The Chambliss Tapes by Donald Capone

Author:Donald Capone [Capone, Donald]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Rebel Press
Published: 2009-06-17T04:00:00+00:00

The next three days felt more like one continuous day. Long hours at work studying newspapers, newscasts, and video and audio tapes. Getting hair extensions to fit the fashion of the day. Reviewing SI's rules and re-watching training videos as a refresher. Taking physicals to make sure nothing popped up since my last trip in January (the Dodgers first game in Los Angeles, 1958).

Home life wasn't much better. Silent dinners with Renna. Quiet nights in bed. Coffee in the morning over the newspapers--Renna's was current, mine was from 1976. There was a pall over the household, something unspoken, as if I were going away to war instead of going to cover an historic baseball game. I made a joke about it, said, "While I'm off at war, will you wait for me, stay true to me?"

Renna didn't laugh, but mumbled something about "women's intuition."

"I'd wait for you," I threw in, and smiled. She still didn't laugh.

Thursday morning came and the ice broke briefly. We woke and made love. Afterward, Renna held me tight, turned her head in an attempt to hide her tears.

"I love you, you know," she said. "I just don't want you to do it. Just do the assignment and that's it."

I sighed, said, "This opportunity is the whole reason I joined SI in the first place."

She kissed me then and I kissed her back. "I love you too," I said.

I showered and dressed and headed off to my future, and my past. Little did we know that the next time we saw each other I'd be an old man.

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