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made an attempt to come to the hearing. My patience has come to an end. I am granting Miss Maynard her divorce. She has waited long enough. I want the property divided evenly. No more postponement. Both counsels will sit down and hash this out this afternoon, and have the property settlement to me first thing in the morning. If you do not have it to me by then, all property will be seized, sold, and the proceeds divided down the middle.”
    “Yes, Your Honor,” both lawyers said, shuffling their paperwork.
    Wait…what just happened? She was divorced now? For real? She followed her lawyer out of the courtroom. His chubby face was red and he seemed to be breathing heavy.
    “So I need to sign some paperwork and then I’ll file the judgment decree. I think it will be easiest to just have everything sold and split between the two of you.”
    “But I wanted to keep the condo.” Molly tried to speak up but the lawyer wasn’t really listening to her. He threw paperwork at her to sign. She quickly signed and handed them back. She tried again. “Mr. Dugan, I would like to keep the condo.”
    The lawyer looked at her with frustration. “Your husband is going to fight that tooth and nail. His lawyer as already informed me of this.”
    She sighed. That was true. Jerry had never liked the condo to begin with but knowing that she did, he would drag this thing out. “How long before the condo sells and I see my half of the money? I need that to find a new place.”
    “About three or four months.”
    “What?”
    The lawyer’s phone began to ring. He turned away from her and answered.
    Three or four months? Her boss pretty much had let her go so she was also without a job. Her parents lived in a retirement village on another region. Where would she go?
    She picked up her smartphone and began searching the job listings on the Internet. There had to be some job out there she was qualified for. She had a few friends she could ask if they knew of anything. At least Jerry hadn’t slept with everyone she knew.
     

Chapter Two
     
    “I don’t want a new nanny!” Tomas yelled at the top of his lungs. He started to punch at Hammer.
    Hammer ran a hand over the stubble of soft fuzz beginning to fill in on his shaved scalp. He was going to have to have it shaved again. As a Biclops, he could grow hair. But he wanted to keep it shaved so he looked as intimidating as the full Cyclops.
    “Too bad, you’re getting one,” Hammer told him. He reached down to hold Tomas back so he didn’t hurt himself.
    “I’m too old for a nanny,” his oldest niece, Lauren complained. “Why can’t I watch me, Tomas, and Kate while you are gone?”
    Hammer snorted, “If I could trust you wouldn’t lock your brother up in a closet, then that might be an option. At this point in time, it is a firm…no.”
    “I hate you!” she screamed at him as she ran to the bedroom she shared with little Kate. Then reiterated the message by slamming the room's door—hard.
    Hammer winced. As Uncle Hammer, he wanted to go bribe her with a toy or candy until she proclaimed he was her favorite uncle again. As their guardian with sole responsibility of their welfare, he had to stay firm with his rules, no matter what.
    Things were a lot different from a year ago. A year ago, he lived in a single bedroom bachelor suite. He would got out to the after parties and meet females. He used to be fun. Then he got the news his sister and her mate died. He had to take the kids in or they would go to foster care. No way would he allow that to happen.
    Now, he had upgraded to a four-bedroom suite. He had to have the fourth bedroom because he couldn’t find it in his heart to get rid of his sister’s bedroom set. He attended parent/teacher conferences. He rarely attended after parties for the GCFA. According to his friend, Zen, he had become a boring, no fun person. Zen was always trying to get him to take time and meet females. He said it would make Hammer mellower. Whatever