He spoke of Sara with love in his voice, and Mike often felt the man watching him.It went against Mike’s grain to throw any sports match, but he didn’t want to make Sara’s father look bad. At the first tee, Mike didn’t make his best effort and the ball fell far short of the hole.Dr. Henry Shaw looked at Mike in speculation. “The lower your score, the better I’ll speak about you to my youngest daughter.”Mike looked at the man for a moment, mumbled “another matchmaker,” then made a hole in one.By the time they got back to the clubhouse, half a dozen men were asking for games with him.“What they need are lessons,” Dr. Shaw said under his breath and slapped Mike on the shoulder.“So what about our deal?” Mike asked.“I would have done that anyway. Luke said you were a natural athlete, and I wanted to see if it was true.”“Now I see where Sara got her love of conniving.”Dr. Shaw laughed heartily. “Don’t tell her mother that. Ellie thinks Sara is the ‘weak’ one.”The two men had lunch together, and Mike was introduced to everyone as “Sara’s friend.”
