Wing and a Prayer Mysteries Box Set by Robin Merrill

Author:Robin Merrill
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: cozy mystery, cozy mystery box set, christian mystery, funny christian mystery, funny cozy mystery, cozy mysteries with humor, christian cozy mystery, christian cozy mystery box set, christian cozy mystery series, christian mystery box set, cozy mystery maine, cozy mystery sports, female sleuth, amateur sleuth
Publisher: New Creation Publishing
Published: 2020-10-21T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 3

Grace E threw Phoenix out at second base, making the whole endeavor to find and employ a pinch runner seem like a big waste of time.

But as Phoenix strode off the field, Nate ran out to greet him and pumped his hand up and down. Sandra expected poor Phoenix to return to the bleachers from whence he came, but from somewhere Nate produced an old, floppy glove and sent him to short field. Sandra couldn’t tell whether Phoenix wanted this to happen, but he didn’t look upset by the development. In fact, she couldn’t read him at all. He just stood there staring at the back of the shortstop’s head.

Perhaps Phoenix knew, after watching only a few innings, how absurd it was that Richard Barney was playing shortstop. He was a slow, giant man. But Richard Barney wanted to play shortstop, and so he did. Because no one in their church said no to the Barneys. About anything.

Grace E batted the ball all over the field, and while it never went near the enigmatic Phoenix, he never moved his feet either. Again and again the ball scooted past Richard and rolled within fielding distance of Phoenix, but he was content to let the left fielder or the center fielder do the duties. Sandra could hardly blame him. And even when the center fielder did pick the ball up and attempt to throw it into the infield, Phoenix didn’t even watch this happen. He just stood there staring straight ahead.

The only time Sandra saw him move happened in the fifth inning. He did not back up a throw to third—of course he didn’t—and third baseman Brendan Barney, son of the great Richard, embarrassed that he’d missed the play, hollered at Phoenix for not having his back. At this, Phoenix’s head did swivel in Brendan’s direction, his eyes giving him a sizzling look that could’ve melted glass. Apparently, Phoenix didn’t like being hollered at by a short man with a big ego. Not for the first time, Sandra wondered how Brendan could so not resemble his father, who almost doubled his height.

Sandra wouldn’t admit it to anyone, but she couldn’t stand Brendan Barney. In fact, she secretly blamed him for their softball team’s dwindling numbers. They’d had more than enough players that first night, but each time Brendan hollered at someone, the lucky recipient didn’t bother to come back. Nate told her she was crazy, that people had thicker skin than that, and that people were just busy this time of year, but she wasn’t so sure. She thought Brendan made their whole church family look bad. She sneaked a glance at Brendan’s wife, but she was so busy with her small tribe of children that she appeared unaware that her husband was verbally abusing someone again. Sandra fervently hoped that Brendan didn’t talk to his wife like that. Or his multitudinous children.

Having completely abandoned her task of keeping score—they were going to get mercied, after all—Sandra tried to count Daphne Barney’s children, but they wouldn’t hold still.

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