Jordan (Season Two: The Ninth Inning #5) by Lindsay Paige & Mary Smith

Author:Lindsay Paige & Mary Smith [Paige, Lindsay & Smith, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Amazon: B01B8KYJZC
Publisher: Lindsay Paige and Mary Smith
Published: 2016-04-24T23:00:00+00:00

WITHOUT OPENING MY eyes, I just know she’s gone. If she were still here, she’d be in bed with me. Disappointment filters through me as I open my eyes to confirm it. Somehow, I can’t be too upset because I was able to have one night with her. I’m so happy about that, even if she did leave.

Sighing, I throw the covers to the side and get dressed. I need to head out so I can make it back to Memphis. We have a home game tonight, and then I’m flying out for three days. I think Gemma and Sam are coming back over once I return, but I’m not sure. They just hop back and forth when they feel like it.

On the flight home, I try to figure out why she might have left. Did she get her night of normalcy and leave because it was over? Did she leave because it was amazing and felt so good to be us again and she couldn’t handle it? With Heidi, who knows?

I can’t help but feel like I made progress. In all the time since Eden died, Heidi has been different, often unrecognizable from the woman I married. Last night? Last night, I was with my wife. If I weren’t, we never would have made it through dinner. That small bit of progress makes me want to puff my chest in accomplishment and gives me the renewed energy to keep fighting for us. It’s like one small step for Heidi, one giant leap for Jordan.

The jet lands with just enough time for me to make it to the field for pregame activities. There are a few questioning glances from most of the guys, considering I up and left Tanner’s party without a word to anyone other than Sofia and Blake. Thankfully, there isn’t any time for anyone to ask questions, especially Colby because out of everyone here, he would want to know what’s up.

We stretch and warm up, throwing the ball to one another to loosen up. There’s a slight pep in my step, and I just know that no matter the outcome of the game, I’ll go home in a mostly good mood.

It’s as if that single thought jinxes us. Felix is off his game, Blake is pissier than usual, and as a whole, we’re not playing anywhere near our best. We’re down by six runs at the end of the second inning. We’re missing the target when we make our throws; our gloves have butter or something in them on the occasional catches because no one can manage a grip. Fans aren’t happy, not that I can blame them.

Negativity fills the dugout, and Hector is the only one with a smile on his face as he slaps our shoulders and jokes around. Around the fourth inning, we’re able to regain some of our footing, but it’s not enough to turn the game around. Sometimes, it feels like losses like tonight are more tiring than those hard-fought wins. I’m exhausted from my mini trip and the game, and I’m eager to crawl into my bed.

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