Previous Chapters CHAPTER THIRTEEN The wheels of Alex’s mind clicked through the information from the Weasel. Feeling a hand on her arm, she looked up to see Joseph. He held a pad of paper and yellow pencil which she took. Wandering in front of the stunned men, she found a table and began to write….
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Learning to Stand :: Chapter Twelve ::
Previous Chapters CHAPTER TWELVE An hour later Wednesday evening March 26 – 6:20 P.M. MDT Lobby of Denver Health, Denver, CO Against doctors’ orders, and any kind of reason, Alex agreed to walk the two hundred yards between the ICU and the exit. Of course she was laying down when she made that agreement. Raz…
Learning to Stand :: Chapter Eleven ::
Previous Chapters CHAPTER ELEVEN Three hours later Wednesday afternoon March 26 – 3:20 P.M. MDT Denver Health, Denver, CO “Hi,” Raz whispered. “Boy Scout,” Alex said. She opened and closed her eyes. Raz moved to sit on the edge of her bed. “He’s gone,” he replied. “Before you ask, Matthew is out of surgery. The…
Learning to Stand :: Chapter Ten ::
CHAPTER TEN Wednesday afternoon March 26 – 1:17 P.M. MDT University of Colorado Denver Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO. John sat in his Diabetes class thinking about Alex. For some reason, she popped into his mind. Truth be told, he thought of her a lot. Sometimes he remembered what she looked like when he woke…
Learning to Stand :: Chapter Nine ::
CHAPTER NINE Jumping to Matthew, she felt mammoth hands clamp onto her shoulders. The large man threw her against the mural on the restaurant wall. Managing to stay on her feet, Alex jammed her elbow into the man’s solar plexus. He fell back. Rotating her leg, she threw a roundhouse kick in her assailant’s direction….
Learning to Stand :: Chapter Eight ::
CHAPTER EIGHT Three hours later Wednesday morning March 26 – 10:45 A.M. MDT Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado Alex stepped back to admire her work. She spent the last hour cleaning the eleven granite stones which marking the final resting place of the Fey Special Forces Team. As she often did when she was here,…
Learning to Stand :: Chapter Seven ::
CHAPTER SEVEN Four hours later Wednesday morning March 26 – 5:45 A.M. MDT Military Intelligence, Buckley Air Force Base After rounding up Raz, Vince, Troy and Matthew, Alex’s Sergeant reminded her that she forgot Sergeant Larry Flagg. Again. And where was Sergeant Flagg? He didn’t answer his home phone or his cell phone. Matthew dropped…
Learning to Stand :: Chapter Six ::
CHAPTER SIX Three hours later Wednesday early-morning March 26 – 1:00 A.M. MDT Denver, Colorado Alex woke with a gasp. Her abdomen cramped and her mind flooded with images and emotions. In her sleep-induced stupor, she stumbled to the bathroom. She splashed water on her face to clear the nonsensical images. She startled when John…
Learning to Stand :: Chapter Five ::
Previous Chapters CHAPTER FIVE “Why is the resolution of every B horror movie so anti-climatic?” Raz asked. He stood between Matthew and Troy watching Alex work. Standing on a chair, Alex played eeny, meeny, miny, moe with the square at the top of the north wall. “Because it’s a resolution?” Troy replied. “Alex, have you…
Learning to Stand :: Chapter Four ::
Previous Chapters CHAPTER FOUR Raz threw himself on top of Alex. They fell backwards in her chair just before a particularly violent explosion. The lights in the room flickered, sparked then went out. The room shook. Every chair fell over. The mortar made a tinkling sound as it fell onto the concrete floor. A portion…