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his own cool demeanor. Her
heart and soul were golden, even as she brushed aside the
compliments like an expert.
    Time flew by and Jairo couldn’t think of being with any other.
She made him smile and laugh and even got him to forget the tough
times in his everyday life.
    Each word she spoke filled his heart and made his soul light.
It freed him in a way he hadn’t known possible.
    Although Joy avoided certain subjects, she talked about
everything else. Without limits, open and very honest, her honesty
reminded him of his.
    Pounding on the hotel door drew his attention from the traits
he was focusing on with Joy.
    “ I hate to end this, but my brother-in-law is here. I’m
supposed to train with him, he’s not a runner. I said I’d help
while I was visiting. If I don’t get a move on he’s gonna kill
me.”
    “ Well, we can’t have that, now, can we?” Joy laughed and his
stomach flipped.
    “ No, that wouldn’t be a good thing.”
    “ I bet.” She giggled this time and his heart thumped louder.
“If he does kill you, I’ll go to your funeral and leave a rose on
your casket.” He stumbled, putting on his runners while holding the
phone to his ear. “I’ll even be nice and pluck the thorns off
personally so you don’t scratch yourself in the
afterlife.”
    “ Yeah, promise?” Everything froze inside him as he awaited her
response.
    “ Of course, I always keep my promises.”
    Jairo had not realized he held his breath until it left him in
a whoosh. He couldn’t describe what flowed through him with those
simple words. If he had been fighting what was between them he lost
the battle with her promise.
    His hand gripped the cell phone tight. “I’ll call you later
tonight.”
    “ I’ll be waiting.” There was a smile in her voice and it was
gorgeous.
    “ Bye—” His voice dropped in octaves. He didn’t want to let her
go. Truthfully, he wanted to tell his brother-in-law to go to hell.
But he wouldn’t.
    “ Bye, Jairo.” Her words sounded more like a sigh.
    The line went dead and he strode to the door and yanked it
open…
    * * *
*
    “ Jay, are you listening? Can you hear me?” His sister stopped
the vision, he really wished she’d quit interrupting the dreams or
visions or whatever the hell they were called.
    Jairo just wanted to get back, he wanted to see Joy and touch
her. He honestly didn’t care if they were her dreams or his; he
just wanted to bask in her presence. It was peaceful and so
loving.
    “ I haven’t heard from Joy yet. I keep calling, with no luck.”
Jezzaray’s tone reflected her irritation and it reverberated around
the room. “I will keep trying. You had better be doing your part,
buddy. I mean it.” Her hand squeezed his tight and then released
it. “We’ll get this figured out.”
    Jairo hadn’t tried moving his body or saying anything in some
time. He didn’t know when he last attempted.
    Even as he thought it, the command went out, nothing
happened.
    He was missing something vital to his recovery.
    * * *
*
    Joy tugged the robe closer to her body as she closed the front
door behind the woman she discovered was her cousin, and then
turned away. It had taken a while for her to wade through the
photographs and read each name and date on the backs, but she
finally accomplished the feat. This was Stacy, and when none of
Joy’s warning sensors went off she relaxed.
    Photos didn’t give the same sense as the physical person did.
There was nothing threatening in the other woman’s demeanor, only
concern, acceptance, and love. Joy felt comforted in Stacy’s
presence. Something she’d missed over the weeks since she woke
without her memory.
    “ When were you going to tell me you were back?” Stacy followed
her through the apartment to the kitchen. “Are you gonna answer me?
You’ve been home for two weeks—”
    She wanted to laugh at the woman’s insistence, the sense this
was normal flowed through her. The corner of her mouth lifted. They
weren’t only