Only on His Terms by Bevarly Elizabeth

Author:Bevarly, Elizabeth [Bevarly, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2015-09-01T07:00:00+00:00

Seven

Gracie couldn’t have ordered a better day for a baseball game. June was the kindest of the summer months in the Ohio Valley, the skies blue and perfect and the breezes warm and playful. The park where Harry’s Little League team, the Woodhaven Rockets, played had four baseball diamonds and every one of them was filled. She and Harrison had arrived early enough to find a bleacher seat in the shade, up on the very top bench, where they could see all the action. She’d instructed him to wear the team colors, so he’d complied with gray cargo shorts and a pale blue polo that made his blue, blue eyes even bluer. She’d opted for white capris and a powder-blue sleeveless shirt for herself.

They’d arrived in Cincinnati the evening before, late enough that there hadn’t been time to do much more than say good-night and turn in. Harrison had wanted to have lunch before the game today, but Gracie told him that until she presented the league with a check from Harry’s estate, concessions were where they made most of their money for uniforms and equipment, so the least she and Harrison could do was plunk down a few bucks for a couple of hot dogs and sodas. Not to mention if Dylan Mendelson was still on the team, there might be some of his mom’s red velvet cupcakes.

The Rockets were leading in the seventh inning four to zip, their pitcher barreling ball after ball over home plate without a single crack of the bat. If this kept up, it was going to be a no-hitter.

“Way to go, Roxanne!” Gracie shouted to the pitcher at the end of the inning as the teams were switching places. “Keep it up, girlfriend!”

When she sat back down, Harrison said, “That’s a girl pitching?”

“Damn straight. Don’t sound so surprised. Girls are great ballplayers.”

“No, it’s not that. It’s that she must not have been on the team when my father coached it.”

“Your father was the first one to recognize what a good arm she has. Making her the Rockets’ pitcher was one of the last things he did before he died.” She brightened. “Now there’s a legacy for you. Thanks to Harry, Roxanne Bailey might be the first woman to play in the Majors.”

Judging by his expression, Harrison was doubtful. Or maybe it was his father’s actions he was doubting.

“What?” she asked.

He hesitated, as if he were looking for the right words. “My father never...cared much...for women.” He seemed to realize Gracie was about to object, so he held up a hand and hurried on. “Oh, he liked women. A lot. My mother would tell you he liked them too much. But he only hired them for clerical positions and never promoted any to executive. He just didn’t think women could do anything more than be pretty and type.”

“Wow,” Gracie said. “That is so not the Harry I knew. He put up with a lot of crap from some of the dads for making Roxanne the pitcher, but he didn’t back down.

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