Shortly before two o’clock in the morning, Daniel Jax Mann of Navarre was stirred from his slumber by his mother, Jennifer.  “Come on and get up, Daniel, your dad is coming home,”  she whispered to the eight-year-old. Rubbing his eyes, he immediately sat up. The news was unexpected and Daniel quickly got dressed to welcome his father home.

 

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