Caleb's Choice by Sarah Hadley Brook

Author:Sarah Hadley Brook [Brook, Sarah Hadley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: JMS Books LLC
Published: 2017-04-17T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 3

“Good morning, Mr. Sheldon,” Lucas told his boss as they passed in the hall.

“Morning.” He stopped and turned back, looking quizzically at Lucas. “What are you doing at the office today?”

“Oh, I know it’s Saturday, but there’s no game today and I thought I might do a few things around here.”

“But why aren’t you at the stadium?”

Lucas blinked. “The stadium?”

“The Rabbits are hosting the Rain Valley High School team, right? So why aren’t you there?”

Lucas blinked again. “Sir?”

“Dammit, Lucas, you need to get the hell over there. This is a big deal! Our listeners are parents. Parents of kids who attend that high school. They will expect coverage!”

“Oh, I didn’t realize…I’m sorry. I’ll get over there right away.”

“I want lots of interviews of the kids, understand?”

Lucas swallowed hard and nodded. How had he not known he needed to be at the stadium? To think, he’d been looking forward to his day of reprieve from baseball.

He almost tripped over his own feet in his haste to get to his car. Yeah, let’s just start the day with a face-plant onto the tile flooring. He’d already had a frustrating morning. When he’d awakened, he’d been rock hard, and all he could think about was Caleb. God, that man was under his skin.

Over the last couple of weeks, they’d texted and phoned each other often, and had even managed to carve out a little time at the stadium, but more often than not, they couldn’t get together.

Although last Monday had been nice, he thought with a smile. More than nice. Hot, really…

The team had been at a series of away games and Lucas hadn’t seen Caleb for almost five days, although they’d talked nightly. Many of their conversations centered around getting to know each other, missing each other, and Caleb’s struggle with coming out. As for the latter, Lucas tried to be a supportive ear and not guide him one way or the other. He strongly felt it was a decision only Caleb could make.

Lucas had been waiting at the stadium late Monday night when the team arrived home. He pretended he wanted to get statements from the players—partially true—but he really wanted to surprise Caleb. He’d received a text from the man earlier that day, saying he’d call when he got to home.

But Lucas had been going out of his mind thinking about Caleb. The more they talked, the more he wanted to be with him—whether he was out or not. Lucas couldn’t help it; he was falling hard.

He stood in the parking lot, watching the players exit the bus. When he saw Caleb, his heart nearly stopped. Was there a sexier man? Lucas doubted it. And when Caleb’s gaze landed on him and a huge grin spread across his face, Lucas knew he’d done the right thing by showing up.

“Landry!”

He turned and saw Jamie waving. “Hi,” he called, waving back. “How was the trip?”

“Great!” he exclaimed with all the exuberance of a typical teenager. “I don’t usually get to go, but they had room on the bus and I bunked with some players.

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