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“Too bad.” Swoosh. Nothing but net, or at least what was left of it.
“He should be my dog, not yours. I think he loves me more, too.”
“Probably right.” The smug look in her eyes made him throw the ball in her direction. “Catch!”
“Wait. What?” She reacted quickly and caught the ball before it bounced.
“Hey, pretty good reflexes.”
“I haven’t played in a long time.” She threw the ball back to him.
“Did you forget how?”
“I didn’t forget, weirdo.” She threw him another one of her wish-you-were-dead glares.
“Why not prove it?” He hurled the ball back in her direction again.
She caught it and dribbled. “I used to play on a team. My dad was the coach.”
“You probably know your stuff then.”
“Yeah, my dad taught me how to play.” She angled the ball and aimed. Didn’t make the shot.
He caught the rebound. “Try again.”
A few pointers and reminders and Lexi made a basket, the first of several. Once she made the first one, she wasn’t much interested in letting him have the ball back.
“Just one more shot.”
She threw the ball and it rolled around the rim before it fell through the net. Lexi jumped and Chief howled.
“Yes! Chief, boy, that’s a three pointer. I told you I didn’t forget.”
“Good job. But there’s no way you can do that again. Lucky shot.”
OK, so maybe he wanted her to stay out here a little bit longer especially since she so closely resembled a human being for once.
The challenge did the trick, as Lexi kept at it, bumping into Chief every now and then since the dog had somehow gotten the idea that he was a player in this game.
Stopping before she took a shot, Lexi glanced at him. “Why are you out here when it’s your friend inside? Shouldn’t you be in there, too?”
“Maybe I don’t feel like talking.”
“You won’t need to talk much with that lady. She does all the talking.”
In spite of himself, Jack laughed out loud. Amazing that Lexi had so quickly dialed Kimberly.
“You have a point.”
“I’m going to see my grandparents this weekend.” Lexi said, and made the shot.
“Yeah?”
He recovered the ball and made his own shot. Maggie had stuck to letting Lexi decide, but he had to wonder if she was happy about the decision.
“So I won’t be around to take care of Chief.”
“He’ll live.”
