Monthly Archives: April 2010

Learning to Stand :: Chapter Thirteen ::

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….

Denver Cereal : Chapter Ninety-Eight : Afford you.

Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary Looking for the beginning? Chapter One CHAPTER NINETY-EIGHT Saturday morning — 4:25 A.M. Sandy opened her eyes. Rolling over, she jerked back. Aden. Where was she? Where were the kids? Moving to get up, she realized she was naked. Aden was naked. Ah crap. She grimaced…

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…

Denver Cereal : Chapter Ninety-Seven : Stealing happiness

Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary Looking for the beginning? Chapter One CHAPTER NINETY-SEVEN Friday morning — 3:20 A.M. “Don’t talk,” Jill said. “But…” Jacob said. “Not one more word,” Jill said. “My head is going to rotate off my shoulders.” “You don’t get to dictate…” “QUIET,” Jill said. “I need to…

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…

Denver Cereal : Chapter Ninety-Six : Road-a-vores

  Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary Looking for the beginning? Chapter One CHAPTER NINETY-SIX Thursday morning — 6:30 A.M Castle   Aden stood in front of the apartment where Sandy and his children lived. He’d rushed through his return to work with the sole focus of getting to this door by…

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…

Denver Cereal – Chapter Ninety-Five – In the glow

  Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary CHAPTER NINETY-FIVE Wednesday early morning — 5:20 A.M. Castle kitchen   “I see that we’re running out of things,” Jill said to Honey. Jill was standing in the middle of the kitchen pantry. Honey and her sport wheelchair were in the doorway. “No Captain Crunch…

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….