"... I remember Kersi crying and saying to me, "Chelsea I can never have a baby. God told me you were sent to us. Will you have our baby for us?" I couldn't explain the intensity of the shock I felt... That first feeling still lingers and is a constant reminder of a very sad part of my life. I couldn't believe a preacher's wife would ask me to break God's rules, rules by which we lived. My life took drastic turns after that time... Now I am at another major emotional crossroads in my life. A threat from a deranged, power-seeking man could end everything I have... My room was my safe and secure castle. My dolls were in cabinets all around my room and we talked things over long after I left the little girl stage... Chelsea, father said calmly... it is apparent you do not want to follow the rules in my home. I want you to leave this house! You graduate next week... Kersi and I began to talk more about the Bible, love and commitment and sacrifices... she questioned me about my belief in God and if I really believed God could do great things for his followers... Do you remember reading the Bible, one particular part, it goes something like this "Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful or rude, it does not insist on its own way... and the verse ends something like... Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, love never ends. A person may have hope and charity, but without love he has nothing." ... I began to really believed that God had sent me to them... If only I had the faith and belief my prayers would be answered, I would pray so hard that my father would talk with me and tell me I am still his daughter and he still love me... The Practicing Attorney at the end of my name plate on the door gave me chills every time I passed it... Yes I think Chelsea is going to win a few rounds now!... Well Mr. Thorndike, you have been keeping me busy. I have handled sixteen cases during the past two years, including the Casey trial, and someone told me all the cases had been assigned by you... AND Chelsea's saga continues through the years she practiced law and later when she became the head of Thorndike Corporation as its president... yes she had finally achieved an equal place with men...

"... Linda, Jason, and I left the office in silence. Mr. Thorndike's death affected each of us in a different way... I loved the dear old man... he always referred to himself as my surrogate grandfather... he guided my business life almost daily. He placed challenges before me that would caused many people to break mentally and to quit... No Olga, I'm going to be totally honest with him. I will always love Morgan. I owe it to him to tell him every thing... Chelsea dear, you say you hurt Morgan.

How do you know you hurt him? Does he walk around crying?... Olga, I cheated on him with Matthew!... Do I understand you want to clear your conscience. Is is for your peace of mind or for Morgan's? ... Oh Morgan, you disrupt me so. I have terrible guilty feelings about things that have happened to me and you don't know about... Morgan are you saying I shouldn't talk to you about my problems... What would I do with the information you are going to give me? Would it enhance my life?... When I talked with Jason I told him not to talk with anyone unless one his attorneys was there... Wait Ms. Carodine. Give me 24 hours and I will either release Jason to you or I will charge him, agreed"... this court has sufficient evidence to charge Jason with murder in the second degree... The judge said, Is the prosecution ready to proceed with the state's case against defendant Jonathan Jason?... The tests showed that before they died, both Quigly and Mr. Thorndike had either just recently fired a weapon or had been in close contact with one as it was fired. The questions continued and the prosecutor was trying to convince the court that Jason was the murderer...