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Authors: Debra Webb
ability to break codes and to sense things before other children. This particular study was going to be different from all others before it. They wanted to isolate the children from their families so they would have complete control. Their belief was that parents were too soft to be trusted to do the right thing when it came to the greater good."
"Waters said," Jenna spoke up, her chest so tight she could scarcely breathe, "that it was the testing that made our daughter a target."
"Yes," Jim confirmed. "The evidence in the file says the same."
"Why did he contact Jen?" Paul asked the question on the tip of her tongue. "Change of heart?"
"Not so much a change of heart, I gathered, as a guilty conscience. Apparently, the girl named Diamond, your daughter, had started to refuse to participate in their trials. She gave them an ultimatum. Bring her mother and father to her or no more cooperation. When she didn't cooperate none of the others did, either. She recognized the power she held and she wielded it to get what she wanted, which was her parents. They tried isolating her, but the others resisted. Hancock wanted to cut their losses and end the entire study."
Jenna's heart lurched at the idea of what that meant. "What changed his mind?"
"Waters assured him that it would be very simple to bring you on board and make you a prisoner along with the children. Your presence might even add something to the study, he suggested. He'd looked you up, felt it would be easy to take you out of the mainstream. Hancock went along. But when his wife learned that you were being brought into the study, she ordered Waters terminated. He disappeared and, according to his notes, the Hancocks were planning to take care of you and the children in one big boom and disappear themselves, a plan they had to speed up when they discovered they were about to be outed by the feds. The whole operation was on the verge of imploding."
"What tipped off the feds and started the investigation?" Paul asked. "Seems as though the operation had worked damn smooth for a lot of years to suddenly unravel now."
"Waters again. As soon as Diamond challenged those in charge at the institute, Waters knew it was over. He tipped off the feds just to be sure the Hancocks didn't get to disappear and live happily ever after. But he was counting on Jenna not to let the kids down. Waters knew she would find the truth."
Paul squeezed her hand. "She has never given up."
Jim gestured to the file. "If you need anything else, any of our resources at all, let me know."
When Jim Colby had gone, Jenna turned to her husband. "We found Sophie." Happiness bloomed inside her. She felt as if a weight had been lifted from her spirit. Their baby was alive and they had found her!
"You found her."
Tears spilled down her cheeks in spite of her best efforts. "She's alive." Thank God. Thank God. Their little girl was alive. Jenna had to call her mother.
"Get me a wheelchair," Paul urged.
"You can't get out of bed." Was he nuts? He was only a few hours out of surgery!
"I want to see our daughter."
"Let me call a nurse and see if it's okay for you to be up."
"There's one other thing I need to do first."
Jenna gazed at him expectantly.
He reached up and traced the line of her cheek. "Do you think we could cancel that divorce?"
Her heart bumped against her chest. "Absolutely."
"I love you, Jenna. I want our life back."
She kissed him. She loved him and she wanted him to know exactly how much. Actions were much louder than words.
She drew back and smiled down at him. "I want you well and back on your feet, Mr. Thompson. And as soon as the legalities are cleared up, we're taking our daughter home and we're burning those divorce papers."
"Find me a wheelchair," he reminded her. "Let's go see our girl."
Jenna hit the buzzer to summon a nurse. "I'll call my mom on the way."
They were all getting a new, fresh start.. .together.
Starting now.
THE END
Debra Webb
Copyright © 2012 by
"Waters said," Jenna spoke up, her chest so tight she could scarcely breathe, "that it was the testing that made our daughter a target."
"Yes," Jim confirmed. "The evidence in the file says the same."
"Why did he contact Jen?" Paul asked the question on the tip of her tongue. "Change of heart?"
"Not so much a change of heart, I gathered, as a guilty conscience. Apparently, the girl named Diamond, your daughter, had started to refuse to participate in their trials. She gave them an ultimatum. Bring her mother and father to her or no more cooperation. When she didn't cooperate none of the others did, either. She recognized the power she held and she wielded it to get what she wanted, which was her parents. They tried isolating her, but the others resisted. Hancock wanted to cut their losses and end the entire study."
Jenna's heart lurched at the idea of what that meant. "What changed his mind?"
"Waters assured him that it would be very simple to bring you on board and make you a prisoner along with the children. Your presence might even add something to the study, he suggested. He'd looked you up, felt it would be easy to take you out of the mainstream. Hancock went along. But when his wife learned that you were being brought into the study, she ordered Waters terminated. He disappeared and, according to his notes, the Hancocks were planning to take care of you and the children in one big boom and disappear themselves, a plan they had to speed up when they discovered they were about to be outed by the feds. The whole operation was on the verge of imploding."
"What tipped off the feds and started the investigation?" Paul asked. "Seems as though the operation had worked damn smooth for a lot of years to suddenly unravel now."
"Waters again. As soon as Diamond challenged those in charge at the institute, Waters knew it was over. He tipped off the feds just to be sure the Hancocks didn't get to disappear and live happily ever after. But he was counting on Jenna not to let the kids down. Waters knew she would find the truth."
Paul squeezed her hand. "She has never given up."
Jim gestured to the file. "If you need anything else, any of our resources at all, let me know."
When Jim Colby had gone, Jenna turned to her husband. "We found Sophie." Happiness bloomed inside her. She felt as if a weight had been lifted from her spirit. Their baby was alive and they had found her!
"You found her."
Tears spilled down her cheeks in spite of her best efforts. "She's alive." Thank God. Thank God. Their little girl was alive. Jenna had to call her mother.
"Get me a wheelchair," Paul urged.
"You can't get out of bed." Was he nuts? He was only a few hours out of surgery!
"I want to see our daughter."
"Let me call a nurse and see if it's okay for you to be up."
"There's one other thing I need to do first."
Jenna gazed at him expectantly.
He reached up and traced the line of her cheek. "Do you think we could cancel that divorce?"
Her heart bumped against her chest. "Absolutely."
"I love you, Jenna. I want our life back."
She kissed him. She loved him and she wanted him to know exactly how much. Actions were much louder than words.
She drew back and smiled down at him. "I want you well and back on your feet, Mr. Thompson. And as soon as the legalities are cleared up, we're taking our daughter home and we're burning those divorce papers."
"Find me a wheelchair," he reminded her. "Let's go see our girl."
Jenna hit the buzzer to summon a nurse. "I'll call my mom on the way."
They were all getting a new, fresh start.. .together.
Starting now.
THE END
Debra Webb
Copyright © 2012 by
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