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“Wanna do some warm-up throws with me?” Byron asked.
“Sure,” she said, with a smile.
They started throwing the ball back and forth. He had a nice throw.
“You don’t throw like a girl,” Byron said. “I guess I’m not supposed to say things like that. Let me start over: you have a nice arm.”
“Thanks,” she said. “My dad’s a baseball freak.”
Byron nodded. “I haven’t seen you out here before, have I?”
“No,” Liv said, throwing the ball. “I just started in Senator Sterling’s office.”
“Oh,” he said. “Now I remember - you’re the Noknok girl! I knew I recognized you.”
“Guilty,” she said. “Liv Dalton - nice to meet you.”
“Byron Ray,” he said, flashing a toothy smile. “Pleasure is mine. You’re doing some great work.”
She nodded.
“We might have to get you to do some freelancing for us during our upcoming campaign,” he said.
“Sure,” she said. “I can give you my info.”
They stopped throwing, and she grabbed her cell phone. While they were exchanging information, she glanced up to see Will glowering at them.
Sheesh! Why so grumpy?
“Why are we out here anyway?” Liv asked. “I mean I like sports, but this is kinda weird.”
“Oh, this dates back to 1909,” Byron said. “We have one charity game a year - Republicans versus Democrats.”
“That’s a long time running.”
“Yeah, one of those Washington traditions,” Byron continued. “It’s supposed to show how members of Congress can be friendly with each other and reach across the aisle.”
“Ah, I see.”
“We’ve had our asses handed to us the last two years, so we’ve decided to step up our practices.”
“Smart.”
“Let’s get started,” Senator Sterling called.
“Can anyone pitch?” James Ferguson, the long-time Senator from Maine, called into the dugout. “Barry normally pitches, but he’s caught in traffic.”
No one answered.
“I can, I guess,” Liv called out. God, what was she doing? She was planning to come and fly under the radar. Pitching was not flying under the radar. Pitching was the center of the radar.
Byron raised his eyebrow.
“Alright,” Senator Ferguson called. “Let’s see what you’ve got.”
Liv walked to the mound. She felt sweat roll down her back. Why had she volunteered for this again?
She turned her eyes toward the other team’s dugout to see that Senator Sterling was first up to bat. (of course).
