Then the most quiet of them said he wanted to see makeup on us. All in front of a large mirror we quickly put it on and in the reflection behind us Br...tt, Sean, and I saw them taking off their shirts and shoes. We just looked at each other for a split second and took a deep breath. "Back to the couch ladies, and have another drink." I am not sure how many we had by now but one more and the room would be spinning, Sean was probably the least drunk but still pretty smashed. This was bad enough. He donned a rubber glove andslathered the cream on. Once he was satisfied that my balls were onfire, he closed the door and left me to suffer in the dark. He took myphone with him.Master went into the living room to drink beer and explore my phone. Hequickly tracked down all of my family, friends and work contacts. He'dpop in occasionally to apply more icy hot and use my thumbprint toaccess my apps--including Facebook and Instagram. He changed mypasswords and then disabled my thumbprint. Unfortunately, the club had stopped winning. We couldn't seem to pull together. When we scored runs, the pitchers lost their ability to hold a lead. When the pitching was solid, our hitters went south. All except me, anyway. I was hitting, but my singles weren't worth much with empty bases and anemic follow-up in the batting order.We left Tampa on July 24. By the end of August, I had hit safely in 37 consecutive games! I was tied with Tommy Holmes, an old Boston Braves outfielder who'd done it. My diet was mostly composed of instant meals and protein bars these days, but I still brought a couple of fruits and vegetables every week. Doubtless Michelle would have more of a say on that later and I half-dreaded the shopping that was ahead. As I prepared it, I wondered. To be honest, I wasn't just cooking this for Michelle's sake. But it would also be a lie to say I was only doing this so she'd be a bit more persuadable later tonight. Yet, there it was. Mingled with that brotherly.