Rose Parker passed quietly one night, never having required custodial or hospice care. The support Ray received from his father and his adopted son, Manny Morris, was admirable. Erin and Miller weathered the gossip and had three normal children and a wonderful life together. Gaye and Jay were married and gloried in their "second lives," based on (of all things) love. Nora and Jaque did not marry but continued to love each other. Vanessa hadn't asked if Jaque were her biological father. When and if she did . . . Gino Capetti declined to press charges against his captors. Before his trial was to begin, he feigned the symptoms of acute appendicitis. Though in a lock ward at the hospital, his visiting doctor looked enough like Gino that Gino rendered him unconscious, changed into the doctor's clothes, and was released unknowingly. Ten minutes later, when the doctor stumbled out of the room, Gino had disappeared. Gino's guard was given a new assignment, walking a beat in an obscure part of town. Gino's plan was to get to Mexico, have his face changed, and return to Jacksonville to repay the Ortegas for their "hospitality." Before leaving town, he managed to get an old bicycle, which he left at the gate entry to the Ortega complex. Nora correctly interpreted the implication.

There are people who feel morally obligated to interfere in the lives of others whose deportment they find to be wanting. Charitably, they are called do-gooders. They are also referred to as Gods little deputies. This book visits the issue.

Thirty years ago, he went to prison for murder. Twenty-nine years ago, he escaped and fell in love. Twenty-nine years minus one month ago, he returned to prison. After thirty years, will he be paroled? Does it even matter? If he is, what would remain of the life and love he had forfeited?

Other Beeson Books Death in the Recovery Room Kidnapping, Drugs and Murders, Oh My! Death by Plastic and Revenge, Oh Dear! Death in the Preserve Death and the Lottery Family Redemption The Wages of Sin Is —— Damaged Merchandise Max and Friends God’s Little Deputies Reaffirmation Recycled Asbestos

Other Beeson Books Death in the Recovery Room Kidnapping, Drugs, and Murders, Oh My! Death by Plastic and Revenge, Oh Dear! Death in the Preserve Death and the Lottery Family Redemption The Wages of Sin Is Damaged Merchandise Max and Friends Round Trip to Syria Gods Little Deputies Reaffirmation Recycled

Other Beeson Books Death in the Recovery Room Kidnapping, Drugs, and Murders, Oh My! Death by Plastic and Revenge, Oh Dear! Death in the Preserve Death and the Lottery Family Redemption The Wages of Sin Is Damaged Merchandise Max and Friends Round Trip to Syria Gods Little Deputies Reaffirmation

Ned Scales ran a very successful construction company. His motto was: “On time and under budget.” He fell in love with a lady, he thought was the “right girl”. At least one person seriously disagreed with that, and acted to terminate the romance. The operative word is: FRAMED!