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"Hey," she says, her voice warm and perfect and God I want to kiss herat uy--the one who did things to his daughter last night I’," I say, catching her in an aard hug as she leans over the wall to kisseach other’s cheeks like we’re French I feel pretty la

"Nate, nice to meet you son I’m Tom Stanton, and this is my wife, Karen," her dad reaches out to shake rip him hard, but not too hard, and after we shake, I feel relief that at least I passed one tiny stupid test Only aout today" I’ sun is behind the the weight of the gear

"Pleasure’s all ours, Nate I’reat things about you," he says, and I’s he’s heard frolad he used the word great, though, so I move on

"I hope I can deliver I’ll try to hit you a foul ball," I laugh, lightly and nervously, while inside I kickDo we get to keep those?" Rowe’s h, when I notice Rowe rolling her eyes behind her

"Yes,hit with a ball, I suppose" Karen just nods, and I stand there while the rest of the conversation dives into a really uncoet back to the bullpen I’ve got a pitcher to warive her a look that hopefully conveys I’on

"Pitchers are priood for them to realize they can’t throw until soood" I like Rowe’s dad "We’ll see you again for dinner, okay?"

I turn around to walk backward to answer hi my best to fall somewhere between fast and sloithforward to it, Tom I’ll see you at sex"

Motherfucker I just said sex I said sex…to Rowe’s dad! And there is noit, and he knows it’s what I said, and Rowe’s eyebrows could not possibly be any higher on her forehead Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit I pull the od I’ Maybe he’ll think it’s all in his head Either way, that was easily the worst win-over-the-dad move ever I better play well today for this ht as well just hand over the bat and let him hit me with it at our sex-o’clock dinner

One walk and three doubles against one of the best tea--I just hope it was good enough to eraseoff of a College World Series year, so I feel pretty satisfied

I shower and pack up race is the fact that he wasn’t there to witness while I put ers? Sally’s?" he asks

I pull e fro to dinner with Rowe’s parents tonight," I say, keeping my phone in my hand so I can reonna order some salad or shit?" Ty asks; his brow all furrowed like I just told hi let’s eat now, early And I’ll skip the fries," I say, shaking my head at him

"Ah, okay Order fries anyway I’ll eat your fries," he says, pushing ahead of me to the crosswalk "Oh, and hey What’s this shit?"

Ty hands e screen open to see a picture of Cookie with a ransoht then and there, but I ether

It reads: If you want to seefor you in your enius What she doesn’t know, though, is thatown that tutu and rock it with a full on ballerina leotard to prove a point But either way, I’ it all play out