With the extra work he'd been putting in ahead of his call up to the Miami Blue Marlin's, he was a little sore.
He stretched a little before grabbing the TV remote and switching it on, flicking through the channels absentmindedly. He didn't often watch television, but he wanted some background noise to fill the empty house.
After renewing his contract, he could finally afford his own place. While it was still some distance from the Blue Marlins home field, it was certainly better than room sharing.
It had been a hard road ever since that fateful day where he escaped his father's clutches. The backlash was swift and the consequences dire. With his college eligibility compromised due to reneging on his alleged commitment to Kansas State University, he had little options remaining.