Page 26 of Catch Me
Instead of doing all that, I decided to go LIVE. It was daytime but not too sunny, so the light should be good. I didn’t want to be in the house anyway. After sitting on the deck with my legs hanging over the edge, I ran a hand through my hair.
A text came through, making me pause.
Roman:Hey
I wondered if he ever led with the point.
Trav:Hey back
Roman:Do you like this?
He sent me an image of his tablet in his lap. There was a drawing of me on the field, getting ready to pitch. The attention to detail was insane, and he’d made me stand out by slightly blurring the background, as if it was all converging on me. Even with the effect, everything was somehow clear and recognizable. When I looked closer, I saw my number set into the background.
Jesus. He’d done this in three days?
Trav:Do you even have to ask?
Roman:The color is wrong
Trav:How?
Roman:Your hair
Trav:Looks right to me
Roman:No
I wasn’t really sure what he was looking for, so I snapped a picture and sent it to him. Maybe the light would help him.
As soon as I went LIVE, people started joining. It was still surreal when I did this. Sure, I had some fame under my belt because I was a MLB player, but it was a different feeling when I had followers who were interested in what I had to say, not just how well I threw a ball.
Haven’t seen you in forever, someone wrote in the feed.
I laughed. “I just did this a few days ago. I’m glad y’all missed me, though. Tessa has been a bit moody and is giving me the cold shoulder.”
What’d you do to her?
“I did nothing,” I said, faking offense. “She made a friend over the weekend, so maybe that’s it.”
OMG do you have a bf?
“No, absolutely not. I’m entirely devoted to Tessa and all of you. But I’m not here to talk about me. I wanted to do a little update and introduce you to someone. Anonymously, but this person might talk to you guys at some point.”
Who?
Is he hot?
Is it someone who went through conversion?
“Uh, okay. He’s a friend of mine. Since I know that question will be repeated until I answer it, yes, he’s hot, but that’s irrelevant. He told me that I can share some things about him while he decides if he’s comfortable speaking out.”
Romans_last_stand joined the LIVE video
I tried not to react. It could be anyone. I couldn’t imagine that he’d actually join.
“We met at conversion camp, but unlike me, he went for three whole summers.”
OMG that’s horrible
