Page 110 of Home Run

I must have slept for twelve hours. Maybe that’s why I felt so terrible, I’d had too much sleep. Was that a thing?

“Where are the guys?”

“Um…they got called into the stadium for a meeting, but went to the gym first. Parker wanted to sweat out his hangover.” She chuckled, nodding to a note on the counter propped up on a fresh vase of pale pink roses I hadn’t noticed. “Tanner left you that.”

Pushing my nose deep into the petals, I inhaled deeply then turned my attention to the piece of paper.

Hey, Mills,

We found out this morning we’re being sequestered at The Mark for the duration of the series. Shepherd wanted usall together under one roof. I came in to let you know, but you were fast asleep, so I left you and the bump to get some rest.

I love you, your smoothies are in the fridge.

Tanner x

Iturned the note over. There was nothing else.

“What does this mean?Sequestered?”

“Did he not tell you? It’s why they got called in. They were told to bring their travel bags with them. Lux said Shepherd’s taken over the top five floors of The Mark and he wants them to acclimate.”

“Acclimate?” I spat out. I’d never heard anything so ridiculous. “Acclimate to what? The Upper East Side?”

“I guess.”

“So they’re not coming back here at all? He left? Tanner left?”

She shook her head. “Apparently not. That’s what Lux said. They’ll be back once the series is done. Super annoying, I wanted to be with Lux after each game.”

“But that’sinsane.”

“Yeah, I know. Why do you think I’m making cupcakes? They’re a distraction from my annoyance.”

“Are we allowed to go there?” I tried to keep the panic from my voice, but it was hard.

“I doubt it. You know how weird Penn Shepherd gets.”

What the hell. Why did this have to happennow?

Why did Tanner have to leave two days before the series started just to be a couple of blocks across the city? Why did he have to leave without me having the chance to say goodbye? Or sorry for being such a pain in the ass.

Sorry for being so horrible.

Our ultrasound was in a week. What if he wasn’t allowed out to it?

And where was my goddamn phone so I could call him?

“Are you okay?” Radley asked, taking the note from me and reading over it. “Did you guys have an argument last night?”

“Yeah, I think so.…Maybe.” I glanced back down at the note. “I don’t know.”

“What d’you mean?”

“I mean, I was pissed at him because of what he told Parker. I can’t just tell him I love him because that’s what he wants to hear. And you know what his response was? He said he wasn’t going toapologizefor loving me.” I threw my hands in the air. “Who says shit like that?”

Radley snorted loudly. I expected her to hug me or something, but she laughed instead. “You’re so dramatic.”

“What does that mean?”

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