Small Teaser

It was a hot summer day. The temperature was in the high 90s but the humidity made it feel as though it were in the 100s. It was pretty unusual for Detroit. Sure Detroit had warm days in the summer, but usually only in the mid-80s and certainly without the high percentage of humidity. All around the city people sat on their porches desperately trying to cool off as many homes were without air conditioning.

Timothy Peters was outside tossing a baseball around with his sister, Grace. He knew that baseball really wasn’t Grace’s thing, but she had agreed to help him work on his pitching arm. He needed to keep in shape if he was going to make the high school team again next school year. Every year the teens trying out for the team were better and better. Tim was afraid of one of them taking his pitching spot one year. He needed to stay on the varsity team each year if he was going to get a sports scholarship for college. He wanted to better himself so he would never have to live in places like Detroit. He hated it here, but this was where is dad’s job was. He didn’t know how many times he had argued with his parents about moving. If  only they could see the things I do every single day. It’s not safe here, especially not for Gracie.