Hector is currently at the airport, impatient. Since arriving in Sacramento, he has yet to see his girlfriend. They spoke to each other only by videophone, but his presence needed to be added.
Belinda Jurado is and was his first love. Yes, it was his girlfriend in his previous life. She had made a lot of sacrifices to allow her husband to travel to Europe. As a mother, moving from country to country is approved. It would be best if you moved from time to time which also means changing schools for the children, and they need some stability.
Hector has no reason to look for another girlfriend, being the best young basketball player in the country, and by far, there was no shortage of opportunities. It was his coming of age, after all. Belina had just turned 18; she didn't come earlier because she wanted to spend her birthday with her parents. To turn the page on adolescence, she chose to join Hector when she became an adult.
It is the perfect representation of the bomba latina.
Belinda is an athletic girl with a well-developed shape of 1m83 tall, but there is a world of gap compared to her boyfriend. She learned to enjoy playing sports with Hector; they regularly go to the gym together. This can be seen in its sculptural and muscular forms. Her long black hair goes up to the waist. Black eyes, a small pointed nose, and S-shaped eyebrows embody femininity and sensuality.
The kind of women stylists love.
The moment she saw Hector, she began to cry with joy. Hector also savored this moment in the company of his beloved.
After a long session of cuddles, they went to a well-known restaurant in Sacramento to plan the sequel. What to do with his first contract? A logical answer would be to save money by betting on themselves. Or help the family.
He decided to live with his sponsors' money and save the winnings from the rookie contract. How many players ended up ruining at the end of their careers?
Hector's family lives well, but Belinda's family does not. Belinda's parents did not want to move to the United States, so Hector decided to buy them a house in their name. A home in Venezuela is much cheaper than in the United States, so it didn't have a substantial financial impact on Hector.
The accommodation paid for by the team is okay for him, but he decided to rent a hotel room for his mother. After all, it's time to start living with your girlfriend.
And, of course, he must remember the privileges of information from his past life, being in Europe. He recalled that in 2019-2020 Bayern Munich won the Champions League, and Sevilla won the Europa League. With the exact scores, i.e., 1-0, Bayern and Sevilla win.
But since he had to wait until August, he also decided to bet on the poster and the winner of the Superbowl. Kansas City vs. San Francisco, KC wins by 10 points.
The odds of both bets are enormous, given the risk taken. If we know the future, the gains compensate for the losses, but Belinda does not have her information and looks at Hector like crazy.
Why not bet on the NBA? Players under contract with a team are prohibited from betting on their sport at the risk of a significant suspension by the league. That's why he bets on football. The odds for international competitions are good, so he bet $100,000.
It is good in English, but a contract is a universal language; even without knowing the terms is enough. Belinda and Hector found a compromise on the amount wagered; they initially disagreed but eventually agreed when she saw the sum of her rookie contract. She has never seen so many numbers in an agreement in her life.
As for her, while Hector will be in NBA season, she will go to Stanford. The Stanford Cardinals women's basketball plays in the NCAA in the CAP-12.
They have been trained by the legendary Tara VanDerveer since 1985. She still needs to be eligible to participate in the WNBA draft, but following Hector's advice, she decided to stay there for three years.
I will publish in the week the rest of the chapters already written. There are 45 at the time of writing. You will be able to follow and participate in the dilemma that will take place at the end of the season and I will explain to you the vision I had of the story. And express yours to get an idea of the path to follow.