Gold Hill (56 page)

“
Roger that,” U.S. Marshal
Kowalski said. He pulled the dark sedan into the parking lot and
parked under a street lamp next to a gorgeously refurbished 1964
Thunderbird convertible with the license plate
“MSTSDDY.”

“
Now that’s a nice car,”
U.S. Marshal Jasper said. “Don’t you think so?”

He turned around in the
passenger seat to look at Aaron Alvin who was sitting in the back
seat. His wrists were handcuffed to the loop in the seat and his
ankles were shackled through a loop in the floor. U.S. Marshal
Kowalski got out of the car.

“
Hey, where are you
going?” Aaron Alvin asked.

“
We need to get some
coffee and maybe a snack or two,” U.S. Marshal Jasper said. “It’s a
long drive to North Dakota and we don’t plan to stop along the
way.”

“
You can’t just leave me
here,” Aaron Alvin said. “What if they come for me?”

“
What if they do?” U.S.
Marshal Jasper shrugged. “These window are tinted so dark your own
mother won’t see you inside. The glass is bullet proof and the car
is armored. We need to get something to sustain us on our way out
of town.”

U.S. Marshal Jasper got out
of the car. He made sure the car was locked and slowly walked
across the parking lot and into 7-11. He was almost to the door
when he heard a woman laugh the way she does when she’s really
happy. He turned to watch.

A tall, muscular black man
about his age carried the most beautiful woman he had ever seen
across the parking lot. They were laughing and talking over each
other. While they both wore jeans, she was carrying a bundle of
flowers as if they’d been at a party. He set the woman on the trunk
of the Thunderbird and kissed her in the hard way that indicated
that sex was imminent. She giggled. He swooped her up and set her
in the passenger seat.

From where he stood, he
could see his dark sedan rock as his prisoner jerked against his
restraints. The man in the Thunderbird glanced over at the car and
then cast a brief look at the Marshal. He jogged around his vehicle
and got in the passenger seat.

“
Where are we going?” the
beautiful woman asked.

“
Paris,” the man
said.

“
Really? Paris?” The
woman’s voice was so sweet that U.S. Marshal Jasper couldn’t help
but smile. “But I don’t have a passport and I didn’t pack
anything.”

“
I have it,” the man
leaned over to kiss her again. “A present from some of our
friends.”

He gave her the passport.
She opened it and leaned over to kiss him again. The U.S. Marshal’s
car jerked and shuddered with increasing violence. It was a good
thing the car was so heavy or Aaron Alvin might have tipped it
over.

“
I don’t care if you’re
naked all week,” the man said. “You?”

She kissed him. They kissed
for a while before he leaned back against his seat to catch his
breath.

“
Are we really going to
Paris for a week?” the woman asked.

“
Unless you want to stay
longer,” he said.

“
I don’t know,” the woman
said. “Do I have to decide now?”

“
We can decide when we’re
there,” the man said. “But we’d better get going or we’ll miss our
flight.”

With that, he backed the
Thunderbird out of the parking space. He waved to U.S. Marshal
Jasper and took off out of the parking lot.

“
That’s so sweet,” U.S.
Marshal Kowalski set a cup of coffee in U.S. Marshal Jasper’s
hand.

“
Yeah,” U.S. Marshal
Jasper said. “Nothing beats real love.”

“
Nothing at all,” U.S.
Marshal Kowalski looked at their car. “You think our prisoner hurt
himself?”

“
You care?”

“
Don’t want to have to
clean up the mess,” U.S. Marshal Kowalski said.

“
I guess we better go
see,” U.S. Marshal Jasper cast one last look in the direction of
the Thunderbird and walked to their car.

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Aaron Alvin:
Father of Ava; also called “The
spider.”

Aden Norsen:

CEO at Lipson construction;
single father of Nash and Noelle; husband of Sandy.

Alexandra
Hargreaves:

Identical twin to Max
Hargreaves; ‘The Fey;’ the leader of the Fey Team; wife of Dr. John
Drayson; sister to Colin and Samantha Hargreaves.

Anjelika:

Megan, Mike, Steve, Candy
and Jill’s mother; grandmother to Katy; wife of Perses.

Andrea Menendez or Andy
Mendy:

Mother of Sandy; Seth’s
love & lover from the time he was 14 until he lost her when he
was 30.

Arthur “Raz”
Rasmussen:

Member of the Fey team;
boyfriend of Samantha Hargreaves.

Ava – Amelie Vivian
Alvin:

Denver Police Crime Lab
Technician; fiancé of Seth O’Malley; daughter of Aaron
Alvin.

Beth Baker:

Ava’s best friend; Child
Psychologist; murdered by Saint Jude.

Blane Lipson:

Jacob’s ‘cousin;’ raised in
foster care; either the child of Sam Lipson’s father or brother;
assistant to Jacob Marlowe at Lipson Construction; husband of
Heather; father of Mack.

Bob aka ‘Blood spatter
Bob’:
Former expert forensics instructor
with the FBI; currently a laboratory technician in Ava’s Denver
Police Department lab.

Bree or Briana
Lipson:
Step-child of Sam
Lipson.

Becky Lipson:
Step-child of Sam Lipson.

Bumpy Wilson:

Good friend of Seth’s;
medical doctor; father of Jeraine Wilson, husband of Dionne, born
Leroy Wilson.

Candace or Candy
Roper:
Daughter of Anjelika; sister to
Jill.

Charlie
Delgado:

Step-brother of Sandy;
street kid; drug addict; has been out of school for a long time;
comes to live with Sandy in Cimarron.

Celia Marlowe:

Wife of Sam Lipson; mother
to Valerie Lipson and Jacob Marlowe; Delphie’s best friend; died of
cancer nine years before Denver Cereal begins.

Cleo:
Black and white cat belonging to Sandy.

Colin
Hargreaves:

Brother of Alex, Max and
Samantha Hargreaves; Homeland Security Agent; Fey Team member;
father of Paddie Hargreaves.

Dale:

Boyfriend of Beth Baker,
Amelie’s best friend; housemate of Amelie; Handyman who lives with
Seth O’Malley.

Delphinium or
Delphie:

Psychic; beekeeper; master
gardener; best friend of Celia Marlowe; girlfriend to Sam
Lipson.

Dionne Wilson:

Wife of Bumpy Wilson;
mother of Jeraine and LaTonya; medical nurse.

Evette:

Secretary of Jacob’s for
one week; claims romantic relationship between them.

Fran:
A laboratory technician in Ava’s Denver Police Department
lab.

Heather Lipson:

Jill’s childhood friend;
one of Jillian Roper’s group of best friends; mother to Mack; wife
to Blane Lipson.

Honey Lipson:

Paralyzed; step-daughter of
Sam Lipson; wife of Sergeant MJ Scully; Lives at the Castle and
works at Lipson Construction.

Jacob Marlowe:

Son of Sam Lipson and Celia
Marlowe; husband of Jillian Roper; brother of Valerie Lipson;
president of Lipson Construction; owns his own rehabilitation
business; carpenter; hockey player.

Jeraine Wilson:

R&B sensation; husband
of Tanesha Smith; son of Bumpy; drug and sex addict.

Jillian or Jill
Roper:

Daughter of Anjelika and
Perses; mother of Katy Roper; wife of Jacob Marlowe; ex-wife of
Trevor Mc Guinsey; pregnant with twin boys.

John Drayson,
MD:

Vascular surgeons; husband
of Alex Hargreaves.

Julie
Hargreaves:

Mother of Paddie
Hargreaves; wife of Colin Hargreaves.

Katy or Katherine Anjelika
Roper:

Daughter of Jillian Roper
and Jacob Marlowe.

Leslie:

A laboratory technician in
Ava’s Denver Police Department lab.

Leslie Roper:

Wife of Steve Roper; mother
of infant Elisa Roper.

Levi Johansen:

Won Delphie in a card game
when she was 5-6; held her as a slave/The Oracle Tabor; gets out of
prison and wants Delphie dead; evil.

Mack Lipson:
Infant son of Heather and Blane
Lipson.

Margaret Peaches or
Sergeant Margaret Peaches:

Fey team member; partner of
Sergeant MJ Scully.

Maresol
Tafoya
:

Seth O’Malley’s
housekeeper; mother of Bonita’s Seth’s second wife; friend of
Delphie.

Max Hargreaves:

Identical twin to Alex
Hargreaves; brother to Colin and Samantha Hargreaves.

Megan Roper:

Daughter of Anjelika and
Perses; partner of Tim; mother to Ryan and two other
boys.

Melinda:

Daughter of one of Sandy’s
clients; Nash Norsen’s romantic interest.

Mike Roper:

Son of Anjelika and Perses;
husband of Valerie Lipson; hockey goalie; painter.

Mitch Delgado:

Sandy’s step father who she
called ‘Dad’; father of Charlie and Sissy; Seth O’Malley’s best
friend; died of lung cancer 8 or 9 years ago.

MJ or Sergeant Michael
Scully Jr.:

Fey team member; partner of
Sergeant Margaret Peaches; husband of Honey Lipson.

Molly:
Bookkeeper for Jacob Marlowe’s rehabilitation
business; wife of Pete.

Nash Norsen:
Son of Aden and Nuala Norsen; brother of Noelle
Norsen.

Nelson:
A lab technician in Ava’s Denver Police
Department lab.

Noelle Norsen:

Daughter of Aden and Nuala
Norsen; sister of Nash Norsen; artist.

Nuala Norsen:

Ex-wife of Aden Norsen;
biological mother of Nash and Noelle Norsen.

Paddie
Hargreaves:

Best friend of Katy Roper;
nephew of Alex and Max Hargreaves; son of Colin
Hargreaves.

Patty Delgado:

Mother of Sissy and
Charlie; mother to Sandy; wife of Mitch Delgado.

Pete:
Husband of Molly; father of her children; friend of Aden
Norsen.

Perses:

Paid assassin; rescuer and
biological father of Jillian Roper.

Rodney Smith:

Father of Tanesha;
imprisoned for more than 20 years for a crime he didn’t commit;
husband of Yvonne Smith; site manager at Lipson
Construction.

Ryan:
Oldest son of Megan Roper and Tim.

Sam Lipson:

Husband to Celia Marlowe;
married to Tiffanie Lipson; boyfriend of Delphie; father to Valerie
and Jacob Marlowe-Lipson; step-father to Brianna, Becky, Honey and
the ‘step-whore.’

Samantha
Hargreaves:

Sister to Alex, Max and
Colin Hargreaves; girlfriend of Art Rasmussen; best friend of
Valerie Lipson; criminal defense attorney.

Sandy Delgado
Norsen:

Best friend of Jillian
Roper; one of Jill’s group of best friends; wife of Aden Norsen;
hairdresser.

Sarah:
Yellow Labrador belonging to Jacob Marlowe.

Scooter:

Gift from Celia and Delphie
to Jillian on her marriage to Trevor McGuinsey; taken care of for
last 4 years by Delphie after Trevor put him up for adoption;
Katy’s constant companion.

Seth O’Malley:

Godfather and biological
father of Sandy; best friend of Sandy’s step father; Denver Police
Detective; gifted composer and protégé pianist.

Step-sister or
Step-whore:

Eldest daughter of Tiffanie
Lipson; sister to Honey, Briana, and Becky Lipson; step-daughter of
Sam Lipson; second wife of Trevor Mc Guinsey.