Assholes rehearsed this. You can tell by the way Kami saidbuy some pussy. She’d never say that on purpose.
I glance at Ares to see if he’s having any reactions.
Dude’s pretty stoic. Tends to speak mostly in grunts.
He pulls out his phone and hits play on a video without searching for it.
“Adults deserve fun too,” a voice announces from his phone.
The opening of the PSA that we shot last week.
It went live yesterday.
“Ooooh, sheisthe woman you bid like a million dollars on at the auction,” Kami says.
“A hundred and ten thousand, Kam,” Nick says. “Just over ten percent of a full million.”
“Silly me getting my numbers confused again.”
She’s a veterinarian. She doesn’t get her numbers confused.
“How’re the kids?” I ask all four of them.
“Awesome,” Nick says.
“A handful,” Felicity reports.
“A fun handful,” Kami corrects.
A half smile crosses Ares’s face. “Perfect.” He hands me his phone, now open to a picture of all of their combined munchkins climbing inside the fencing around Nick and Kami’s massive chicken coop.
“They’re with their grandparents,” Nick says.
“My parentsandNick and Felicity’s parents,” Kami adds. “We thought four grandparents to five grandkids would be best. They’re getting more…let’s call itcourageouswith the youngest walking and the oldest able to read now.”
“You need sunscreen, Duncan?” Felicity asks me as she slathers it on her own arms. “Little more UV exposure here than in a hockey rink.”
“Already got it, thanks.”
“Did Addie help?” Kami asks.
“No.”
“But you’re wearing her name on the back of your Fireballs jersey.”
Proudly.
And not for them.
No, it’s all for the woman who’s standing behind the protective fencing that goes up immediately behind home plate during batting warm-ups for the team.
She’s saying something to Brooks Elliott, a power hitter for the team who’s in the batter’s box, and he’s grinning back at her. His “you got it, Coach” carries into the stands as he gets into position to hit the next ball.
“Did someone pay you to wear Addie’s name?” Kami asks.
“No.”
“So is this like some extra publicity stunt? Was the auction a setup too? Did the Fireballs and Thrusters fund it so all the local sports fans would be talking aboutDaddie?”
