Stories by Claudia

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CHAPTER FIFTY-FIVE
Sandy opened the loft door.
They thread their way through Jacob’s old apartment to the long stairwell. Sandy held up the bottom of her dress and Jill began her descent. Reaching the landing, she slipped on her Louboutins and turned left into the main Castle living room.
Jill stopped so fast that Sandy ran [...]

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CHAPTER TWENTY
Two weeks later
September 28 – 10 A.M.
Paris, France
“Remind me again why I cannot come with you?” John asked. He moved to stand behind her.
“It’s a tradition for the groom not to see the bride’s dress until she walks down the aisle,” Alex said. She made a face then adjusted her fake blond hair [...]

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CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR
Saturday – 3:15 A.M
Pete’s Kitchen
“Do you want to marry me?”
Her eyes searched his face. She nodded. He stepped back. Holding his hand out he said:
“Come with me.”
Without thinking, Jill took his hand. Jacob picked up her overnight bag. They were near the door when the manager touched Jacob’s arm.
“See you in an hour?” [...]

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CHAPTER NINETEEN
A week later
September 16 – 8 A.M.
Denver, Colorado
“I call to order the meeting of JAM properties,” Max said.
“Do you have to say that every time?” Alex whined.
Max laughed at Alex’s distress. They sat together in a chair in the hotel suite’s sitting area. John looked up from a stack of papers to [...]

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Can you believe it!? One year ago today, Jill and Megan argued over whether Jill should go to Trevor’s engagement party!
Wow.
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CHAPTER FIFTY-THREE
An hour later
Blane lay on the bed with his head in Heather’s lap. He liked communing with the baby. Now that he was so sick, he liked her warm comfort. Plus, he hadn’t thrown up in almost two hours. A major accomplishment he thought.
“Ok,” Heather said. She had been reviewing the site tapes [...]

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CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
Five hours later
September 9 – 5:13 P.M.
Denver, Colorado
“I’m not going to call you Papa,” Alex said answering her cell phone. She was standing at the window of their hotel room with the door open to the suite sitting room.
“I’d be a little offended if you did. It would be nice to not [...]

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Author’s note: This is the original beginning to the Fey. During the blog tour, I was asked by Reika at The Eclectic Connection for a side story. This is my editor’s favorite story about Alex, Max and Patrick. In many ways, it explains how Alex became a Green Beret.
THE PINKY SWEAR

“Where is she?”
General Patrick Hargreaves [...]

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CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO

One hour later
“I’m not sure what this fuss is about.” Sam put his hand on the home owner’s arm. “From what you told my site manager, Tony, you knew about the waterline problem. Sounds like you and your neighbors have already spoken with the city about it.”
The man shook his head at Sam.
“Listen, [...]

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CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
“What do you mean? He wants me dead.”
“Probably. Do you remember the first phone call?”
“Not really, why?”
“I came in the room while you were on the phone, just before he screamed at you.”
“Screamed at me?”
“He yelled at you and you dropped the phone,” Rebecca looked over at Alex. “I thought you knew this.”
“No, [...]

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