Stories by Claudia

Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary CHAPTER EIGHTY-SIX Thursday Night — 7:15 P.M The Castle “I made dinner.” Sandy rushed around their apartment. “Delphie will be here…” Sandy ran to answer a knock at the door. Delphie came in and hugged Sandy. Seated at the dining room table, Noelle watched Sandy run [...]

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Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary CHAPTER EIGHTY-FIVE Two weeks later Thursday — 3:25 P.M. After getting a bite to eat, and checking that Katy and Noelle had snacks, Delphie sat down at a small table in her apartment. She usually took care of the kids after school, but Jill had taken [...]

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Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary CHAPTER EIGHTY-FOUR Friday morning — 8:24 A.M. Sandy stood inside the doorway to admiring her salon. One wall was painted a burnt orange color similar to a Colorado sunrises. There were four stations set up along the exposed brick side of the studio. A changing room [...]

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Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary CHAPTER EIGHTY-THREE Thursday — 1:05 P.M. Denver County Court Building Jill moved across the court room to retake her seat in the witness box. She had been on the stand since they showed the horrible videos of Honey’s attack. Jacob and her mom, Anjelika, had been [...]

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Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO Wednesday evening Aden spent most of the day waiting. After the hearing, he had waited in a holding cell at the courthouse. It wasn’t awful. It wasn’t even all unexpected. He’d simply forgotten what it was like. He’d started the day as a President [...]

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