Double Play by Jen Estes

Author:Jen Estes [Estes, Jen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Maine, journalist, womens rights, yankee, civil was, sea captian
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

It was two in the morning when she made it into the apartment building. As was her ritual for late games throughout the season, she unzipped her boots and slipped them off as soon as she got up the stairs, quietly stuck her key into the door and grasped the handle with a slow turn. She gingerly pushed open the door until she saw the apartment walls light up with the glow of the living room television. No longer worried about awakening Benji, she let the door fling open so she could drag her luggage in. She left it in the hallway and made her way to the living room.

“You’re still up?” She turned the corner and saw Quinn, not Benji, on the couch. “Oh. Of course you are.” Benji had to work in the morning, but Quinn wouldn’t be up before noon.

“Yeah. Benji tried to wait up, but he ended up hitting the sack about an hour ago. He said to tell you congrats.” Quinn raised an eyebrow. “That’s from him, not me.”

“Let me guess, you lost money tonight?”

She plopped down next to him. She’d only recently pledged her allegiance to the Buffalo Soldiers and it wasn’t as though she’d be getting their logo tattooed on her lower back or naming her firstborn Soldier; however, she was a fan of the team that signed her paychecks. So, like any fan, she took pleasure in her right to gloat. After all, half the fun of rooting for your team is bragging to those who didn’t.

“Do I need to work on my poker face?”

“Nah, you just need to get a new game. What are you doing anyway? I thought you used to say betting on baseball was a sucker’s game.”

“In the long run, yes, but sometimes you get a hunch.”

She gathered her hair at the nape of her neck and fastened the dark red strands into a ponytail. “You had a hunch about the Soldiers?”

“No.” He turned down the volume on the television and dropped the remote on the coffee table. “But I had a pretty good feeling about Chicago.”

“Then you’re the only one. I may not understand the terminology, but I check the run lines for every game and no one from here to Vegas thought Chicago would make it past three games.”

“Whatever happened to the little girl who used to root for the underdog?”

“She turned off the cartoons and started watching baseball. Cartoon canines notwithstanding, underdogs usually lose.”

Quinn rolled his eyes. “Why even play the games then? ESPN should just call Cat McDaniel to get their bottom line. Think of all the time that would save.”

She pressed her lips together, refusing to let his sarcasm ruffle her. “I’m just saying that Chicago barely grabbed the wildcard. They were lucky to even make it into the playoffs. The Soldiers have been the best team in the division since summer. Unless your feeling came with house money, you should’ve ignored it. You’d have a fatter wallet right now.”

And I’d have my office back.

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