On A Limb with Claudia

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CHAPTER THIRTY

Tuesday Morning, 8 AM
Jacob looked across his dining table at Jill. He worried that last night’s disaster would catch up with her today.
But she seemed happy.
Her matted hair was covered in a yellow bandana which brightened her face. She was beautiful. When he came up the stairs to have breakfast with them, she [...]

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CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT

Monday morning, 9:20 AM
In her own bed, Sandy rolled onto her back and stretched. Aden had brought her home before he went to work at five that morning. Sandy climbed the stairs, then crawled into bed with Cleo curled up next to her.  She slept like a log until her alarm went off. 
Time [...]

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Monday Morning, 4:00 AM
Sitting on her meditation bolster, Delphie let out a breath and bowed forward. A half hour of prayer would have to do this morning. Not for the first time, Delphie felt a longing for the days when she had the entire Castle to herself. But then, Sam wouldn’t [...]

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CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
Sam sighed.
Like the kind, stupid step-father he had become, Sam waited outside the bridal chamber. His eyes drifted over the pews filled with the society people Tiffanie befriended with his money. He wasn’t even Catholic. Out of no where, a single thought echoed in his head:
“I’ll never see any of these pretentious, [...]

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CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
“Oooh that looks fun,” Valerie said.  She pointed to a red bite mark above Sandy’s left breast.
Valerie, Jill and Sandy were looking at dresses in the second floor of Mike’s art studio.  The entire floor had been converted to Valerie’s designer dress storage.  Since Jill was going to wear one of Claire’s gowns, [...]

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CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR 
Jill had just finished the last of the bathroom trim when Mike came up the stairs.  According to Mike, some people wanted to see her wear some French clothing.  Jill washed the paint off her hands and ran a brushthrough her hair.  She was certain that she would get down there and they [...]

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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Sunday morning, 6:30 AM
Jill tapped on Mike and Val’s door.  When no one answered, she knocked.  Naked, Mike jerked open the door just as her hand moved to pounded on it.  She thumped him on the sternum.
“Sorry.”
Mike nodded and swung the door closed.
“WAIT,” Jill said. She held the door open with her hand.  [...]

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CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Two Denver Police officers came in the gate to Aden’s backyard. Aden popped to his feet.
“Are you Aden Norsen?”
“Yes.”
“Would you mind stepping out of the hot tub, sir?”
Sandy stood when Aden hopped out of the hot tub. She watched the police say something to Aden. His mouth dropped open and his face blanched [...]

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CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Saturday Morning, 3:30 AM
Jill spun the empty ceramic mug on the table in the main Castle kitchen. Not wanting to bother anyone, she sat alone in the dark. Without work, or Katy, Jill felt lost. Mike and Val had even taken Sarah and Scooter to the fishing cabin overnight.
And Jacob was out of the [...]

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CHAPTER TWENTY
Jill thought she knew everything there was to know about Sandy. They had been best friends since Sandy converted to Catholicism and Jill made it home from Costa Rica.  They shared every trial, every tribulation and every triumph.
But Jill had never seen Sandy in love, or even in like, for that matter.  In [...]

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