Double Play by Jennifer Bernard

Author:Jennifer Bernard [Bernard, Jennifer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Author Published
Published: 2017-07-14T07:00:00+00:00

He shrugged. “My high school girlfriend was white. No big drama. They leave me alone when it comes to my love life.”

She envied the fact that his family didn’t hover over him the way hers did. “If my parents have a problem with anything, it would be your relative lack of education,” she told him.

He drew back, looking offended. “Lack? I have a completed college degree. That’s more than Jim Lieberman has.”

“Yes, but they both have PhDs. They consider me a slacker with my measly master’s degrees. And as for my choice to work in baseball, they really don’t approve. My mother had barely heard of baseball before she came here, and my father had some bad experiences being forced to play Little League. It’s the only thing I’ve really battled them about.”

“So all I need to do to win their approval is get a PhD and quit baseball.” Dwight gazed into the distance, as if imagining that scenario. Then he turned back with a big grin. “No problem.”

She burst out laughing. “You’re ridiculous.”

“Okay, so maybe I’m not going to quit baseball tomorrow. But I’m making a point here. The reason I haven’t swept you into my bed is that this is different, you and me. I’m serious about it. More serious than I’ve ever been about anything except baseball. Maybe even that, because you were right. I am in it to further myself. I got a lot of ambition locked up inside me. I forgot it was there until I met you. You make me see things differently. With you, I feel like there’s something bigger out there waiting for me to go get it. Something great that I can do. And it’s all wrapped up with you.”

Maggie was having trouble catching her breath. This was so much more of a declaration than she’d imagined in her wildest dreams. But still, something didn’t quite add up. “So you’re saying you’ve been putting the brakes on things between us because it’s more serious?”

He nodded, dropping his head and lowering his voice to a murmur. “You could break my heart, Maggie Blythe. Maybe you see this as a walk on the wild side of the street. Getting with someone who isn’t a bio-matho-statistician with a few extra degrees up his ass. I’m just a baseball player. Do your parents know I crashed and burned in my one Major League stint? What would they think about that?”

Wonderingly, she shook her head at him. “I can’t believe you’re saying such crazy things. A walk on the wild side? That’s insulting. And do you really think my parents care how you did in San Diego? They don’t know a strikeout from a balk. It’s all a stupid waste of time to them. So you’re good!”

They both burst out laughing at how absurd that sounded. He took her hands in his and interlaced their fingers together. “Maggie, I would give my left arm—not my right, that’s my throwing arm—to take you to bed. But I won’t do it unless you’re feeling the same way I am.

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