Inglath Cooper - A Woman Like Annie

“Point taken,” he said.

“Hope I didn’t use too big a stick.”

“Big enough.”

Annie looked down, feeling more like a bully than she cared to. “For a lot of people, losing their job here will mean having to change their lives, Jack. Moving to another place.”

Silence stretched out between them, more contemplative than awkward. Annie sensed he was considering her words, weighing them against his own conscience. And suddenly she felt hopeful again.

“Got a good arm on him,” Jack said finally, nodding toward Tommy who had just thrown the ball to one of the other boys.

Annie folded her arms across her chest, hoping she didn’t sound like a mother hen when she said, “I almost wish he’d show no talent whatsoever for the sport.”

“Why’s that?”

“It’s an awfully hard way to make a living.”

“Aren’t too many roads that make it easy.”

“He’s just so determined to be as good as his dad. But what if he’s not? I don’t want him to spend his life feeling like he didn’t measure up.” Annie pressed her lips together. She hardly knew this man. Why had she just told him that?

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