‘I am really impressed Reni, most eighteen years old would have just packed a bag, and headed out. But you really took time to think this out and pl...n.’ It wasn’t a lie, he had done the same, but over time he had met too many kids who had just walked away without thinking what might be waiting out there for them. ‘So are mom and dad paying for this?’ She licked salad dressing from her fork, a gesture that made his heart skip a beat. ‘Half of it, the deal was they would pay half if I saved up at. But all of this worried me greatly, because my strong preference for Baltimore could become an obstacle to my collecting the highest possible signing bonus. I owed it to Bill Bowman, I knew, not to leap at the Orioles' first offer without giving any thought to the consequences.Bill was my bona fide agent. True, I was in charge. I wasn't required to do everything he said or to sign with whichever club made the highest offer. But if I turned down a truly handsome offer from some other club, just. Stephanie looks at the time and knows it's getting late. She begins to wonder if Luis is going to have time to call her. She has done her best to keep herself busy but there wasn't a whole lot to do. It just her in the house and it's spotless and she doesn't make much mess on her own. The laptop has not left her side as she had signed into Skype on it shortly after Luis messaged her.Stephanie sits on the couch, surfing the web and scrolling her news feed on Facebook. Suddenly, Skype pops up and. I needed all my strength for that afternoon anyway. So after about fifteen minutes I had enough heat and cleaned myself off, shaved and went back to my tent.After a short afternoon nap I got dressed as smart as I could, in shorts, but using underwear this time. I took the gift-wrapped bottle of wine and went on my way to the girls because the show was about to start at four or four thirty, but I wanted to be there a bit early. Obviously I did not want to miss any of the excitement and I had to.