Chapter Twenty-Five
Opening Day
The excitement is tangible as Roxi and I pull into the owner’s lot at Royal Field in the East Bottoms. The team is coming off three consecutive wins at Spring Training, and two days of feel-good publicity from the annual Pros and Veterans charity game over in Prairie. But I’m excited for half-a-dozen other reasons. Namely the enormous diamond ring that’s burning a hole in my pocket. Oh yeah, and the grand opening of King Tom’s Distillery.
“Stay here.” I jog around the front, open her door, and offer my hand. Roxi’s eyes light up when she sees the vintage brick exterior modeled after Camden Yards. “Dad’s gonna flip when he sees this,” she says with her signature enthusiastic grin.
“Your mom texted and said they’d be here in an hour.” It was Harrison who g
