CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
(part six)
Sandy slipped into the room. When she moved, Alex, Max and Seth came into the room behind her. Holding handguns, their weapons were trained on Aden and her father. They formed an arc around Aden and her father.
“Denver Police! Everyone stop!” Seth said. “The house is completely surrounded. We have weapons on you. [...]

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
(part five)
Wednesday — 4:45 P.M.
“How did you know about the window?” Alex whispered to Sandy.
“That’s how I got in when he wasn’t here.” Sandy looked around the basement. “As a kid, you know.”
She cocked her head to the side and listened to the footsteps above.
“They’re in the living room,” Sandy whispered.
Sandy slipped off her [...]

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
(part four)
Wednesday — 4:30 P.M.
“Where are you going?” Honey asked the line of men clocking out. “We have another hour.”
The man looked at Honey, shook his head then walked out the door.
“HEY!” Honey said. “What is going on?”
Hearing Honey’s voice, Bambi ran out from the office.
“STOP!” Bambi yelled.
Every eye turned to look at her.
“What [...]

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
(part three)
“The past will go away when I make it go away.”
Sandy nodded to herself. She had to get inside that house.
Seth was holding onto her with an arm over her shoulder while he talked to a policewoman. When Sandy shifted away from him, he took his hand off her shoulder. With quick efficient [...]

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
(part two)
Sandy’s door opened. Unbuckling her seat belt to get out, Sandy saw her Godfather, Seth O’Malley had opened her door. She threw herself into his arms. He lifted her out of the car.
“I’m sorry, Sandy,” Alex said. “But we need you over here.”
“What’s going on? What’s happened?” Sandy asked.
“It’s an entire mess up,” [...]

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-TWO
(part one)
Wednesday — 3:25 P.M.
Riding in Jill’s Lexus SUV, Sandy watched the Denver neighborhoods fly past her passenger window. They drove up Seventeenth Avenue Parkway past the gorgeous mansions. As a child, she’d walk to her father’s house past these mansions. While she walked, she’d dream of living in one of her favorites. On [...]

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