Chapter Eleven
High above the street in the Biology Annex, Sean waited for Lauren while staring out the window looking for her svelte form to appear.
Lauren was on foot, walking to the off campus Annex at a brisk clip. She hoped the walk would clear her head. When Sean returned to California, she was gone on a quick trip to San Francisco to consult with a Botanist at Berkeley. When she heard his voice on her answering machine, she nearly panicked. She wasn’t even sure she knew what he looked like anymore. Twice while he was away, she’d consulted the University computer files, downloading his picture, spending nearly an hour one night just staring into his green eyes—though they were just gray in the black and white photograph. She missed that flash and spark, even the way they lit when h
