Chapter 5

The air in the valley was brisk, not as much as in the mountains, but the men wore lightweight jackets to warm up. He was greeted with nods and, “Hey, man, how’s it goin’?”

There were already a number of young women in the stands. Some were wives, others had come to check out the single guys. Teasing wolf calls came from Annette and Dixie, unmarried women who were his friends, straight women who had no idea he wasn’t. They’d also heard he had a girl in Vegas

Bear waved and smiled. Like SAR’s Carole and Deidre, if they had designs on him they were going to be disappointed, but he enjoyed their company and thought they enjoyed his. Nothing serious, only out for a fun time at the ball park. He never gave off vibes that he was looking for love.

And he most definitely did not give them off to men. About that he used extreme caution.