We were hiking when she said that. I was trying to get to know her as much as I could, asking her random questions here and there. “I don’t remember telling you that.” She looks into the bag, but I don’t miss the faint jerk of her lips. Fireworks. Every single time she does that. “I’m very good at paying attention. Not to brag or anything, but it’s what landed me captain and how I became shortstop.”
