CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX (part one) Sam sighed. Like the kind, stupid step-father he had become, Sam waited outside the bridal chamber. His eyes drifted over the pews filled with the society people Tiffanie befriended with his money. He wasn't even...

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX (part two) Leaving Trevor and his bride on the floor of the church vestibule, Sam, Aden and Sandy jogged down the Cathedral steps. Tiffanie stood at the door and waved good-bye. The music started inside the church as they walked...

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE (part four) Mike caught Jill before she hit the ground in a dead faint. He cradled her head. "What happened?" Valerie asked. "She faints when she hasn't eaten," Sandy said. She kneeled down to hold Jill's hand. "Did you see her...

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE (part five) "Hi," Mike said to Jill. He had carried her to Jacob's apartment and laid her on the bed. Jill sat up with a gasp. "Drink this," Mike said. He held a glass of chocolate milk out to her. "Do it." Jill took a sip and...

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE (part six) "I will pay you every penny back," Jill said. "You will not. I won't let you." "But...." "Dad was wrong, Jill. About so many things, just plain wrong. He never would have let me marry, Val. Never. Not because she...