Stories by Claudia

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CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT
Friday evening, 6:30 P.M.
Jacob slipped in the back door with Mike and Colin just in time for a quick shower. Jill was still being beautified when he returned and Katy was playing with Paddie. High on Crunch Berries, he ran up the stairs to shower. Assuming Jill and Katy were still gone, he [...]

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CHAPTER THREE
Five weeks later
February 8 – 11:45 A.M.
Denver, Colorado 
Alex pressed the video link to her command and waited for her assistant to respond. She sat in her leather office chair in front of the red oak armoire that held her computers and the link to command.
“Name,” her Sergeant said.
“Fey,” Alex replied. She waited while [...]

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CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
Friday evening, 4:30 PM
“God damn it!”
Valerie heard Ramon scream then the crash of his cell phone against the wall. She jogged the remaining steps to the sitting area where she, Jill and Jill’s friends were supposed to meet for their afternoon beauty treatments. From the doorway, she saw Sandy, Tanesha and Heather standing [...]

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CHAPTER TWO
Fourteen months later
January 5 – 5:30 A.M.
Denver, Colorado
Alex lay somewhere between sleep and awake when John began stroking her naked body. She reached for him and he shifted on top of her. His lips brushed hers before moving to her chin. His tongue flicked the crease in her chin and his mouth began [...]

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CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX
Clutching the jacket, she dropped to her knees.

“Jill!” Jacob whispered. He rushed forward to kneel beside her. “Are you all right? Honey, what happened?”
“You had a tattoo.”
“I….”
“JILL!” Sandy pushed past Jacob to Jill’s side. Seeing the jacket in Jill’s hands, she said, “Come on, honey, let’s get out of the closet.”
She touched the [...]

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CHAPTER ONE
Two weeks later
October 22 – 3:00 A.M.
Somewhere deep within the Pentagon
Arlington, Virginia
Sergeant Marcia Wizinski walked down the long dark corridor toward a conference room. For the last three hours, the men’s angry voices echoed through the deserted halls. She tapped on the door to let them know that she was entering. When their [...]

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CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE
Friday morning, 6 AM
“Where’s Mommy?” Katy asked the moment she opened her eyes.
“Mommy has a very big day today,” Jacob said. He lowered the gate to Katy ’s crib.
“But Mommy always helps me wake up. Always. Always. Unless I’m at Aunt Megan’s house. Mommy wakes me up.”
As if hoping Jacob would turn into [...]

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(The Fey is the first in a thriller novel series.
I’ve chosen to serialize the novel (one chapter a week) for your enjoyment.
As always, thank you for caring, for reading.)

PROLOGUE
October 8 – 12:42 P.M.
Paris, France

“This is it?”
“We thought you’d like to see a familiar face,” her childhood friend said. His bright cricket smile flashed across [...]

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