Chapter One: First Impressions
“He was always a light weight,” I laughed as I looked at my old college roommate.
Carl lay on the couch, passed out from drinking and hanging out all day.
“Really?” Alicia asked as she stared at him. “The way he made it sound, the both of you were party buddies, and partied all night long.”
“Nah,” I smiled as I drank more beer. “After a game we would go out and party and Carl would be the first one to pass out.”
Alicia had reached out to me after hearing a lot about me from Carl, she had found me on social media, and it wasn’t long before Carl and I started talking daily.
Carl had made it big financially. He had struck gold by playing the stock market and bought and flipped houses in California.
In college, he was the kicker of the football team. He was no slouch back then, either. He went an entire season without missing a single attempt. I was the starting tight end. We roomed together for two years.
After that, we drifted apart, falling into different crowds. I was into the quieter groups, while Carl wanted to party all the time.