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The freakiness of losingthe private part of me was another That had disappeared earlier, but it was still trauhed aton down there He pro
The sound of so sorry for nize The poor thing, she looked terrified
"Hi," she said softly, her long brown hair falling in front of her brown eyes as she directed her gaze toward the field in front of us
"Hi You irl was actually the girlfriend of soirls coo over the years that I finally understood why the other wives tended to keep their distance, but it still didn’t explain the outright nastiness once they knew the girl belonged to one of the players There was no acceptable reason for that kind of behavior
She nodded "My boyfriend just got called up from the Salt Lake City team"
"What position does he play?" I hoped he wasn’t a pitcher Don’t ask me why, since I knew the team’s roster carried more pitchers than any other position on the tea scared for Jack The whole thing with the Mets had scarred me I’d learned the hard way how disposable and replaceable the players were once they no longer fit the teaoals
"He’s a catcher," she said, and I recognized the pride beauys been dating?" I asked She looked so young A lot younger than I knew I looked when Jack was called up
"A few years We’re high school sweethearts" A breath escaped as she glanced down at my belly "And you? Who’s your husband?"
"Oh, I’rabbed it for a firm shake "Jack Carter’s my husband And he did this to led
"I’m Shawna It’s nice to meet you"
"Cassie? Cassie!" Ashley’s voice interrupted our conversation and I turned lass-covered face toward hers
"Yeah?"
"Why don’t you co the eht
"I’m okay, thanks," I told her "I probably won’t stay the whole gaaot too uncomfortable to stay in those chairs for almost three hours A few times I’d snuck downstairs into the tunnels, where it was cool, to wait for Jack Even if the weather hadn’t warmed up entirely, this baby keptto switch seats?" Shawna asked
"Nah I’ht here A word of advice--don’t take it personally if the other wives don’t go out of their way to play nice at first It’s just what they do until your boyfriend has paid his dues to the team" I wanted to warn her that the other women wouldn’t be as kind as I was And since she and her boyfriend had been together since they were kids, I feared she wouldn’t be strong enough to handle it
She glanced past ed "I’ve dealt orse The girls that tried to coues were disgusting They were relentless and disrespectful At least these wo to take hi "Oh, Shawna, you have no idea Remind me one day to tell you our story But not now I’m way too tired"
She flashed a pretty s the seventh inning stretch, I stood up and walked around the stadiu feet were nodown the stairs, I h the concrete hallway toward the locker roo , I rubbed uard, sat on aht, Mrs Carter?" he asked as he re head
"With any luck," I said, s
He nodded "Well, you look fantastic Absolutely glowing"
"Thank you, Robert That’s kind of you to say" I continued to s cow, and who knehat my feet looked like since I’d lost them
The quiet tunnel becairlfriends started to file in around h the doors and headed right for me
"Hello, Kitten," he purred inthis after every game and I loved it; we didn’t care atched
"Did you shower? The other wives just got here"
"No need, since I didn’t play today, and I kno unco for me when I can shower at home"
"Thank you," I said with relief, sincerely happy with his thoughtfulness
"Anything for"How are you feeling?"
"My back hurts, but otherwise I’rabbed my hand in his and I waddled a step behind hier be considered walking Once we entered the parking lot, Jack slowed his pace before popping the trunk of our black BMW and unlocking the doors He opened the passenger door forinto the back of the car
"Do you wantto s