Seasoned Veteran by Roz Lee

Author:Roz Lee [Lee, Roz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction, Sports, Romance, Contemporary, Short Stories, Holidays, holiday novella, baseball romance, Christmas story, erotic romance, contemporary romance
Amazon: B00GW3TXAM
Publisher: State of Mind Publishing
Published: 2013-11-24T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

Two months earlier - September 25th

Jake turned off his cell phone. He’d made sure the house in Colorado would be fit to live in when he arrived. The couple he paid to watch it for him was always easy about his uncertain arrival dates. As long as he gave them a heads-up a few weeks in advance, they’d sweep the cobwebs out, have the chimneys cleaned, as well as make sure the appliances were in working order. This year, he asked them to order more firewood. The stack had been getting low when he’d left in February.

There wasn’t much he liked more than a real wood fire in the fireplace. His house in Dallas had a fake fireplace. Who’d ever heard of a remote control fire? It was useless for anything but looking at. Might as well have one of those TV screensavers of a burning fireplace.

Everything was set. All he needed to do was get through the post-season then he’d get to go home to the love of his life.

The Mustangs team looked good on paper, but they’d lost one good man in the lineup when Sean Flannery took his swan dive into the dugout late in the season. His replacement, a kid brought up from the minors, was eager to prove himself, which was the rookie’s main problem. He was too eager. So far, nothing Jake told him about having patience when he was at the plate had sunk in. He’d seen it a million times but, just once, he wished for a rookie who’d been broken to the saddle before they trotted him out for the show.

After a quick change into his uniform, he stepped out of his office. A crowd of players in their warm-up uniforms blocked the hallway leading to the dugout. They all laughed together over something he was too far away to hear. He smiled. As part of the coaching staff, his responsibility, as he saw it, was to keep moral up. A team in good spirits generally played better than if the mood was somber. As he got closer, he began to pick out individual voices. The usual suspects were in attendance—the jokesters of the roster plus a few others he trusted to keep things from getting out of hand. Jason Holder was as nice a guy as they came, but a stickler for the rules. Singling his voice out, even before he could see his head in the crowd, Jake knew the gathering was under control.

He approached, hoping to skirt the group without anyone noticing. No need for him to put an end to their fun. Jason would see they all made it out to the field on time.

“Thanks for all your help.” A voice from the center of the crowd stopped Jake. His pulse kicked up, his dick following suit. Siobhan. What’s she doing here?

“I’ve got to get back up to our box before Sean sends a search party out for me. Can’t have him ruining the surprise.”

Surprise? Oh yeah.

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