Body Chemistry (14 page)
Authors: Dara Girard
D
ominic was besieged by well-wishers and wannabes once the presentation was over. Brenda didn’t mind. She stood silently beside him basking in the glow of his success. She smiled graciously, feeling genuinely happy for him and, for the first time, realizing his success was also hers. She no longer felt the need to compete or to be envious.
Four weeks later they were married. Nearly a year after that, their book,
An Introduction to the Fantastic World of Science,
hit the shelves and became a bestseller.
Brenda sat in her office staring at the picture of her husband. She picked up the postcard she’d just received showing an aerial view of Alaska, lying on her desk.
Someone knocked. “Come in.”
Dominic entered. “I’m taking you to lunch.”
“I’ll be with you in a minute,” Brenda said, flipping the postcard over.
He walked behind her chair and rested his hands on her shoulders. “I thought I was the only one who sent you postcards.”
“Are you jealous?”
“Depends who it’s from.”
“It’s from Sonya. She’s telling me about her new research project in Alaska.”
“I know it was hard for her to leave you.”
“Yes.” It had surprised Brenda how much she missed Sonya’s bouncy enthusiasm, clever mind and big heart. She quickly read the message then stopped when she saw a doodle sketched in the margins.
Dominic leaned closer and saw it too. “What’s that? Looks like the state of Florida.”
“No, it’s not,” Brenda said, then laughed. “It’s a stocking. She knew!”
He frowned. “Knew what?”
Brenda slowly stood and rested a hand on her belly, feeling the new life that was growing inside her. She looked at Dominic, the man she’d nearly lost forever. “What I needed.”
ISBN: 978-1-4268-2664-1
BODY CHEMISTRY
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