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some sort of sense.
    Okay, he thought, let’s say it was Damien stalking Kimberly and me, and I was the one with her, making her happy… Then he started to reject the thought because it got confusing once the baby was brought into it, especially when he and Damien switched in the dream. Probably because it was actually Damien’s baby , he thought. Or ...He started to get excited as another possibility popped into his mind, perhaps the actual switch was the key to crack the dream’s code! But that would mean the baby was really his…
    The thought slipped in so unassumingly, Kent had a delayed reaction quickly strangled by disbelief. That couldn’t be…could it? I mean why would Damien steal my baby…unless he thought it was his? Besides, Kimberly had said it was Damien’s so unless she’d made a mistake…
    Kent had to contain himself—the possibility was driving him nuts. The juicy secret she looked like she was so happy about—that had to be it! And when I was suggesting to her that she tell Damien because I think a father should know—the way she was looking at me …He thought about the dream again. That dream—it was me… I was the one by her side, she was looking in my eyes…that’s my baby!
    He remembered the feeling he had at the end and realized danger could be present.
    Kent shot up from his seat.
    Screw three o’ clock—he had to see her immediately.

CHAPTER ELEVEN
     
    Damien had it together this time, especially now with Luke’s help. He had been watching for a long while and knew the Jordans’ patterns. Right at this moment, Carl and Pat would be at work, and Monique would be in class. But Kimberly would be home. On days like this, after everyone left in the morning, she got up, ate breakfast. Then she’d take a bath, watch a TV game show or two, then start reading or writing for one of her grad classes, breaking every now and then for a snack.
    Monique would be the first to come home at around six, and Carl and Pat would follow some time after.
    He had more than enough time.
    Luke and the men he hired had taken care of everything. All Damien had to do was show up and get Kimberly to go with him, the only part that wasn’t planned.
    Damien watched her on the monitor as he sat in his car a few blocks away from her home. It was a little strange—she had shifted her patterns a bit. Usually, she would have taken a bath by now.
    Damien dialed her phone number.
    “Hey Kim!”
    “Hi Damien. What’s up?”
    “I wanted to talk to you about something—drive with me?”
    “Oh I actually have plans pretty soon…”
    “Aw sis, come on—it won’t take long I promise! Quick question.”
    “Well then ask me now.”
    Damien sighed. She sure wasn’t making this easy.
    “Kim, I need someone to talk to about this—you said I could talk to you about anything—including my love life!” he said lightly, hoping she’d take the bait. “We’ll just go around the corner, I’ll buy you a quick brunch if you want or whatever. Twenty minutes, tops!”
    “Let’s see, I have Kent coming here in about two and a half hours...”
    “I need a woman’s opinion Kim. Please help me—I don’t know who else to ask.”
    He heard her sigh. He knew he had her.
    “Okay Damien. Just let me take a quick bath. How far are you by the way?”
    Damien suppressed his laugh.
    “Oh not that far,” he replied, “I can be there in ten.”
    “Well I better hurry then. See you soon!”
    “See you soon,” he replied, feeling satisfied as he watched her on the monitor.
    ***
    “Okay Damien, make it quick! I don’t have much time to spare,” Kimberly said as she got in the car.
    “Neither do I sis,” he replied in a way that made her wonder if this had been a very bad idea.
    He pulled off.
    After a couple of minutes, Kimberly noticed that he didn’t turn towards Candy C afé .
    “Hey Damien—I thought we were stopping at the café?”
    “Oh, well there’s this other place I want to take you to. Do you