rachel and grady: POWER OF LOVE

n't convince you t

d Alma didn't want to be alone while Joe was gone to the store. Alone, she would have too much time to think

worn hand on Rachel's arm. "But you're g

th Alma toward the kitchen.

nd now than tomorrow

hel murmured.

an she needed to. Besides, wasn't due for hours. Joe would be back f

few minutes later eating a roast beef sandwich when th

five years, but she recognized

. What was she going to do? How was she go

called as she ros

could hear him coming dow

en he betrayed her love and trust five years ago. She would be polite because he was Dr. Ray's son. Aside from her brothers, there was no man on earth s

a casual acquaintance. Someone she would nod to if she passed him on the street. Anythin

the hooves of a hundred stampeding mustangs? Heaven help her, her m

y the surprise of his early arrival. She h

carefully on the plate before her and pushed hers

m for long," Alma re

rse not. But I'm sure the two o

would see Grady's father and brother to their final resting places. That was

home. The room suddenly seemed airless as he filled it with his presence.

had set in. She had fantasized that he'd gotten fat and bald and lost his two front teeth. Not very charitable of he

wenty-one. His wide, Shoshone cheekbones were sharper, more chiseled, and he was bigger than she remembered. Not taller, but broad

ays thought, a dare. Now that thick black silk barely reached his shoulders. But he wa

brant blue-green of a midday sea, and just as de

all, calming brea

ment. Then he looked down at his

at the little boy whose hand Grady held. She could

held out his hand. "How

wn eyes, Shoshone eyes, inherited from David and Grady's mother, Cody Lewis could have been cloned directly from Grady. He l

those old memories, she shook the boy'