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Cassie has one too.”
     
    Rebecca placed the call.  Ten minutes later, the police arrived, in the form of two burly policemen.  While one of them went over the apartment thoroughly, the other went to the back.  He returned shortly, reporting there was no sign of anyone near the building.  He then went to talk to the other occupants, all of whom were students, except for the building superintendent, to determine if anyone had seen anything suspicious.
     
    Fear had been replaced by anger.  Rebecca was furious that someone would attack her and her belongings, simply because she was a female law student.  Joshua said, “I’m going to stay here tonight, in case they come back.  Don’t worry, you’re safe from me.  I don’t want anything to happen to you.  I’ll be right here.  Tomorrow, we’ll see about getting a new lock for your door.”
     
    “Joshua, I don’t think this is necessary.  The policemen said they don’t think anyone will come back.  They didn’t think he intended to harm me, he was just surprised when I returned and found him here.”
     
    “Becky, I won’t take no for an answer.  I will stay here until you get the lock replaced.  Don’t argue.  This is a case you can’t win.”
     
    Once again, Rebecca had a protector.  This time it wasn’t her sister…

Chapter 3:  Jonathon Thomas Gets A Start
    Jonathon Logan Thomas was the only child from the union of Clint Thomas and Sarah Hutchison.  He had two half sisters, Cassie Thomas and Rebecca Hutchison, both of whom doted on him and were determined to spare him from any of the unpleasantries of life.
     
    His two sisters were vastly different, Cassie was an outgoing, never-met-a-stranger person, while Rebecca was quiet, and shy.  Both girls were stunningly beautiful, each taking after their separate mothers.  Cassie’s mother, Ruth had died when she was six.  Two years later, her father advertised for a bride in The Matrimonial News.  One of the responders to his ad was Sarah Hutchison, herself a widow who had advertised for a husband.  They met and married.  As their love for each other grew, so did Cassie’s love for her new mother and sister.
     
    In addition to their beauty, both girls were academically brilliant.  This brilliance would prove to be a burden and a challenge to Jonathon, called Johnny by his sisters, throughout his early years.
     
    Cassie’s school performance far exceeded those of her classmates in the Marshall Public School System.  Cassie was named valedictorian of the Marshall High School, Class of 1878.  Her grades remained the best ever until they were broken by her sister, Rebecca, two years later.
     
    “Your sisters were Cassie and Rebecca, weren’t they?” asked the teacher on the first day of school.
     
    “Yes ma’am,” Jonathon Thomas replied.
     
    “You’re going to have to really work hard to live up to the standards set by your sisters,” the teacher said.
     
    “Yes ma’am, I will,” he answered .  It was the first challenge ever thrown at him, involving his sisters.  It would not be the last.
     
    With a sister ten years older, and another eight years old, young Johnny had two mentors that saw it as their duty to ensure his success at every turn.  His education, at the hands of his sisters, began before his formal schooling started.  Their lessons became his.  He had begun reading before starting school.
     
    After his first day of school, his mother asked, “How was your first day, Johnny?”
     
    “It was good,” he said.  “The teacher is really nice.  She remembers Cassie and Becky, and tells me I’m going to have to work really hard to do as well they did.”
     
    “Well, your sisters are both very good students.  I want you to remember one thing.  You are not your sisters.  You do the best you can and you will be all right.  You don’t have to beat your sisters in order to be a success.  You just have to be all that you can be.”
    Johnny had