“Hey, Mimi,” she called to her friend who suddenly appeared in the front of the café where Kelly was seated. Mimi had her familiar porcelain tea mug in hand. “Are you and Burt coming out to see some ball games this weekend? Both Steve’s team and our team are playing.” “We’ll have to catch the games next weekend,” Mimi said with a smile. “This is the weekend we promised Cassie we’d take her camping again. So we’ll be hiking on the Grey Rock Trail and cooking over our portable gas stove and sitting around a campfire instead of sitting on bleachers.” “Oh, wow. That’s going to be way more fun,” Kelly said. “I wish I could join you folks but our team is playing both Saturday and Sunday. Would you like Carl to come along and be a watchdog?” Mimi laughed. “No, I don’t think so. He’d be taking us for walks.” “Just teasing you, Mimi. Carl would be like having another kid.
