CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
(part six)
Wednesday — 7:36 P.M.
“I understand Sandra is here.”
Sandy’s mother approached Jill while she and Jacob waited outside Sandy’s curtained area. Knowing how happy Sandy would be to see her mother, Jill smiled. The woman glared at Jill.
“Thanks for coming. I know…” Jill started.
“Is she here or not?”
“We can only have two people here,” [...]

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
(part five)
Wednesday evening — 6:10 P.M.
“Who are all these people?” Aden asked.
Stopped at the corner of Broadway and Thirteenth, they could see a large crowd surrounding the downtown Denver Police Station. The police cruiser started across the intersection.
“Is there an event tonight?” Seth asked the officer in the driver’s seat.
“No sir,” the officer said. [...]

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
(part four)
A half hour later
Wednesday — 6:10 P.M.
Running full speed, Jacob burst into the Rose Hospital waiting room. He skid to a stop in front of a Lipson site manager. A team of Lipson people had already gathered to support Sandy.
“Where’s Jill?” Jacob’s question echoed his panic.
“Jill?” the man repeated.
“My wife. Where’s my wife?”
“She’s [...]

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
(part three)
Max returned from speaking with the police.
“You’ll call Jill for Sandy? Take care of my kids?” Aden asked Max.
“Jill’s on her way,” Max said.
Aden nodded.
A police officer cuffed Aden’s hands behind his back. With a uniformed Denver Police officers at each side, Seth put his hand on Aden’s arm. They walked out of [...]

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
(part tw0)
“SHUT UP!”
In one swift practiced move, she jerked her knee into her father’s groin.  Her father fell over in pain and Sandy collapsed to the ground.
“Sandy!” Aden and the paramedic ran to Sandy’s side.
“Sir, we can’t tell what’s going on with her until we get the body armor off,” the paramedic said. “We’ve [...]

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-THREE
(part one)
Aden’s arms went around her shoulders. He held her tight to him. Feeling movement, Aden looked up to see Sandy’s father aiming a handgun at them.
“Wait…” Aden started
“HE’S GOT A GUN!” Seth yelled at the same time Max and Alex yelled, “GET DOWN!”
Her father fired twice into Sandy’s back. Sandy slumped forward into [...]

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