Chapter 8

 

Saving Savvy

 

I ENTERED ROY'S TO a standing ovation.

"Here he is! The father of the year!" Roy beamed with pride.

"Samantha?" James Murray tsk'd, while a painfully tone-deaf Clyde hummed the theme song from "Bewitched." "Were you an Elizabeth Montgomery fan when you were young?"

"You think you're kidding. That's exactly why

we chose Samantha," I answered honestly. "Both Sue and I loved that show."

"Hey, guys, I'm expecting my nephew to be named either Darrin or Dr. Bombay," Cathy tossed in. "And does this mean that I have to marry a man named Arthur?" "Clyde, what's with the black armband?" Tom wondered.

"I'm wearing it out of respect for you, Dave, James, and Roy . . . and out of respect for your dear departed Tigers, the once-proud ball club ... a sad moment indeed," Clyde sympathized, with all the sincerity of a game-show host.