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not.
    “Do you understand what I'm saying to you, Bennett?”
    Bennett nodded.
    “If you keep this behavior up, you are going to blow your
chances with the big leagues and most people don't get a second chance after
that.”
    “I know that, Sir. It will not happen again, I promise you.”
    My dad stared at Bennett hard, his gaze not wavering for a
minute. Steve could be terrifying when he wanted to be and he wanted Bennett to
know that he meant business.
    “I suggest you start concentrating on baseball first and
foremost and that is it. The ladies have to come second in this business. There
will be plenty of ladies for you if you ever make it to the big leagues, I can
assure you of that much.”
    Gee
thanks, Dad , I thought as I shook my head. What a stupid
thing to say. It was the last thing he said before I saw him turn and leave
with the coach, slamming the door behind him.
    I let out a deep breath, glad that they were gone. I
silently closed the door again and waited for Bennett to tell me the whole
story.

 
    Chapter Twelve

 
    The door opened, and Bennett came in looking sheepish. I
wanted to let him start telling me about my father because I was embarrassed to
tell him I had been eavesdropping on him.
    I smiled awkwardly. “So, what was all the fuss about?”
    “Oh, yeah big surprise – your dad came to visit me.
Cool, huh?” He chuckled softly.
    I stared at him unsure of why he was joking around. Why
wasn't he explaining to me what had just happened out there?
    I laughed nervously. “Oh, really? Why was he here? That's
kind of weird, isn't it?”
    Bennett started laughing, and I couldn't figure out why. My
father had just ripped him a new one out there, and he was acting like Steve
had come over for a cup of tea.
    “Oh, it was nothing. He just wanted to check up on me, see
how I was doing after the scandal, ya know? It was actually really nice of him
to take the time to do that.”
    “What?” I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Was he really
not going to tell me what happened? Why not? Shame? Embarrassment? Either way,
it didn't matter he should be telling me the truth.
    “Yeah, he wanted to make sure I was okay and that everyone
on the team was doing well.”
    “Really? That was all he wanted?”
    “Yup.”
    I stared at him, more hurt than I could have imagined
feeling in that situation. Why was he lying to me, right to my face?
    “Did you know that your father was in town? You should have
told me.”
    “I actually had no idea he was in town. I'm just as
surprised as you are.” I was determined to have a talk with my father about all
of this, especially about being in town and not telling me about it. That was
pretty bad, in my opinion.
    “I thought it was pretty cool of your dad,” he said again
without much enthusiasm.
    “Oh yeah, super cool.”
    I didn't have a choice but to pretend I believed him. I
couldn't possibly fathom was what going on at that moment, and I needed some
time to think about it. I would have to confront him at some point – he
was lying to me, after all, and seemingly for no reason. I thought we had the
kind of relationship that meant that we could talk about anything, tell each
other anything. But Bennett was hiding things from me and I didn't know why.
    I was pissed. There was a large part of me that wanted to
tell him off right there. But now was not the time. I really needed to think
things through, plus I wanted the opportunity to talk to my dad.
    I had no intention of letting Bennett get away with trying
to pull one over on me, but my confrontation would happen all in good time.
    Unsure of what to do or what my next move would be, there
was an awkward silence between us.
    “Everything okay, babe? Do you want something to eat?”
    I looked at him willing him in my mind to say something, to
just tell me the truth. He just stared at me with worry on his face. Did he
wonder if I had heard anything? The way my father roared, I was surprised he
hadn't expected me