What Happened in Vegas Stays with Bubba Derby

A thousand miles from home, Bubba Derby watches the room blacken as credits start to crawl across the dark screen. It's past 2 a.m. and he needs to get some rest before returning to the baseball field at noon. The 20-second Netflix countdown begins to tick, offering him another fleeting reprieve from reality. He lies in bed with his finger on the remote and wonders: Can he shut out the memories for long enough to drift into dreams, or will he lie awake with the nightmares? 18…17…16…

He remembers all the good things in his life. That's the strategy the therapist taught him. He is alive. So are his father, his mother, his sister, his cousin, his aunt, his nephew. Everyone who went to Las Vegas…