Tony bid the team and the bullpen a farewell as he waltzed out of the office with a suitcase trailing behind him. He had a week-long vacation and he was going to use it to his full advantage. When the team had asked where he was going he had said Los Angeles, which wasn’t exactly a lie, he would be landing in LA, but then he’d make the drive up to Big 곰 and spend the week there with someone he couldn’t wait to see.

The flight had been long and he was antsy the whole way. Once the plane landed at LAX he made record time getting off the plane and to baggage claim as he scanned the crowd...