His 47 Seconds of Silence Cost Him Everything novel · Chapter 22 of 24
Chapter 22: Forty-Eight
"Friday," I said. "The Wildcats play at six. Bring the papers to the bleachers after the last out."
Cory flinched.
"In front of the team?"
"You said everybody you lied to," I said. "That's where they sit."
On Friday the Wildcats played the Gahanna Bulldogs again in the district semifinal.
Callen was behind the plate.
Stacy had taken his phone and threatened his spot, but this was Cory's week, and Cory had driven him to the field himself.
He'd put his son's catcher's bag in the dugout without a word to anyone and gone and sat in the bleachers alone.
Stacy's white SUV wasn't in the lot.
Her channel hadn't posted since Saturday night.
Four hundred and ten thousand followers had dropped under two hundred thousand. The top comment under her finale clip said everything:
"Forty-seven."
I kept the book from the dugout.
In the third inning Callen threw out a runner trying to steal second, a perfect throw from his knees.
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