A.J. shrugged. “Hey, it’s just my first shot.”
“Trust me, you won’t get another, either, if they’re all this big. All she needs is a backpack and she’s ready for kindergarten.” Vic grimaced from the pain, but managed to shift up in bed and hold out her arms. “Here, let me have her.”
“What’s her name?” Zach asked. “Y’all done had us in suspense for months.”
Vic trailed her fingers down her daughter’s soft cheek and thought back over the past few months, especially of two wonderful women: one she’d come to love, and the other, even though she’d never met, she wanted to honor.
“Valerie Angelique Baptiste.”
About the Author
LaConnie Taylor-Jones, a native Memphian, is a health educator consultant and holds advanced degrees in community public health and business administration. Married, she is the mother of four and resides with her family in Antioch, California. She is also an active member of the Contra Costa Alumnae chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the African American Community Health Advisory Committee, Black Women Organized for Political Action, and the San Francisco Area and Black Diamond Chapters of Romance Writers of America.
Table of Contents
Title Page
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 17
Epilogue
About the Author