Eyes of a Child (1995)
“It took a moment for Paget to notice; he was distracted by the flight of the shot she had hit, a laser forehand that flashed through the noonday sunlight and nicked the baseline, impossible to return. When he turned, he saw Terri sprawled on the court, laughing.
‘If you weren’t left-handed,’ Paget said with an air of petulance, ‘you never would have gotten there.’ Lying in a patch of light and shadow, Terri tried to look aggrieved. ‘I could have abrasions,’ she said. ‘Maybe even contusions....’ A light wind stirred the pines surrounding the court and the grassy park of which it was part. Paget walked to the net and stood with his hands on his hips, gazing down at her. ‘I’m finding it easy to withhold my sympathy. In fact, I think I’ve been hustled.’ ‘I would never lie to you,’ Terri protested. ‘At least about tennis. I’ve hardly ever played.’ That was true, Paget guessed. Which only made his problem worse; Teresa Peralta was a natural athlete, with the reflexes of a cobra and no interest at all in losing.MoreLess
‘If you weren’t left-handed,’ Paget said with an air of petulance, ‘you never would have gotten there.’ Lying in a patch of light and shadow, Terri tried to look aggrieved. ‘I could have abrasions,’ she said. ‘Maybe even contusions....’ A light wind stirred the pines surrounding the court and the grassy park of which it was part. Paget walked to the net and stood with his hands on his hips, gazing down at her. ‘I’m finding it easy to withhold my sympathy. In fact, I think I’ve been hustled.’ ‘I would never lie to you,’ Terri protested. ‘At least about tennis. I’ve hardly ever played.’ That was true, Paget guessed. Which only made his problem worse; Teresa Peralta was a natural athlete, with the reflexes of a cobra and no interest at all in losing.MoreLess
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