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“Also, what Ian is doing to youcouldbe against the legal association code and could cause him to lose his license,” she stated.
“I’d need proof beside him just sayingI have to talk to your mother.”I’d looked into it. Though the PI was working on that.
“Hmmm.” Her look went coy. “Hey, secret? Though it won’t be a secret for long.”
“Always.”
“I’m pregnant. Mom’s going to be pissed. She always says it will impact my career, but I’m in my thirties.The longer I wait… and I want more than one.” She chewed on her lower lip.
I wrapped my arms around my twin. “Congratulations.”
Nope, I didn't smell it yet.
She grinned. “Lexi and Lana are trying too. We’re going to have a pack full of babies and we’re going to bring them over to your place all the time.”
The idea of small children making a mess made me freeze.
My sister laughed. “So, when are you going to catch up?”
I shrugged. Children were never that important to me. Though I wasn’t averse to having them.
“It’s Evan and Grace’s call. I think Grace wanted to get a little more established in her career,” I explained.
“Makes sense.” Katie hugged me again. “This has been fun, but I have a notice letter to draft.” She left.
Yes, and I had a building to buy. I picked up my phone. “Hey, I’m going to need some information on the Morris Company’s State Street project.”
Our foundation needed a building, too.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Grace
“Dr. Harlowe, this is amazing. Astoundingly amazing,” I breathed as I watched the demonstration of her particle cutter at PIIP, the Particle Institute for Interdisciplinary Physics. Spencer stood at my shoulder. A few others from Compass BioTek Special Projects were with us.
“It really is. Oh, the things we could potentially do,” Dr. Harlowe replied. “So, who’d like to finish the tour?”
Dr. Harlowe, the dark-haired beta that I’d met at the science dinner, continued our special tour of PIIP. The symposium started tomorrow at a nearby hotel. As we toured the research facility, I couldn’t help but feel I was being watched. Specifically, by one young woman who could be a grad student. But then a lot of people were interested in the Compass BioTek team, since the company wasn’t synonymous with particle physics.
It was interesting to see all the things that they were doing here. I paid close attention to what I saw and who I met, making notes on my phone, since I was on the lookout for potential team members, including our super collider expert.
“Does anyone want to see our super collider?” Dr. Harlowe asked. “We have the most powerful one on this continent, well, for now. We also have one of the new micro particle accelerators.”
“Oh, we have one of those,” Margie dismissed, with a wave of her hand.
Which we did.
“I’d like to see it,” I replied, curious to see in person how it was different from what I’d used back in my world.
I looked over at Spencer, who gave me the slightest of nods. He probably wouldn’t want to see it. While he was okay with the micro particle accelerator we had in Special Projects, the large colliders brought back too many memories.
And I understood that completely.
We split off, my group going to see the collider and accelerator.
“You saidfor now,” I asked. “Others are being built?”
Dr. Harlowe nodded, as we walked down the hall. “BaySci is building a large-scale laser-plasma circular collider, and the Research Circle Collaborative is attempting to build a CeCe.”
