Denver Cereal

CHAPTER TWENTY
(part six)
He hadn’t meant to kiss her.  But she leaned in and….  Aden could barely breathe.  Desire pumped through him like he was fifteen again.  With effort, he stepped back.  Jill said go slow but oh my god….
“I’m sorry,” he said.  “Tomorrow is a very big day for me.  And….”
“What is it?” Sandy said.
“I [...]

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CHAPTER TWENTY
(part five)
“Oh honey, how are you bad?” Delphie asked.
“I’m a needy, whiney, stupid baby.” Katy’s voice was barely over a whisper.
Delphie heard a snort then felt movement behind her.  Delphie stepped aside to let Jill hold Katy.  While Delphie finished preparing the brownies, Jill and Katy cried and whispered back and forth.  Delphie was [...]

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CHAPTER TWENTY
(part four)
“I wanted to ask you about being four,” Delphie said.  She gave another brown egg to Katy.  “Together?”
Katy bashed the egg against the bowl.  The egg crushed in her hand.
“Ooh not so hard,” Delphie said.  Using a dishtowel, Delphie wiped the egg from the girl’s hand.
“I’m sorry!” Katy’s dark eyes filled with tears.  [...]

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CHAPTER TWENTY
(part three)
Jerking open the liquor cabinet, he reached for a bottle of whisky.  With is hand on the bottle, he saw the phone number he wrote on the cabinet for moments just like these.
“Yeah.”
“I need….”
“Where are you?” she asked.
“Castle,” Mike said.
“We just got back.  Meet us at the workshop. We can’t deal with the [...]

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CHAPTER TWENTY
(part two)
“Aden.  He’s the guy from the gym that I….”
“I remember.” Jill took the skirt from Sandy and put it on an hanger.  “I think he’s great!  I’ve told you that for years and years.  Did you find out about his wife?”
“He’s divorced.  Like you told me, it was just some jealous girl,” Sandy [...]

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CHAPTER TWENTY
(part one)
Jill thought she knew everything there was to know about Sandy. They had been best friends since Sandy converted to Catholicism and Jill made it home from Costa Rica.  They shared every trial, every tribulation and every triumph.
But Jill had never seen Sandy in love, or even in like, for that matter.  In [...]

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