Free Diamond Revelation by Sheila Copeland Page A

you’d like to come.”
    â€œI will be in town for a few days visiting family. If Dr. Nichols can spare me out of the lab a few more days, I’d love to come.”
    â€œGreat.” Nina smiled warmly. Dr. Lawrence put a Band-Aid on her arm. Baby Doll and Niki ran over and climbed into her lap, and Nina laughed. “Say hello to Dr. Lawrence, you guys.”
    Nina smoothed Niki’s hair as both little girls spoke. “This is my daughter, Kendall Nicole, but we just call her Niki,” Nina offered proudly.
    â€œAnd I’m Baby Doll.”
    â€œShe insists that everyone call her that.” Nina tried not to laugh as she spoke. “Her real name is Turquoise. She’s my cousin’s daughter.”
    â€œSo you two are cousins?” The doctor smiled at both of the girls.
    â€œYes,” Baby Doll answered for them.
    â€œWhere’d you get a name like Baby Doll?” Dr. Lawrence was terribly interested in her.
    â€œFrom my brother and my daddy.”
    â€œYour daddy?”
    â€œYes.” Baby Doll looked directly into Dr. Lawrence’s eyes.
    â€œHumph. Well, it’s a beautiful name for a beautiful little girl.”
    â€œCome on, Niki, let’s go see Daddy.” Baby Doll was bored with the doctor, so she grabbed Niki and they raced away.
    â€œThey are so beautiful with those golden eyes. They could almost be sisters.” Dr. Lawrence focused on Nina.
    â€œThey get that all the time. They’re cousins who fight and play like sisters.”
    Nina found Kyle outside with a stack of French toast and bacon. “I knew you’d be out here. Give me a bite of that.”
    Kyle cut a square of toast and Nina opened her mouth. He grinned like a little boy as he pretended to feed her. He could barely contain himself when Nina chomped down on nothing when he quickly pulled the fork out of her mouth.
    She hit him with her napkin. “You are so wrong.”
    â€œOkay, here.” Kyle held the French toast for her again.
    â€œI don’t trust you.” Nina saw Sabre strut across the room out of the corner of her eye and focused on her. She had arrived alone and was working the party. She was terribly overdressed but looked fabulous in a Dolce & Gabbana dress that would have been marvelous for the party later that evening.
    â€œWhat are you doing?” Kyle was disappointed that his wife had lost interest in him already.
    Nina signaled with her eyes for him to watch Sabre, who was drooling all over Dwyane Wade. There were quite a few ballplayers in the room now who had come to the event at Sean and Eric’s request.
    â€œIsn’t that your girl?” Kyle was also interested in Sabre’s charade.
    â€œHumph.” Nina rolled her eyes. “She’s not my girl.”
    â€œDid I tell you she hit on the doc the night of the Baby Phat party?”
    â€œSabre hit on Germain?” Nina was in shock. “You never told me that.”
    â€œIt must have slipped my mind.” Kyle watched Sabre with renewed interest as she struck up a conversation with LeBron James.
    â€œShe must have a death wish.” Nina laughed.
    â€œThe doc was clueless and she was throwing him major action.”
    â€œIt would take an army to keep Topaz off Sabre if she ever tried to hit on Germain in front of Topaz.”
    Topaz walked through the restaurant. LeBron stopped talking the moment he laid eyes on her, and the smile faded from Sabre’s face.
    Topaz paused to speak and the cameras flashed like crazy as the NBA superstar posed with both of the ladies. Sabre had more moves than one of America’s Next Top Models. Nina and Kyle were all over themselves with laughter.
    â€œYour girl Sabre is hilarious.” Kyle shook his head.
    Photographers gathered to take advantage of the photo op, and more celebrities were added to the group; Sean, Eric, Magic Johnson, and Baron Davis posed while the ladies remained front and center. Tyrese also