CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED and NINETY (part six) Tuesday evening — 7:25 P.M. Mike was in their small kitchen making popcorn when he heard Valerie say something. Knowing they were alone, he assumed she was on the phone. Her contractions were coming strong and fast. Bumpy had already stopped by to check on her. Valerie would…
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Chapter One Hundred and Ninety : Blue sky (part five)
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED and NINETY (part five) “The truth…” he started. “Yeah, that would be nice for a change,” the woman in front of them said. “I don’t know if I’ll cheat again and break Miss T’s heart,” Jeraine said. “I’m an addict. I have a problem. I can tell you that today, I woke…
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety : Blue sky (part four)
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED and NINETY (part four) “I’m just saying…” the woman in front of her gave her a sour look and turned around. “There he is,” a woman from a silent line of grocery shoppers two people over said. “Look at the grin on his face.” “Mmm-hmm, I told you so,” the woman in…
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety : Blue sky (part three)
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED and NINETY (part three) Tuesday afternoon — 3:15 P.M. “I still think we need ice cream,” Jeraine said. “Then get some.” Tanesha raised her eyebrows in a challenge. She pushed the full cart one step forward in the long grocery line. “I’ll be here when you get back.” Swallowing hard, Jeraine nodded….
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety : Blue sky (part two)
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED and NINETY (part two) Delphie nodded and led Beth’s parents to the row of old graves. “The original owners of the house died in the flu epidemic of 1918,” Delphie said. “One child got sick and by morning almost everyone was dead. It was a terrible tragedy. They were buried and forgotten…
Chapter One Hundred and Ninety : Blue sky (part one)
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED and NINETY (part one) Tuesday mid-day — 12:15 P.M. Brighton, Colorado Standing on the small hill in Brighton, Delphie looked up at the warm late August sky. From where she stood, she could see out over the home construction site to the Rocky Mountains on the horizon. She was standing on the…
