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around to meet
him,” the other police officer said. “Sir, you can come down to the
station to fill out a missing property report.”
    Delphie heard the door open then shut. A
moment later the lights came back on. The gray haired lawyer moved
toward Sam.
    “ You belong to me, Chastity Bell,”
the man said.
    “ I belong to myself.” Strengthened
by Celia’s gift, Delphie’s voice was solid and true. “The Chastity
Bell belongs only to herself. But you already know that don’t you,
Levi.”
    “ This is Levi Johansen?” Sam’s
rage ignited. “You will never take her from me. Ever.”
    “ You can’t hide behind the
Marlowes any longer,” Levi Johansen sneered. ”Delbert Marlowe was
the last male Marlowe. No one can keep you from me now.”
    “ I can. I’m Jacob, Celia’s son.”
Jacob walked into the waiting room. “Sorry I’m late.”
    “ Celia Marlowe had a son?” Levi
Johansen recoiled.
    “ A stronger, more capable son,”
Sam said. “My son.”
    “ I’ve taught him everything,”
Delphie said. “Since he was a small child. You are no match for
him.”
    Levi Johansen raised his hand at Jacob. With a
blink of Jacob’s eyes, the man flew against the wood paneling. The
man tried to move but he was pinned against the wall. Rising, he
slid along the wall until his feet dangled off the
ground.
    “ Let’s go home,” Sam
said.
    Holding the door for Delphie, Sam nodded to
Jacob.
    “ I’ll release you when we reach
the highway,” Jacob said. “In the meantime, you might consider this
a small payback for trapping Chastity.”
    “ This isn’t over!”
    Laughing, Jacob left the waiting
room.

CHAPTER
SIXTY-ONE
    The cutest thing
     
    Two weeks later
Monday morning — 3:56 A.M.
     
    “ Happy birfday to me, happy
birfday to me,” came a soft singing voice over the baby
monitor.
    Jacob touched Jill’s shoulder to wake her. He
leaned over to kiss her lips. Sitting down at the side of the bed,
he set a cup of coffee on her bedside table.
    “ Happy birfday, dear Katy!!” Katy
giggled over the baby monitor
    “ How long has she been singing?”
Jill asked.
    “ An hour or so,” Jacob said. “I
went to get her so she wouldn’t wake you but she said you have a
special birthday wake up. She wouldn’t teach me.”
    Jill smiled.
    “ Happy Bifday to ME!” Katy
giggled. Her voice was soft and happy.
    “ Did she wake you?” Jill
asked.
    “ No, I had to get ready for the
early conference call with the New York…”
    “ Venture capitalists,” they said
together.
    “ Sorry, I’m still asleep.” Jill
took a long drink of her coffee. “Would you like a little birthday
before you go?”
    “ With Katy? Or with
you?”
    Jill giggled at the lustful look he gave her.
He kissed her lips.
    “ What’s the special birthday wake
up?”
    “ It’s a little silly,” Jill said.
“On her birthday, we greet everything like it’s brand new. You
know, like she was just born. You’ll have to introduce yourself. I
will introduce myself. Everybody’s coming over for breakfast, so
they’ll have to do it too. It’s fun. You’ll see.”
    “ I should be done with the call in
time for breakfast,” Jacob said. “Shall we wake the birthday
girl?”
    “ We have to give her a little
notice to get ready,” Jill said.
    “ Do you want to get up now!?”
Jacob’s voice was loud.
    “ It feels like a special day but I
can’t remember why!?” Jill yelled as she got out of bed.
    “ Mommy’s so silly,” Katy
whispered.
    Jacob started a quiet laugh at Katy’s
whisper.
    “ YAAAAWWWWNNNNN!” Jill wandered
into their bathroom and bumped around a little bit. “I wonder how
my Katy-baby is?!?!”
    Seeing Jill’s exaggerated voice and movements,
Jacob burst into laughter. She smiled at his glee. Taking his hand,
they walked to Katy’s room. Awake but pretending to be asleep, Katy
lay stiff as a board in her bed. Jill went to her
bedside.
    “ Good morning,” Jill kissed Katy’s
cheeks. “I’m your Mommy. Are