"I'll be in the Bay Area next month", Mac O'Brien said to his daughter on the telephone. "Meanwhile, you can expect another visit from Jack."

"Jack? Isn't he playing soccer in France?"

"Was. He's only a fullback. I sent him to Asia. Important baseball business."

As far away from Giselle and soccer as possible, Caydance thought. The friction -- that began years ago when rather than football, Jack chose to go to Penn State to play soccer under Walter Bahr -- still lingered between her Brother and their Father.