Above Rubies by Jaclyn Hawkes

Author:Jaclyn Hawkes [Hawkes, Jaclyn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Spirit Dance Books LLC
Published: 2013-04-13T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

That week, Naomi got word from the authorities in Arizona that Kit’s foster father had been arrested and released on bail. Three separate dates had been set to try him for the charges she'd filed. Naomi and Rossen were also pleased to learn that when the police had gone to serve the warrants on him, they'd suspected a problem. They had subsequently searched his home and motel and found a fully functioning meth lab in a back room. Those charges had been added to the original charges, and his wife had also been arrested and released on bail.

The same day Naomi got this information, the security people at the locked gates outside the Rockland Ranch signed for some paperwork from another attorney in Arizona. It was the service of a countersuit brought by Kit’s foster father for custody of the baby he'd tried to force Kit to abort.

Naomi read the legalese in disgusted silence, and Rossen reacted with a deep seated, slow burning anger. What kind of monster was this guy?

Naomi figured there had to be a reason for the man’s interest in the baby and she started to dig. What she found was that there had been some one-time Indian moneys from a record year’s earning at the reservation casinos set aside for members of the Apache Nation and the baby was eligible for a portion of it. This man had already taken possession of the money awarded to Kit, and now he wanted the baby’s share. Naomi was furious. Apparently this guy really did think he was untouchable.

Rossen was angry, but he watched over Mimi and Kit with a whole new level of diligence. The thought of Kit and little Mimi Star in this guy’s custody was sickening and he was horrified all over again at the thoughts of what Kit’s life had been like then.

When he broke the news to Kit, his respect for her grew as she resolutely took the information without undue fuss. Rossen did notice when she held Mimi that she didn’t ever want to let go.

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Cooper got his mission call to Paraguay. He was due to leave the last week in August and the whole family was helping get him ready. It was a strange combination of emotions. They would have all been so disappointed if he'd chosen not to go, but the thought of living without his particular brand of sparkle was devastating. Kit knew she would miss him desperately. She'd come to adore him, even when he teased her mercilessly.

One night when it was just them, she tried to tell him what life without the gospel was like. She didn’t know if she'd made him understand, but at least he knew she felt incredibly grateful for the gift the gospel had been to her.

Kit was as good as her word when she told Naomi she would think about college. She spent weeks stewing over it, but nothing made it feel possible. She knew she was smart and was immensely grateful for that.

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