Shayna looked up and smiled at Kim, the first-leg runner in the 4 x 100 relay and the only married woman in the racing quartet. Her husband, Patrick, ran hurdles and did the long jump. In both events, he’d taken the silver medal at the 2012 Olympics held in London, England. Shayna, Brittney, and ...
“Yeah, I have a feeling, too, man.” He looked over at the roses he’d impulsively bought from the seller at an intersection on Hawthorne. Only in Los Angeles, he’d mused after the purchase, could one buy anything from fruit to nuts, to flowers to bean pies without leaving their car. He entered the...
“What happened at your company yesterday?” “I thought you had to leave.” She made a show of looking at her watch. “I have some time.” Jackson leaned toward her. “Can you keep a confidence?” His voice was low, his breath wet against her earlobe. Diamond nodded, swallowed. “Promise?” “Yes.” “There ...
His mood was happy, ecstatic even, and it had everything to do with one particular woman and one very special afternoon. A classic that used to play on his grandparent’s turntable wafted into his head. Yes, what a difference a day makes. Based on how Marissa had reacted after the loving was over ...
He yanked it open. “Where were you all weekend?” “Well, good morning to you too, Mr. Johnson,” Gwen replied. She got out of the car, reached back inside for her oversized tote bag, and headed toward the school entrance with Adam on her heels. “I tried reaching you.” “I’m sorry. I didn’t get your ...
Faye not only called Papa Dee but promised to visit him the following Sunday. Her mountainous to-do list was slowly going down. The renovation was buzzing right along, and she’d hired a head nurse and selected four nursing students and received another donation from one of the county’s elite. Plu...
Instead of e-mailing her résumé to Nick, she’d decided to call the number on the ad she’d seen in the Sunday edition of the LA Times. She’d talked with human resources, e-mailed her résumé, and gotten a call back from the chef’s assistant. If she got the job as sous chef, it would be on her own m...