Diamond In The Rough
"Why that sanctimonious, pompous, low-life bastard…"
Born equal parts of surprise and outrage, the less-than-flattering character description leaped out of Miranda Shaw's mouth before she could stop it. The heated pronouncement contrasted with the soothing strains of whisper-soft classical music that was being piped into the pharmaceutical laboratory where she worked.
Her cheeks heated and her breathing became shallow. This was worlds apart from her condition minutes ago when she finally declared herself at lunch ninety minutes after the traditional time and picked up the sports section of the L.A. Times. She'd been reading the sports section since she was four years old. Too impatient to wait for her mother to read the all-important baseball scores to her, Miranda had doggedly taught herself how to read by sounding out the opposing teams' names.
Her rabid interest in baseball had come into being because she adored her father. Steven Orin Shaw, known as "SOS" to his one-time legion of fans, had once been regarded as one of the greatest pitchers to ever grace the mound—until a scandal had brought an abrupt end to his career.
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