The beginning of the school week started off normal as always. Class, lunch, class, practice, dinner, homework, bed. At practice, I was wary of running into Chris, but surprisingly he wasn't around.
Coach later told me that he has been suspended from baseball activities for the week for laying hands on a fellow teammate. I started to feel guilty until coach added something else before leaving me. "It's not you specifically, Jake. He would be suspended regardless of who he laid his hands on. I don't want you thinking it's because of your past that I did this. I don't tolerate violence of any kind in my team. Chris is already lucky I didn't report him to the school and get him suspended from classes." With that, he left me to conduct some coaching with the pitchers and catchers.
