Total pages in book: 56
Estimated words: 50561 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 253(@200wpm)___ 202(@250wpm)___ 169(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 50561 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 253(@200wpm)___ 202(@250wpm)___ 169(@300wpm)
“So tell me, how did you get Jen in on this hair brained shit storm of a scheme?”
“She loves me, she understood. You all had to pay. I lost everything because of you.” He seemed to go off into his own head as he talked it out.
“After the whole mess, grandpa cut us off completely. He’d been looking for an excuse for years since mom didn’t marry up as he’d expected. Instead, she married my dad, a lowly desk clerk who he kept down after they got married just to spite her. But he hadn’t cut her off entirely even then, had to keep up family appearance after all. Couldn’t have his only daughter living below her means.”
“But after the scandal and the trial, he was clear to wash his hands of her, of us. I should’ve inherited everything he had as the only grandson. Instead he left it all to some stupid university and I was left with nothing. But I got my own back though didn’t I?”
He was back in the room and that sick fucking grin was back in place. “Until that little bitch came along and spoiled everything. Jen and I figured it out you know, after that day she followed you in the car and saw her beloved niece. We put our heads together and realized what must’ve happened. But I was going to get mine anyway. All I needed to do was grab her and you’d pay.”
By now, I’d hit record on my phone since I’d decided to let him live. But I needed more if I was going to bury both of them and get them the fuck out of my life. “So you went after Sorenson who was the judge on the case and then Jonas who prosecuted.”
“Yes, and they paid.”
“And what happened to all that money?”
“Why do you need to know that? The money’s safe. No government can touch it where it’s at and you’ll never find it.” He seemed sure of that so I was assuming it wasn’t under either of their names.
“Fine, but what I don’t understand is how you caught them. I can’t see either of them having anything to hide that would cause them to pay out millions to keep it hushed.”
“Oh, that was easy. We both know that even the hint of something foul would’ve tripped them up. Plus they talked a lot. Jen’s good at getting people to talk. They let slip certain things about people they did business with that if it got back to the wrong ears would’ve been devastating. We still have those tapes hidden away nicely in a safety deposit box that you can’t reach. You never know when they may have come in handy again.”
He was very pleased with himself, not realizing it wouldn’t take a genius to figure out where they were. Find the money find the tapes. I’ll let Sorenson and Jonas handle that one. “So you blackmailed them, used extortion to get back at them for doing their jobs.”
“Yes, they deserved it and so do you. I was going to take you for the biggest haul of all. I even gave Jen permission to sleep with you after the wedding. I knew you were going to be harder to shake down, but I knew she could do it. She’s good isn’t she?”
“Not good enough apparently.” I pulled the phone from my pocket so he could see what I’d been up to before hitting end and dialing nine one-one.
“You bastard.” I guess he like my foot in his balls because that’s what he got this time when he charged again.
While he was writhing on the floor in agony I gave the cops the general location of where we were.
It was another hour before they reached us and I spent that time listening to him threaten and rail. I hit record again just for the hell of it and just in case he said something else that would tack on a few years onto whatever sentence he and Jen were gonna get for the admitted blackmail and extortion. I knew fuck all about the statute of limitations on these things, but I was sure the others would know what to do.
We had to answer a shit load of questions but I’d had the presence of mind to call my lawyer to the location so there was no need to head to the station for questioning. I could take care of that tomorrow or the next day.
Ash refused to go to the emergency room so the EMTs checked her out on site and sent us on our merry way. Had I not been in a hurry to get her home behind those walls I would’ve insisted, but I could see for myself that she was just a little shaken and not really physically hurt.