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“It’s fascinating. Every time you look under the microscope, you can see something that surprises you. I worked in a lab for three summers during my undergrad and master’s,” I explain at her curious look. “Started at the bottom, worked my way all the way up to… themiddle.”
Rena’s smile is wide and startling. “You wore the coat? When’d you trade it in for thetie?”
“When I grewup.”
I think she’s going to ask something more, but we’re interrupted when a short young woman with chin-length dark hair and lively eyes emerges from the lab and flashes me a grin. “Hi, Dr.Robinson.”
“Carly,” I reply. “How’s itgoing?”
“Good. It took some overtime, but we’re making up the time on those samples.” She hovers, looking between Rena andme.
“Thanks. I appreciateit.”
“Sure.”
She disappears down the hall, and I hear a throat clearing next tome.
“That girl does not order the vegan special,” Rena observes. “She’s salivating for a big Dr. Strange steak. Did you match withher?”
“I haven’t submitted a sample.” Rena scoffs, and I narrow my eyes at her. “My priority is selling this app. Not some personalmission.”
“Good marketing ispersonal.”
“Then you submit a sample,” I hear myselfsay.
“My longest-term relationship is with my electrictoothbrush.”
This girl’s certifiable. “Come on.” I tug her across the hall to an empty lab and swipe my card. “I’m going to blow your mind withscience.”
“Will ithurt?”
The supplies are in the first cupboard, and I grab a sample kit with the efficiency of having done it a thousand times. “Open yourmouth.”
She raises a brow. “Really? We’ve only been on onedate.”
I roll my eyes and shecomplies.
“Was it as good for you as it was for me?” she asks after I swab hercheek.
I seal the swab in a bag and drop it in the processing box. “It wasbetter.”
I’m rewarded with a laugh. The real, loud, suddenkind.
She thinks I’m joking, but I do like showing someone. She doesn’t understand it, but she’s trying to. Unlike most of the undergrads in my labs at school, she’s here and trying. That matters tome.
I force myself to focus. “So, ah, what happens next is the lab runs it. I’ll have results back to you in a few days. There’s a database for people who opted into other research opportunities. If you were actually part of the sample, you’d find matches and have the option to arrange to meet up with compatible partners through theapp.”
“How many in NewYork?”
I shrug. “Tenthousand.”
Her eyes round as she grabs my arm. “Stop it. You have a research population of ten thousand people in this city who want to hook up? I mean, find lasting love orwhatever?”
I’m distracted by the warmth of her fingers through my sweater. “Yes.”
She shakes her head hard enough her ponytail flicks a path behind her. “You could be sitting on a gold mine, WesRobinson.”
Unease and anticipation fight in my gut. “You’ve done this before,right?”
