“Bet that was fun,” Jay said, looking at Blue again.His woman.She was laughing at something someone was saying.
“Jay! Jay! Lead the way!
Knock it out of here today!”
“Hey Jay, hear the call?—
Send that baseball over the wall!”
“I warned you,” Ryder said laughing.
“Caleb! Caleb! Swing it clean!
Strongest hitter we have seen!
Caleb’s here, loud and proud?—
Knock it past the cheering crowd!”
These words were roared from Jonathan.
“He’s on the chanting committee, I believe,” Zoe said.
“They have a committee now?” Jay whistled. “Impressive.”
They got the Levelers out, and then it was the Leaders turn to bat. They needed to get two runs to tie the score or three to win, otherwise this game was going to the Levelers.
Sawyer walked up to bat. The man could hit the ball, no getting around that fact, but he hated running between bases.
“Sawyer swings, crowd sings!
Watch him do his Sawyer thing!
Sawyer! Sawyer! Give it heat?—
No one here can match your beat!”
Sawyer glared at the three women in shorts, bras, and body paint.
“He’s loving that!” Zoe called. “Keep it up, ladies!”
From his seat in the dugout, Jay heard Sawyer’s growl.
He swung hard and connected with the ball, which put him on second base. Zoe made it to first. Then Lynx loaded the bases.
“If you want to be with my sister and part of my family, asshole, now is your chance to make that happen,” Finch said as Jay went up to bat.
“So all it will take is me bringing everyone home?” Jay selected his bat of choice and swung it a few times.
“That, and making my sister happy.”
Jay grinned. “Done.”
He missed the first two strikes, and two balls were called.
“Hit the damned ball, Haddon!” Sawyer roared.
Noah Keller, Beau’s youngest brother, was pitching.
