Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary Looking for the beginning? Chapter One CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED and TWELVE Monday evening — 6:45 P.M. MDT “Ok,” Valerie said. “Let’s go through it one more time.” She and Delphie stood in a bathroom at DIA. They kept getting interrupted as women wanted to take Valerie’s…
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Previous Chapters CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX “Are you hanging in there?” Alex asked Raz. “Yes.” Raz gasped. Colin and Alex wandered the area looking for supplies. Alex continued to pick up rocks while keeping an eye out for boards. Alex whistled to Colin when she saw a set of ten inch wide planks tucked behind a support…
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Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary Looking for the beginning? Chapter One CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED and ELEVEN Monday Evening – 7:30 P.M. PDT “Did you see that?” Jill asked. “The bright flashes of light?” Jacob asked. “Like a million sparklers going off all a once,” she said. “Yes, I saw them.” “Wow,”…
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Previous Chapters CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE The force of the explosion blew her forward. Out of training and experience, more than thought, Alex landed in a plank position on her hands and the balls of her feet. Her ears rang in an eerie silence of explosion induced deafness. Falling to her stomach, she belly crawled forward to…
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Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary Looking for the beginning? Chapter One CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED and TEN One week later Monday mid-day — 11:30 A.M. “So you know who I am,” Nash said. He sat down next to Charlie’s bed at Denver Health. “You’ve got to be the gym guy’s son,” Charlie…
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Previous Chapters CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR A half hour later Saturday early-morning March 29 – 12:07 A.M. CDT Rio Grande River Alex looked out across the water. Mexico and the Santa Elena Canyon Protected Area stretched to her right. They passed small dwellings tucked among the reeds and bushes along the bank of the Rio Grande. On…
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Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary Looking for the beginning? Chapter One CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED and NINE Monday evening — 6:45 P.M. “You’re his…” the Emergency Room resident said. Sandy, Jill and Jill’s mother, Anjelika, were sitting in a family waiting area at Denver Health when the resident approached. He was looking…
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Previous Chapters CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE Three hours later Friday night March 28 – 11:34 P.M. CDT Somewhere over central Texas After pitching a major fit, the Jakker agreed to allow a Super Hercules team to fly them to Texas. While everyone conceded that Zack could fly the Super Hercules, a feat he proved at take off…
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Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary Looking for the beginning? Chapter One CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED and EIGHT Monday early morning — 5:25 A.M. Jill woke with a start. She wasn’t sure what had startled her, but Jacob wasn’t in bed. She lay there for a moment before remembering that he wasn’t working…
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Previous Chapters CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO “Who is this?” Alex asked. “Tristan Joiner. I stole a phone…” The boy said. “I’m hiding in the office.” The boy stopped talking and Alex heard screaming as if a child was dragged past where the caller was standing. “Please Fey. We have no one else. They said they will kill…
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