A Story in Jake's Kansas Universe
When Cindy storms out the door she throws her ring back at Jerry and tells him to give it away. She gives him back her love for him and tells him to just give it away. Sounds like a marriage in trouble!
Andrea didn't even think about the ramifications of running into the still smoldering apartment building. Retrieving the one most important thing in her life gave her an added energy as she stumbled through the rooms. It never occurred to Andrea that someone would follow her inside. In moments she realized that her quest for justice put his life in danger.
Ariel ("A") hated her name, and she didn't fit in at high school. Parentless, her grandmother, Lucy, raised her. A convinced Lucy to date Claudia, but disaster struck when Claudia's ex spirited her daughter to TX, leaving only Ben, her son. A and Lucy supported Claudia & Ben, found them a lawyer, and become their lovers. A intervened in an attempted rape, thwarted by the store clerk, a retired marine. After their junior prom, Ben was kidnapped, with A to the rescue.
Torry, 13 is very independent. Because her parents are going on a Summer Cruise she is forced to spend her summer, on a rickety old farm, with her Uncle whom she hates. Soon she finds out that hate is not the emotion she is feeling as she blossoms into a woman.