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  Books by Ty Patterson

  Dividing Zero

  Copyright

  Acknowledgments

  Dedications

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

  Chapter 39

  Chapter 40

  Chapter 41

  Chapter 42

  Chapter 43

  Defending Cain

  Acknowledgments

  Dedications

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

  Chapter 39

  Chapter 40

  I Am Missing

  Acknowledgments

  Dedications

  Untitled

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

  Wrecking Team

  Acknowledgments

  Dedications

  Untitled

  Chapter 1

  Chapter 2

  Chapter 3

  Chapter 4

  Chapter 5

  Chapter 6

  Chapter 7

  Chapter 8

  Chapter 9

  Chapter 10

  Chapter 11

  Chapter 12

  Chapter 13

  Chapter 14

  Chapter 15

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Chapter 30

  Chapter 31

  Chapter 32

  Chapter 33

  Chapter 34

  Chapter 35

  Chapter 36

  Chapter 37

  Chapter 38

  Chapter 39

  Chapter 40

  Chapter 41

  Chapter 42

  Chapter 43

  Chapter 44

  Chapter 45

  Chapter 46

  Chapter 47

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  Copyright

  Dividing Zero is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or actual events is purely coincidental. All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced, or used in any manner whatsoever without
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  Copyright © 2017 by Ty Patterson

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  Published by Three Aces Publishing

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  Acknowledgments

  No book is a single person’s product. I am privileged that Dividing Zero has benefited from the inputs of several great people.

  Gary L. Bristol, Theresa Evans, Hank Halstead, Margaret Harvey, Donald Hoffman, Richard Lane, Jim Lambert, Jack Willis, who are my beta readers and who helped shape my book, my launch team for supporting me, and Donna Rich for her proofreading.

  Dedications

  To my parents, who taught me the value of a good education. My wife for her patience, and my son for listening to my jokes. To all my beta readers, my launch team, and well-wishers.

  To all the men and women in uniform who make it possible for us to enjoy our freedoms.

  Chapter One

  ‘Daddy hits mommy.’

  Meghan froze when she heard the words.

  Beth, who was hurrying out of the kitchen with a plate full of cookies, stumbled.

  The words were spoken by a green-eyed girl, whose blonde hair was neatly styled over her head. She wore a pink dress, had matching shoes, and usually her eyes were smiling.

  They were sad now.

  Madison ‘Maddie’ Kittrell, eight years old, was perched on a chair in front of Meghan. The chair went up or down at the press or pull of a lever.

  She played with it, refused to meet Meghan’s eyes, darted an occasional glance to the sides.

  By her side were Liz McCallum, fourteen years old, and Lizzie’s sister, Zoe, ‘Peaches’ McCallum, ten years old.

  Maddie, Lizzie, and Peaches, were tight. They were besties. They were BFFs.

  They grew up on the same street near Central Park, New York. They went to the same school.

  Maddie wasn’t from the city originally. She had come to the state when she was small. Her dad had a job in some company. Her mom worked somewhere else.

  Maddie didn’t know all that. She didn’t care.

  She cared that Mommy cried every week. That the sound of Daddy’s blows terrified her.

  Even worse was that Daddy had shouted at her a few times.

  She hadn’t told anyone about the beatings. She carried it in her tiny heart. When she played with Lizzie and Peaches, she forgot everything.

  Gramma, with whom Lizzie and Peaches lived – they didn’t have a daddy and mommy -- made the world’s best cookies. Maddie was in Heaven when she bit into them.

  One day it became too much for Maddie.

  Her mouth was full of cookie. Her besties were with her. And yet, somehow, the tears started coming.

  Lizzie made a fuss. Peaches made a fuss. Gramma hugged her tight. Gramma smelled so nice that Maddie burst into more tears.

  It came out finally. She couldn’t hold it in. Mommy had told her not to tell anyone. Daddy told her too.

  But these were her best friends. They were like family. Better than family.

  She told them of that one time, recently, when Mommy’s shoulder broke because of Daddy. Mommy had to go to work in a sling. She had to apply makeup to cover the bruises around her eyes.

  It started only a year back, Maddie said through great gulping sobs. She would lie terrified in her room, hearing mommy cry. Hearing those horrible smacks.

  Gramma became serious when she heard. Lizzie went white. Peaches started crying too. Silent tears. Maddie couldn’t help it. She cried more.

  Something happened in the room that Maddie didn’t understand. Gramma looked at Lizzie. Lizzie looked at Peaches.

  Gramma wiped Maddie’s tears and told her to come the next day. They would go to the park.

  The park was great. Maddie could play for hours in it. She agreed.

  The next day, they set out. Maddie and Peaches skipping ahead. Lizzie talking about something serious with Gramma.

  They played for a couple of hours.

  Then Gramma made Maddie sit on a bench and told her they would go and meet someone.

  Someone who was very dear to them. Someone who had helped them.

  Maddie would have to tell them everything.

  Maddie shook her head. She wouldn’t tell.

  She started crying again.

  Daddy would go to jail. Mommy would cry.

  She didn’t want that.

  She wished she had never told them anything.

  Gramma hugged her again. That nice smell enveloped her again.

  ‘Hush, honey. Nothing bad will happen. We trust them with our lives. They will not tell anyone. Just talk to them.’

  Gramma produced a cookie. Cookies were magic workers. They could unlock tongues and change minds.

  Maddie bit into the cookie and agreed.

  They set out again.

  Peaches told Maddie about the people they were meeting.

  They had an office close by. It was neat. It had a basketball hoop. A baseball bat. Ball gloves. It was better than their school playroom.

  Peaches wanted an office like that when she grew older.

  ‘Who are they?’ Maddie tugged at Peaches’ arm to slow her down.

  ‘Beth and Meghan. Twins. They are our friends. They can do anything. They can find anything.’

  ‘They found Mom’s killer,’ Lizzie added, when she overheard the conversation.

  Maddie’s steps slowed. She didn’t want anything to be found.

  ‘Nothing bad will happen, honey. They are good people. Just tell them everything, like you told us,’ Gramma urged.

  Lizzie nodded. Peaches pressed her hand.

  Maddie agreed reluctantly.

  They carried on. Peaches told her about Beth and Meghan. How wonderful they were.

  There was a man who helped them sometimes. ‘He doesn’t do much,’ Peaches said airily.

  She didn’t know why the twins kept him around.