Chapter Fourty Two

Damon could swear that James looked straight at Wendy and winked. He looked between the two and finally shook off the absurd notion.

Mitch struck out the next batter and the Tide was up to bat. Wendy clutched her hands like an anxious mother. Todd Cameron, the lead off, looked up at Wendy as he headed to the plate, grinned and waved. Wendy waved and blew him a kiss.

Damon stared but didn’t say anything. Things just got stranger and stranger. He was willing to put the first off as a fluke, but when the third batter came up and gave Wendy a thumbs-up, he wondered what the hell he was missing.

After the batter flied out to center field, advancing the two runners on a sacrifice, Damon leaned over, intending to ask Wendy exactly what he was missing out on, but she put her hand on his arm and squeezed hard.

“Just a minute. James is up!” she said excitedly 

Her fingers dug into his arm like little dag