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February, 1985 Age 3

"Jayden ed as Jayden finished his business in the potty-chair Potty training was more than a notion; especially since she had just worked the 12-hour graveyard shift at her job as a nurse for a local nursing hoainst the wall she scooted doard to his level to help him take off his clothes and then put hi bath

"Water… -Wa-ater… Wa-wa-ater," Excitedly he babbled in his baby talk as he saw his baby ring and bath toys already in the tub Marla yawned-srabbed hi him up face-level she planted a couple of wet smooches on his chubby cheeks

"Mht as he giggled and cooed in her ar him down into the aters of the tub She then attached the baby ring around his waist locking hi cups and would keep hi down into the water and fro Marla shuddered at the painfulin the first place Unwillingly her mind made a U-turn back to that time when Jayden was only six ain and suddenly she was back into the present Thank God that at that ti in a crappy apartment and the tub had a few rust holes around the drain and the water had slowly seeped out What would have happened if it had been er period of tihts and smiled down as she bathed her son She didn't care how tired or sleepy she ever got; she would never allow herself five seconds of sleep in a situation like that again She quickly washed Jayden and then pro hily as she kissed the top of his head and put hiht She then made her way to her own room and crawled into the bed to catch a few hours of sleep

Jacob sat at his desk in his office that was in their new five-bedroolish Country house located in Dynasty Lake; a subdivision of Chicago It was ined with its extra large kitchen, a library and gauests in They had been very blessed that they were able to buy this hooodness that Louise had a friend in the Real Estate business and had tipped her that this house was being foreclosed on and with only 10 percent down; they could start buying it for a little over 70,000 dollars With the current interest rates being at an all time low, Jacob leapt at the opportunity The house was valued at over 165,000 dollars It was an opportunity of a lifetime