College football player Brett is devastated when he learns Gavin, the man he’s waited for in Heaven, is married and intends to spend his afterlife with his wife, who predeceased him.<br><br>Lost, Brett leans heavily on his friends, his dads Colton and Dennis, as well as his work as a vet tech. Brett is assigned the rehabilitation of Willow, a tall sorrel horse, who died in a lightning strike. However, where Willow goes, so does Jake Rushton, the cowboy who rides him.<br><br>Can Jake adjust to life in Heaven and, for the first time, allow someone close enough to love and care for him? Despite past hurts, can Brett be all Jake needs him to be?

Brett's New Game Plan

Clay, on the bench next to him, asked, “What you looking at?” 


“Third row in block G, two to the right of the gangway.” Brett couldn’t look.


“Bastard!” Clay said softly, but still loud enough for Brett to hear above the crowd.


“He’s happy.” Brett risked a glimpse. Gavin and his wife were holding hands, smiling into each other’s faces. “That’s all I ever wanted for him.” Brett put his helmet back on and tried to catch the coach’s eye. 


“And what about your happiness?” Clay grasped Brett’s face mask and forced Brett to look at him. “Don’t you deserve to be happy?”


Brett shrugged, not easy to do in his shoulder pads. Letting out a long breath, he said, “I don’t know.”


“Hell! I wanna go up there and…and…” 


Brett put a hand on his best friend’s arm. “Nah, man. It’s cool. Don’t get into trouble with Coach.” Besides, Brett doubted the angels would permit physical violence stemming from anger.


Chapter 6