Stories by Claudia

Previous Chapters CHAPTER SIXTY-FOUR Friday evening – 6:00 P.M. “What gorgeous flowers,” Valerie said when Aden walked into the Castle kitchen. Wearing a Claire Martins gown, Valerie was checking on Honey and MJ when she saw Aden. Aden kissed her cheek in greeting. “Shall I put them in water?” Valerie asked. “Oh, sure,” Aden said. [...]

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Previous Chapters CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE Twenty five minutes later October 8 – 12:25 P.M. Near Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado “Can we get Secret Service feed?” Alex asked the pilot. “Ma’am,” the co-pilot said. “We’d prefer for you to stay in the passenger compartment.” “Oh sorry, Captain Jakkman usually talks to me while he flies.” “Ma’am, [...]

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Previous Chapters CHAPTER SIXTY-THREE Thursday morning – 7:30 A.M. MJ ran through the hospital at full speed. When Jake called their office last night, the entire team began the journey back to Denver. He was lucky to have an LC that put family before anything else. He was lucky even be able to come home. [...]

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Previous Chapters CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Digging around in Maria’s desk, she pulled a yellow pencil from the drawer and began flipping through the stack of papers. Making notes on the edges of the documents, she made a face. “Sir, I’d be happy to input the data into the intelligence server.” Larry said. Alex was humming Seether’s [...]

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Previous Chapters CHAPTER SIXTY-TWO Two days later Wednesday, 7:45 A.M. Sweaty from their workout, Aden and Sandy walked hand in hand toward his car. Yesterday, their heat, and the privacy of his sedan’s tinted windows, led to a fast, hot indiscriminant romp outside Sandy’s condo. “But not today,” Sandy said. “Why not?” Aden said. “I’m [...]

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Previous Chapters CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN “Where?” “Afghanistan. His U-2 crashed in the mountains.” “When?” “Nine minutes ago,” her Sergeant said. “Sir, it’s a total loss. The Air Force says that it will be days before they can even get to the wreck. They had feed from him just prior to an explosion on board.” “And what [...]

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Previous Chapters CHAPTER SIXTY-ONE Two weeks later Monday morning – 3:56 AM “Happy birfday to me, happy birfday to me,” came a soft singing voice over the baby monitor. Jacob touched Jill’s shoulder to wake her. He leaned over to kiss her lips. Sitting down at the side of the bed, he set a cup [...]

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Previous Chapters CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Three hours later October 8 – 9:00 A.M. Downtown Denver, Colorado Alex stood near the edge of the crowded room. The families of the Fey Special Forces Team planned a very small, family only, ceremony for the two year anniversary. They would meet at ten o’clock at Alex and John’s home, [...]

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Previous Chapters CHAPTER SIXTY Saturday morning – 7:00 AM Dozen’s Restaurant Jill and Sandy looked up when Heather trotted into the restaurant. With her big belly and happy smile, Heather was her own planet of happiness. And, as she always added, swollen feet. “Sorry I’m late,” Heather said. “We just got here,” Jill said. “Well, [...]

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