Double Play

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Author: Nikki Duvall
because he tells a
good story. We keep our hands to ourselves,” she said, allowing her eyes to
roam Halee’s exposed skin, “because I dig chicks. Which means you have about
thirty seconds to slip on that dress before I make a pass at you.”
    “Omigod…”
Halee turned her back and hurriedly slipped the dress over her head. “I’m sorry
about the mess,” she said, rolling off the bunk and straightening the
comforters.
    “No
worries. The maid comes this afternoon.” Sam studied her. “Need some
breakfast?”
    Halee
had slipped one green shoe on her foot and was down on her hands and knees
looking for the other. “I can grab something on the way…”
    “I
understand what he sees in you,” said Sam, placing a big bowl of granola and
raspberries on the counter. “You’re kind of sweet. Not like his normal
conquest.”
    “Thanks…I
think.”
    “His
other girlfriends would never apologize for anything. In fact, they’d probably
assume I was the maid.”
    Halee
cringed.
    “Oh,
now you’re worried about offending me. Where did he find you?”
    “I’m
a leftover from last year,” Halee admitted, more to herself than anyone. “Where
is he, anyway?”
    “J.D.?
He went to practice. Gotta pay for the Porsche.” She stared at Halee a full
minute. “Sit down and eat something or you’ll be sick.” She tossed the empty
tequila bottle in the trash.  “You didn’t drink this all by yourself, did you?”
    “I
don’t remember.” Halee slid onto the barstool and chugged down a full glass of
orange juice.
     “It’s
not his, you know.”
    “What?”
    “The
Porsche. It’s not his. The dealers pay him to drive their cars.”
    “I
didn’t know. I never thought about it, really.”
    “God,
you really are different.”
    “Maybe
that’s why I’m a leftover.”
    “Maybe.
The penthouse isn’t his, either. The team provides it gratis. J.D.’s image is
more important to them than his talent.  He lives in style but the day he quits
he leaves it all behind.”
    “He
did quit.”
    Sam
raised her brows. "The Federals gig?"
    Halee
nodded.
    “Sweet!
Are you ok with that?”
    Halee
shrugged her shoulders. “It's not up to me."
    "But
you're the one left behind."
    "I
suppose so," said Halee.
    “Girls
tend to mistake sex for love."
    "Yes,
well, I'm all grown up."
    "Good
to know. What did he tell you about me?”
    “He
said you painted these pictures.” Halee scanned the walls with an appreciative
eye. “They’re amazing.”
    “Which
one do you want?” asked Sam.
    Halee
shook her head. “I’m a little broke right now. Just finishing grad school.”
    “Which
one do you like the best?”
    “The
field of sunflowers,” Halee admitted. “I love sunflowers.”
    “It’s
yours.”
    “I
can’t…”
    Sam
held up her hand. “I figure you gotta walk away with something when you take up
with J.D. God knows you won’t get his heart.”
    “He's
really not as cold as you make him out to be.”
    “Cold,
no. Uncommitted, yes. There’s a reason why J.D. is so successful. He’s got his
eye on what he wants and nothing is going to stop him.”
    Halee
stirred her bowl of granola thoughtfully. “What does he want?”
    “Revenge.”
    Halee
dropped her spoon. “Revenge?”
    Sam
nodded. “He’s a poor kid, just like me. Kids like us spend our whole lives
trying to prove we’re somebody. J.D. wants to go back to his hometown and be
Big Man.”
    “Where’s
home?”
    “Some
fool town in Oklahoma. Ranch hand’s kid. Got pushed around a lot; baseball
seemed like the best way out. Daddy died young, the whole nine yards. Where are
you from, Halee?”
    “Right
here.”
    “No
kidding.”
    “Yup.”
    “I
should have known by the way you drag your a’s.”
    “Halee
laughed. “I’m not from Boston.”
    “No.”
Sam laughed along with her. “But you Chicago natives kind of sit on your a’s,
make them flat.”
    “Okay.”
    “See-
just like that.”
    Halee
finished her bowl of cereal and slid off the
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