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The Catch

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Parts 17
Time 1h 27m

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Having the worst day of his life, famous baseball player Bryce 'Don' Donovan ends up in a small town trying to escape the big City, and everyone in it.

Wanting to get drunk to forget everything what happend that day, he ends up in a bar where he meets Shannon 'Shay' Robertson. 
A local girl who happens to work there.

Having no idea who he is she finds him an arrogant jerk at first, but later feels sorry for him when he, completely wasted, tells her what he went through that day. 

They end up bonding over their mutual love for the tv-show Friends and pizza without noticing sparks where flying through the room.

Forgetting to arrange a place to stay, Shay let's him sleep on the couch in the storage behind the bar before she cleans up and goes home herself. 

Don, who wakes up the next morning feeling like crap, gets ready to go back to reality, leaving with no memories of the night before except one: the girl.

Months had passed and both of them moved on with their normal lives, not knowing that they would come face to face again, when Shay's father turns out to be Don's new baseball coach...

THE CATCH by Stephanie Joy
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