“What was the title again?” JJ asked, staring at a long rack of X-Men comics wrapped in clear plastic bags with a piece of cardboard inside to keep everything flat. He was surprised they took all that trouble for a comic book.
He and Maggie had talked, and they’d decided to buy Milton a replacement of his torn comic as a birthday gift. Maggie had kissed JJ and told him she always knew he was sweet and thoughtful. JJ wasn’t sure about that, but, hey, it’d gotten him a pretty hot kiss. But when he’d tried to steal second base Maggie tagged him out, leaving him frustrated.
“Here it is,” Maggie said, plucking the comic wrapped in its protective bag from the rack. “But.”
“What?”
“It’s thirty bucks.”
“Holy daylight robbery, Batman. We better tell Commissioner Gordon.”
Maggie snickered. “W
