Reunion by Karen Kingsbury; Gary Smalley

Author:Karen Kingsbury; Gary Smalley
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Romance, Contemporary, Adult, Inspirational, Fiction
ISBN: 9780842386883
Publisher: Gale Group
Published: 1984-01-01T22:00:00+00:00

"Yes. He's very good. Let me see here..." A rustling sound filled the phone lines. "Yes, adoption is one of his specialties. I put him on retainer for you, and he says he'd like the box of documents as soon as possible."

"Then what? How long will it take?"

"No guarantees, Matthews. All he can do is try."

"Okay." Dayne paced across the kitchen and back again. He thought of his attorney's words yesterday, how Luke Baxter's mother was sick. Of course, she was probably not his birth mother, but still. Whoever she was, he wanted to find her. Now. before another week went by. "But he's good, right? He has a good chance of finding her?"

"Yes, Dayne. He's good and very expensive."

"I don't care." He worked the muscles in his jaw. This was a new feeling, this determination. Strong and unyielding and bent on getting his way. "Whatever the cost, I've got to find her. I want to know who she is and why she gave me up and if she ever

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wishes she hadn't done that. I want to know how my parents wound up with me, and what arrangement my birth mother had with them. I have dozens of questions."

"All while keeping the whole thing out of the press, right?"

His agent sounded doubtful.

"Right."

"All we can do is try." He hesitated. "But in the end, if someone ends up getting hurt over all this, Dayne, don't say I didn't warn you."

Dayne dropped to the closest chair and hooted out loud. "Thanks, friend." He hung up.

Dayne spent the rest of the day cleaning his apartment and packing for his flight back to Hollywood. The excitement bubbling within him was different than any he'd ever felt in his professional life. Better, somehow, than getting an Oscar nomination or a raving review" in People magazine. Better than knowing he could command top dollar for a film.

He was about to find his birth mother. How amazing was that? And how great that his agent had found a Pl who would keep things confidential. That way he could find out her identity, set up a meeting, and get to know her--if she was willing, that is. All without ever having the press find out about it.

No one would get hurt by this strange and unusual search. Dayne was completely convinced.

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TWENTY-FIVE

The kids were arriving and no matter how bad she felt,

Elizabeth couldn't be sad or sick or tired or anything but happy. This was the reunion she had dreamed about since Erin and Luke moved away. No, they wouldn't go to Sanibel Island to bask in the sun, but at least they'd be together at the Baxter house, the way they hadn't been in nearly two years.

The very thought of it made her feel stronger than she had in a week.

And another good thing--they already knew about her cancer. After telling the kids about her sickness, Elizabeth had at first doubted herself, wondering if she should've waited until she had them in person before explaining the situation.

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