CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
(part six)
Friday evening – 5:20 P.M.
“You know Aden thinks he’s going on a date with Sandy,” Jacob said to Jill.
Jill shrugged. She gave him a thermos filled with hot chocolate. He put it into the backpack he was packing for the Zoolights.
“It’s not very fair to spring the girlfriend tribunal on him,” Jacob said.
“You [...]

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CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
(part five)
One day later
Friday afternoon – 1: 30 P.M.
“¿Qué haces esta noche?” Tres asked.
“Nada.” Enrique responded. “Por que?”
Stretching the cord on his office phone, Tres closed his office door.
“Jake and Blane were talking about going to the Zoolights tonight,” Tres continued in Spanish. “Heather and Blane are bringing Aden’s kids. Jake’s going [...]

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CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
(part four)
Thursday afternoon – 3: 30 P.M.
“Val, honey, it’s Jen.”
“Hey Jen.”
Entering the Castle, Val pulled off her stocking cap. Sarah bound into the kitchen in front of Valerie. She and the yellow Labrador had been out for a run that snowy afternoon when her publicist called. Not wanting to stop, Val asked Jen to [...]

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CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
(part three)
Jill gasped. The bathtub was three feet below her. The bathtub shaped warm water, bubbles and their naked bodies floated in the air.
“How…?”
“I can move objects,” Jacob said. “I can do a bunch of things – know the long term future, stuff like that – but moving object is… special.”
Jill nodded. When she [...]

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CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
(part two)
Thursday afternoon – 1:20 P.M.
When Jill started working Pete’s night shifts again, she and Jacob fell into an easy rhythm. Except for hockey nights, Jacob took care of Katy. Leaving Katy’s baby monitor with Delphie, he’d pick Jill up from work and they would walk home. They’d share a laugh, dance, make love [...]

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CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE
(part one)
Thursday morning – 7:30 A.M.
MJ ran through the hospital at full speed. When Jake called their office last night, the entire team began the journey back to Denver. He was lucky to have an LC that put family before anything else. He was lucky even be able to come home. After all, [...]

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