I TOUCHED THE SCAR EVERY SPECIALIST IGNORED ON A PARALYZED ADMIRAL—THEN HIS LEG MOVED, AND THE NEUROLOGY CHIEF ORDERED SECURITY TO SEAL THE FLOOR

“You can take this instead, sir.” Seven-year-old Owen Hayes opened his small fist and placed a battered yellow toy bus on the polished mahogany table….

“DON’T EAT THAT.” The dirty hand closed around Ethan Caldwell’s wrist one second before his silver spoon touched the chocolate cake. Every conversation in the…

“I don’t want your dollar.” Natalie Hayes stood barefoot in a freezing Seattle gutter, rain pouring through her thin waitress uniform as she forced the…

The gunman did not point at the cash register. He pointed at the little girl sitting beside the window. That was the detail everyone would…

HE BEGGED A GRIEVING WIDOW TO SAVE HIS DEAD SISTER’S BABY—THEN THE MAFIA KING CLAIMED HER AS HIS FIANCÉE WHEN HIS ENEMIES CAME FOR HER…

THE EXHAUSTED MAID COLLAPSED CLEANING HIS BLOODSTAINED MANSION—THEN THE MAFIA BOSS CARRIED HER TO BED, CLAIMED HER BEFORE HIS ENEMIES, AND MADE HER HIS REAL…