I suppose the expression on my face told her that I wasn’t satisfied with that answer because when we reached the bar and ordered she looked at my face and before I’d said a word she began explaining as concisely as possible for the sake of brevity. Chapter 8
Needless to say we attacked the rest of the season like wild animals, winning game after game. “As fun and delicious as that sounds you don’t just give it to them because you’re the adult and you know better.”
“So you don’t think that I should do it now, after all you’ve done to make it happen?” I asked, completely flabbergasted. I took the team out for pizza and beer like the American baseball players do, or so I’ve been told, and that’s when I learned the hazards of having a wild card like Mary-Beth on your side. “I don’t know.” Mary-Beth replied with a wicked grin.
