“Laney stopped by the ladies room and when she came out, her heart was beating faster than normal. It had been seventy-seven days, four hours, and forty-five minutes since her last visit to Oakland. The excitement of seeing the only man she’d ever loved was finally at hand. Laney walked toward the baggage claim area with a stride that was a notch above a stroll. She glanced at the crowd gathered near the baggage carousel, but didn’t see him. She’d never responded to any man the way she had t...o Raphael Baptiste. Flummox was the first word that filtered through her mind the moment they met. Before she’d entered the first grade, she knew the meaning of the word. Now she understood how it felt. For the last ten years, she’d been consumed with her research and never had time for a man in her life. All of her energy and passion had been channeled into continuing the investigative study her mother began before she died. She’d been just as driven as her mother had been to discover a cure for the congenital birth defect with which she’d been born.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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