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 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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Can you believe it!? One year ago today, Jill and Megan argued over whether Jill should go to Trevor’s engagement party!
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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 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 FIFTY-ONE
The Very Bad Day
November 14th – 4:30 AM
“I’m sorry, Jill. I want to understand, but I don’t,” Jacob said.
“Maybe you should try harder.” Jill turned her back on him to look out the window.
“Ok,” Jacob said. He went to her side so that he could see her face. “We picked up our [...]

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CHAPTER FIFTY
Six weeks later
October 30 – 3:40 AM
Jacob stood near the cash register at Pete’s restaurant while he waited for Jill to appear from the back. When he arrived, she was arguing with a male customer. She slapped at his hand while he fondled and rubbed her butt. Then, she stopped cold at something [...]

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CHAPTER FORTY-NINE
One hour later
Her first sensation was radiating warmth. Lazy, easy, happy, drenching warmth. She had no sense of herself as separate, no sense of her own body. Just warmth.
Then searing pain. She tried to scream but there was something in her throat. Jerking, her eyes opened to blinding light. She tried to move.
“She’s [...]

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CHAPTER FORTY-EIGHT
Tuesday morning, 12:12 AM
MJ woke with a start when someone touched his shoulder. He had been sitting in a chair beside Honey’s bed. Raising his head, he saw a man move along the opposite side of her bed. Because Honey’s wasn’t supposed to survive the night, Sam had forced the crowd of [...]

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CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
Monday morning, 5:45 AM
“Did we get married yesterday?”
MJ touched the gold band on Honey’s finger then tugged on his matching gold band. They were sitting in the back of a limousine on their way to Craig Hospital. They had been so caught up in each other that this was their first moment to [...]

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