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She took out her phone to check for ame today Didn’t want to wake you Don’t feel like you have to be there Will understand if the ht back to you, too, in case you need it Cul8tr G

Mer to reht She so skinny dipping Bet his cock and balls hadn’t appreciated that chilly dip Then again, she had no proble their steamy shower sex, so obviously he hadn’t suffered any ill effects froain And again Then realized she was e as if it were a love note How very stupidly high-schoolish of her Disgusted, she tossed her phone on the table and picked up her orange juice, taking several tentative sips

Her stoh a little queasy, decided it would accept the orange juice, so she drank more, then picked up her coffee cup and took several caffeine-laden ss

She went into the kitchen and fixed a couple of eggs and soh she looked like hell Going to bed with her hair wet and uncombed was a disaster She took another shower, did her hair, and put on some makeup She drank another cup of coffee and opened her laptop to do some work Shewhile she was typing out a letter It was Shawnelle

"Hey, why aren’t you here?" Shawnelle asked

"Where is here?"

"The ga today"

"Bullshit You’re hung over andHaley and I suffer here in the heat by ourselves"

"No, actually I feel fine And I was doing some work and just lost track of ti so well today He needs his lucky charhed "I’m not his lucky charm He can play just fine without me"

"No, he can’t It’s botto Besides, I need sympathy I feel like hell"

She rolled her eyes "Fine I’ll be there in a half hour"

She dressed and headed out to the ball field, found Shawnelle and Haley hiding under floppy hats and dark sunglasses

"Feeling good today?" she asked as she took the spot they rumbled "This is all your fault"

"Don’t blalass in your hand Nor did I drink those three pitchers by roaned and laid her head in her hands "Don’t re?" Elizabeth asked

"They’re down by two runs in the sixth," Haley said "We figuredfor shit today"

Elizabeth snorted "Probably because he was up late tending to his drunken house partner"

"Girlfriend," Shawnelle said

"What?"

"You’re his girlfriend Not house partner Not rooirlfriend"

"Really Then what are you?"

"His agent"

Haley snorted "You’re sleepin’ with him Do you do that with all your clients?"

"Of course not"

"Then you’re not just his agent, are you?"

"You two make my head hurt Give it a rest, will you? Gavin and I are just having so dark sunglasses, but trustclear out the back of my head," Shawnelle said "Are you really that far into denial?"

"Yes Noatch the game because that’s what I caotten to bring her laptop with her, so she was going to be forced to give the game her full attention Dammit

The Rivers were up to bat, and Gavin stood in the on deck circle, waiting for his turn at bat He swung the bat a few times to warm up, then scanned the crowd, saw her, and his lips lifted

And her body warmed She smiled back

You have it so bad for him, Elizabeth

It was really pathetic hoound up she was around Gavin And how badly she was going to be hurt by him when he decided he was bored with her and kicked her to the curb

It was Gavin’s turn at bat There were two runners on base with one out Elizabeth clasped her hands together and leaned forward as the first pitch sailed by and was called a ball Elizabeth held her breath on the second pitch Gavin swung and it fouled off to the right One ball, one strike She sishing she’d stopped to get a cold drink before she sat down The third pitch was high, also a ball

Gavin swung on the next pitch and it dropped into short center Elizabeth stood and screa in and made it to first base The runner on second base scored, and the runner on first base had to stay at second

But Gavin had batted a run in Elizabeth, Shawnelle, and Haley hugged and squealed as Gavin got a good lead off first and looked like he ht run on this pitcher

Dedrick was up to bat

"Oh, God, they’re going to try a double steal, aren’t they?"