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“Piper…”
“No, Brian. I’m sorry. A baseball player? Really? I can close lanes one through four from lap swimming. I’ll have Keith send out a notification right now and have Dorothy tell everyone at the door.”
“That’s not good enough,” Brian says.
“I’m not cancelling the aqua aerobics. Those ladies need it. They pay to be here, Brian.”
Brian’s jaw flexes.
I’m deep under his skin.
“You know what, Piper? You’re the one who manages the pool. Why do I bother? You do what you feel you need to do. But listen carefully. This may not be a big deal to you, but for us, it is. There’s a whole marketing aspect to it. Okay? So just do me a favor and play along.”
“And who is this baseball player?”
“Cutter Buckley,” Brian says.
I shrug.
Maybe I’ve heard the name in passing.
I’m not an avid baseball fan.
Brian takes a phone call and waves for me to exit my own office.
What a dick.
Now I’m in a bad mood while in my happy place.
So some baseball player is coming here to swim?
And… what… I’m supposed to be his personal lifeguard and babysit him?
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Cutter
Idon’t believe in wasting time in life, if I can help it.
The sooner I get into the swimming pool, the sooner I can finish working out these nagging injuries, the sooner I can get back in the game.
Of course I’m watching every second of every game I’m not part of.
Our record is slipping. Directly tied to me? Probably not. But you never know.
My agent Tony calls me as I’m on my back in the middle of the living room, working on some stretching.
I hate to admit this… but things are still hurting.
Even something as simple as driving a couple hours to this little town called Morgalen, these injuries are now flared up. Again.
“Cutter! My man!” Tony yells from my phone as I have him on speaker.
I sit up and wince more than I want anyone to know.
“Tony,” I say.
“Come on, don’t be like that. No grumpy stuff allowed. Hey, do you believe in energy and all that? The universe in control of things? What you put out is what you get back?”
