CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
(part six)
Thursday afternoon — 4:12 P.M
Rose Hospital
Standing near the entrance of Rose hospital, they looked out at the photographers, videographers, and press waiting for the ‘abused girl.’ A nurse pushed her wheelchair while Aden, Seth and Anjelika walked next to her. Sandy gulped at the site of the press.
“I’ll go get the car,” Aden [...]

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
(part five)
Thursday afternoon — 2:35 P.M.
The Castle

“What about this one?” Honey asked MJ. “Do you like this better than the other pantsuits Valerie helped me buy?”
She wheeled out to look at the olive light wool pantsuit in the full length mirror. MJ was sitting in a high backed chair at their dining room [...]

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
(part four)
“Why would we want to support someone like that?” Jacob asked.
“If you don’t buy it, what happens?” Valerie asked.
“Someone else will,” Jacob said. “There’s a lot of scrape and rebuild in that neighborhood right now.”
“Would you like to refurbish his house?”
The gleam in Valerie’s eye made Jacob look her up and down.
“Not a [...]

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
(part three)
Thursday morning — 9:15 A.M.
The Castle
Jacob opened the door to Katy’s room where Mike was painting. Valerie was sitting on the bed drinking a cup of tea while Mike painted the fairies. The roar of four HEPA filters, set up to protect Valerie from the paint fumes, made conversation almost impossible. Mike was [...]

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
(part two)
“Are you all right?” Sandy asked.
“Sure,” Aden nodded. “Just an easy night in jail.”
“You weren’t…”
“Raped?” Aden laughed. “That’s never happened to me. No, I was kept on my own. I had the night to think about my sins. The DA didn’t want anything else to happen to me.”
Sandy smiled.
“Will you lose your job?” [...]

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CHAPTER SEVENTY-FIVE
(part one)
Thursday morning — 9 A.M.
Rose Hospital

Aden stood in Sandy’s doorway. His hair was wet and his skin shiny from a fast shower.
“Aden!” Sandy beamed at him.
“I’ll leave you for a moment. Then we must speak with the doctors.”
Anjelika kissed Sandy’s cheek and touched Aden’s arm before leaving the room.
“How are you?” Aden [...]

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