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Confident that she was in a deep sleep and wouldn't be aroused by his departure, he eased her out of his ar sure to cover her up She was always cold; no h they had the heat up Before leaving, he turned on the portable heater that set in the corner of their room He then made his way down the stairs to his study The house seeely quiet now that both of the children were away at college Markus would be finishing up with his undergraduate studies and entering law school while Dinah would soon be entering as a prewas up to him He had to see how he could come up with the additional expenses

Louise's unexpected sickness had put a dent into their personal savings; however he wasn't willing to co or their children's education He would find a way to take care of everything even if that ht as a court clerk in another county Once downstairs and sitting behind his desk, he couldn't concentrate on his personal finances right now He was too busy being distracted about what had happened earlier today on his way to work He had walked around don and Millennium Park for hours just before the next to the last train would be leaving the city heading back south

"How can that be?" He whispered under his breath holding his head up in his open pal at his tired eyes he then leaned back into his recliner stretching out his tight y it hard to believe that the water boy was his son His hands slightly shook at the thought of the boy Jacob needed a drink Sitting up, he reached down at the bottom of his drawer on his left side for the last drawer in his desk Opening it up, he relass One-by-one he set the two ite "ice," he gri the warm liquor The drink could use a couple cubes of ice Jacob was too tired to move; he would just have to drink the war to that train station every day facing that kid yet not acknowledging hi into his tiredhim