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“Great job Dana,” Johnathan said and patted me on the back, “superb practice. Let’s go talk to Jonah from Subaru.”

“Great,” I said as we walked towards the bleachers.

“Ms. Fairbanks, that was truly a wonderful practice. You practice as hard as you play. Mr. Van Lough will be very pleased,” Jonah said as he grabbed my hand, “I’m Jonah Worthington, I am the Vice President of Subaru Enterprises Marketing.”

“Oh, pleasure to meet you,” I said a little overwhelmed.

“No, the pleasure is all mine. This is very exciting. Mr. Van Lough’s wife is a huge fan of yours. She’s been following your career since she saw you at the summer Olympics tryouts ten years ago.”

“That’s cool, I didn’t make it into the Olympics though.”

“Yeah but she saw your potential. Listen I’ve seen about fifteen tennis players, eight basketball players, and three golf players in the last week. I’ve still got a lot more people to scout, but honestly, I’m only doing it to humor the players. Mr. Van Lough is the CEO of Subaru, but behind every strong man is a stronger woman, telling him what to do,” he said and laugh as did Johnathan and I, “Mrs. Van Lough wants to sponsor you, and I can’t say this officially, but you’ve got a multi-million dollar sponsorship.”

“Are you serious,” I asked, I could feel the color in face changing from tan to white.

“Yes, but you cannot let this out. Not even your mother can know. I will be in contact with Johnathan in a few weeks about you contract.”

“I don’t know what to say, I, umm, thanks. Oh my gosh, this is the best news I’ve ever received in my life,” I said excitedly.

“Well, we are all excited for this. In a week or two, I’ll have a photographer come out and take pictures of you at practice. These will the first promo shots we’ll use in our new summer ads,” he said and walked away. As soon as he walked into the club, I couldn’t hold it in any longer. I screamed at the top of my lungs and jumped in Johnathan’s arms and we both celebrated together.