Chapter 484

The concert ended at five o’clock Sunday afternoon, but it took several more hours for the streets of Washington again to allow vehicular traffic. Thousands of very happy people began leaving the city to return to their home towns. Lady in Red had contracted to have a company clean the city after the weekend’s activities and by dusk, the lion’s share of the cleanup had been completed.

“We need to get over to Maryland and FedExField,” reminded Kate. “Our team is having its home opener, and we want to be there for the pregame festivities. This’ll be the D.C. Spartans’ first home game. Let’s hope we win!”

“Don’t bet the ranch on that,” offered Chip. “They didn’t do very well last week, and our head of football operations traded away our starting quarterback. I wonder where we can find a player to replace him?”

“Steve won’t be suiting up tonight! You can bet on that,” responded Gwen as she hugged her husband. “They’ll have to go another week or two without him. We need