Fairplay, Denver Cereal Volume 6 (51 page)

“
I remember that!” Tanesha
shook her head. “But you didn’t say anything about a
divorce.”

“
I forgot all about it. I
laid my eyes on you and just forgot it,” he said. “We talked. You
agreed to meet me for dinner after work. I went back to my rental
car and drove off. I was almost downtown when I saw the
papers.”

“
And?”

“
I started crying my eyes
out,” he said. “I had no one… no one to call. My Dad was so mad at
me. La Tonya wasn’t speaking to me. I called my mom. She came
and... she sat with me while I cried. I don’t think she knew what
was going on. She just knew I was upset.”

“
Why were you so
upset?”

“
Because my life was
jacked up,” Jeraine said. “Everything I ever wanted was playing
with some kids in the park for minimum wage. I was there to get rid
of you so I could… what? Live happily ever after? I felt so real,
so right just standing there under the evergreen tree watching you
with the kids. I went back to the car and… I… Anyway, you know what
happened next.”

“
What happened?” Tanesha
shook her head.

“
You already know! Mom got
me to the Hyatt downtown. She thought I was going to kill myself. I
might have but… She called you and you came and…,” he said. “You
spent the next week with me. We didn’t leave the room for three
days. ‘Til you had to work again.”

Tanesha nodded.

“
When you went to work, I
called Annette,” Jeraine said. “You know, I don’t think she gave a
rat’s ass. She loved being in the spotlight, the paparazzi, the
money, the food, the clothing, and every other thing; not
me.”

“
Oh shit,” Tanesha said.
“Annette’s one of your…”

“
Baby mamas,” Jeraine
said. “Right. She told me she was pregnant on the phone. ‘Fuck you
Jer. Now I don’t have to marry you. You’re going to pay, and pay
well, for at least the next eighteen years.’”

“
She looks really
different now,” Tanesha peered at the photo. “Her nose and
lips…”

Tanesha held her face still and folded over
her ample bottom lip. He smiled.

“
She’s had some work,” he
said. “You should see her… assets.”

He held his hands a foot off his chest.

“
You’re a pig,” Tanesha
said.

“
I
am
a pig,” he said.

“
I met her when you were
in rehab the first time. I didn’t recognize her as… this woman,”
Tanesha peered at the photo again. “She’s… special.”

“
She’s...” He shook his
head.

“
You were going to divorce
me to marry her? Really?”

“
I wanted to
divorce
me
and
have that other… life, be that other person.”

“
Hmmm,” Tanesha’s eyes
told him how crazy she thought he was. “And now?”

“
I don’t know if I can do
this, live this life… with you,” he said. “I don’t know if I’m not
going to fall under the spell again, get all addicted again,
but…”

He looked at her. Their eyes held in silent
communication.

“
Right now, this moment, I
only want to be right here with you. Is that enough?”

She nodded.

“
What do you want to do
with these?” he pointed to the magazines. “You want a big diamond
ring? Seven? Maybe a child slave to go with it?”

She picked up the magazines, tossed them in
the trash, and went into the bathroom.

“
What are you doing?” he
asked.

“
Getting ready for Mass,”
she said.

“
I thought we were going
to watch the sunrise,” he said.

“
I feel like going to
Mass,” she said. “There’s one or two things I feel pretty grateful
for. You?”

Without saying another word, he moved past
her and into the shower.

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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; boyfriend of Sandy.

Alex 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.

Beth:
Ava’s best friend since childhood; 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.

Candace or Candy Roper:

Daughter of Anjelika; sister to Jill;
partner to Jazmyne.

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; 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; Amelie’s best friend;
Housemate of Amelie; Handyman.

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; medical nurse.

Evette:

Secretary of Jacob’s for one week. Tells
press of 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:

Second daughter of Tiffanie; step-daughter
of Sam Lipson; wife of Sgt MJ Scully.

Jacob Marlowe:

Son of Sam Lipson and Celia Marlowe;
boyfriend 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; mother of Katy Roper;
girlfriend of Jacob Marlowe; ex-wife of Trevor Mc Guinsey.

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; 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; 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 Sgt Margaret
Peaches; husband of Honey Lipson.

Molly:

Bookkeeper for Jacob Marlowe’s
rehabilitation business.

Nash Norsen:

Son of Aden and Nuala Norsen.

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

Noelle Norsen:

Daughter of Aden and Nuala Norsen;
step-daughter to Sandy; 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.

Ryan:

Oldest son of Megan Roper and Tim.

Sam Lipson:

Husband to Celia Marlowe; married to
Tiffanie Lipson; boyfriend of Delphinium; 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:

Best friend of Jillian Roper; one of Jill’s
group of best friends; girlfriend 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 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.

Steve or Stephen Roper:

Son of Anjelika; middle
child of Roper family; medical nurse; husband of
Leslie.
Sissy Delgado:

Step-sister of Sandy; anorexic; talented
ballet dancer; lives with Sandy and Aden.

Tanesha Smith:

One of Jillian Roper’s best friends; wife of
Jeraine Wilson

Teddy Jakkman

Son of Captain Zack ‘the Jakker’ Jakkman;
best friend of Nash Norsen; dates Noelle Norsen.

Tiffanie Lipson:

Second wife to Sam Lipson; mother of Briana,
Becky, and Honey Lipson and the step-whore.

Tim:

Partner to Megan Roper; father of Ryan and
two other children.

Trevor Mc Guinsey:

Ex-husband of Jillian Roper; assumed father
of Katy Roper; fiancé to the step-whore.

Valerie Lipson:

Daughter of Sam and Celia Marlowe; wife to
Mike Roper; soap opera and movie actress.

Wes or Wesley Kapanski:

Hollywood producer; Was engaged to Valerie
Lipson at the beginning of Denver Cereal.

Yvonne
Smith:
Mother of Tanesha Smith;
forced into prostitution after her husband was
imprisoned.

Zack ‘The Jakker’ Jakkman

Father of Teddy Jakkman; ‘The pilot’ to
Sissy & Charlie; Sandy’s childhood pen pal; friend of
Sandy’s.

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