CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
(part six)
“You have to kick this thing,” Jacob said.
“I can’t,” Delphie said.
“You couldn’t,” he said. “You can now. What’s the question?”
“Why has all of this misfortune come over us?” Delphie asked.
“What misfortune?” Sam asked on his way into the kitchen. He hugged and kissed Delphie good morning.
“All these law suits, Val losing her movie, [...]

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CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
(part five)
“Your other abilities?”
“What about them?”
Jacob walked to Delphie to hug her.
“They’re stronger than they were, especially since Jill’s here. I don’t know if it’s something about Jill or if pining for her all the time made me weaker. I’m a lot stronger when she’s around.”
“Love will do that.”
“I think it’s her.” Jacob smiled. [...]

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CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
(part four)
Monday morning – 4:30 A.M.
Sitting on her meditation pad, Delphie heard the house start to stir. The family was getting up for work. She needed to get moving. Yet something held her in place. Not an evil force or another’s will, Delphie was held in place by a question. For the last week, [...]

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CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
(part three)
Sunday – 3: 25 P.M.
Jacob pulled Jill’s Lexus in front of Alex Hargreaves’s house in South City Park to take Paddie home to his father. As they pulled up, Julie and Colin came out of the house next to the rooming house.  Jill smiled to see them holding hands. She hoped that [...]

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CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
(part two)
Sunday mid-day
Pulling Katy and Paddie on an ancient wood snow sled, Jacob moved ahead toward what he thought was the perfect Christmas tree. Jacob and his family had always cut their trees with a national forest permit. But Jill had only had a Christmas tree once or twice since her parents died.  She [...]

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CHAPTER SIXTY-SIX
(part one)
Saturday evening
Jill set a pepperoni, olive and artichoke heart pizza from Enzo’s End on a foot rest in the middle of the sitting area of her loft apartment. Following Jill, Heather brought a stack of plates and napkins. Tanesha set down sparkling water for Heather and a six pack of Wild Raspberry Great [...]

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