"I agree. Faith said that hearing what we did helped her heal. She was glad we do what we do and agreed with why we do it that way." Matt glanced at Kacey and Noam.
"Tell him. If we're going to hide things from him, he shouldn't be here with us. If we invited him to stay and be part of this, he deserves to know everything." Kacey smiled at Geo.
"I agree. Tell the kid everything," Noam said. "If we were going to hide stuff, he shouldn't have been invited to stay with us. He's old enough to know the truth, and I think we can trust him not to tell anyone what we do."
Geo nodded. "I won't tell anyone. I want this to stop. I heard the girls crying and saw what he did to the other boys. I'm glad Xander killed him, and I want the others to die too."
"But we don't kill them." Xander met Geo's stare. "The way we look at things, death is final. It's an easy way out. They don't suffer the way the kids they abused have to. We want them to live long lives, remembering what they did and suffering for it." Xander looked to Bryon who gave him a nod to continue. "We go in and castrate them. We cut off their penis and balls so they can't hurt anyone again. We change their bodies, so they don't have the same hormone levels as before and that causes a lot of side effects that make life miserable for them. Even with current medical care and medications, they are never back to normal again."
"But don't they see you? Tell someone what you've done?" Geo asked.
"We make sure they can't identify us. We've been doing this for years. We make sure we don't get caught. But we also make sure that we know for sure those we go after deserve it. We have to have physical proof they are abusing children before we will go after someone. Xander walked in on Jerome raping Eric. That was evidence enough to do something. At that moment, he didn't have another option other than killing him, but when we plan things out and have time, we try not to kill," Kacey explained.
"You okay with this still? You can go downstairs and play video games if it's too much for you," Bryon offered.
"No, I'm okay. I kind of like that you make them suffer." Geo smiled.
"Good, then let me continue. While we are still collecting data on Roger Carson, we've already found enough video and images to convict him. He shared several videos with Jerome which we found on his cell phone." Bryon opened another folder. "We also have Candance Jackson. She's the CPS worker who is working with Roger Carson to take the girls away. We think she's the one placing them in certain foster homes to be held until it's safe to sell them to the Diaz group. Her assistant is Ron Croatz. He's also shared videos with Jerome which we now have possession of. It appears that, like Roger, Ron also takes girls home for a night or two to enjoy. We haven't found anything showing Candance has abused children yet, but we have enough on her to hand over to someone we trust for prosecution for child trafficking."
"So we're focused on Ron and Roger?" Noam asked.
"Yes, but also have Jason Wagstaff. He's the man who was buying Lenora. He holds a lot of sex parties in the city and is known to offer children to those who attend. Carter found some videos of an older party he held where he's with a child. His brother Jared is also in the video with a young boy. Marshall is working on collecting more for us on the Wagstaff brothers. If we go after them, it will take some major planning to get past their security. Both are high rollers in Vegas and do have security teams. While we do have enough to go after these two, we might be in over our heads here and better to just turn evidence over to authorities. Dyson is working on finding out who we can trust here. We know the District Attorney is taking kickbacks from the Diaz group to look the other way. We might have to look to one of the senators on this one. I'm not sure we can trust any of the police, at least not those in high-ranking positions who could do anything." Bryon set the files aside.
"It's getting harder and harder to find people who aren't bought." Xander sighed.
"Isn't that the truth." Kacey reached for the files and started looking through them. "So for now, we plan on Roger Carson and Ron Croatz?"
"I'm okay with going after them, but we have to vote." Bryon looked around the room. "Anyone against going in? Remember, we won't have access to everything you're used to. We won't be able to hack into neighbors' cameras or watch traffic cameras like usual. We don't have the time for that kind of setup."
"What are the police saying about Jerome's murder?" Xander asked.
"Nothing. Absolutely nothing. Either they haven't found the body yet or they are keeping everything under wraps. There isn't a single report about it. We've searched several agencies, including the medical examiner's office and there isn't a single mention of him." Bryon shrugged.
"That's not surprising. We didn't see many people unless they were bringing or taking kids. The foster mother, Beth only showed up when CPS was coming around. I only saw her twice. Jerome did spend a lot of time on the phone though. You'd think someone would react when he didn't answer." Geo looked at Bryon. "They couldn't hide taking the body out of the house from the neighbors, could they?"
"They could, but why would they? They could tell everyone he had a heart attack, and they wouldn't know any better. I'm betting on they just haven't found the body yet, which means when they do, we're going to have to be alert and extra cautious." Bryon looked at Noam. "You got rid of the car you used that night?"
"Yep, it's gone. We took plates off during the rescue so they can't trace them," Noam informed him.
The doorbell rang and Xander jumped up. "Pizza must be here." He hurried out of the room.
"I rented all the vehicles under a name and address that won't connect to us, so I'm not too worried if they try and track it." Bryon smiled. "Nothing is ever done under our names. It belongs to a construction company in Southern Utah."
"Then other than keeping Geo out of their sight, we shouldn't have any problem." Kacey smiled at Geo.
"What about Parson's friend in CPS he was talking to? Won't she be worried when the kids come up missing?" Noam asked.
"He said we had nothing to worry about with her. She owed him several favors and thinks he's transferring Lenora and Andy up to Michigan with friends of the family. As for Geo and Eric, there were no records of either of them in the CPS database so far. They didn't even have a record of Lenora. I'm guessing most of the kids taken to that foster home are taken out of the system. He's handling all of that stuff."
"So we don't have to worry that the police will be searching for the kids?"
"I don't think so. I do believe the pedophiles will be hunting for them. Lenora was already paid for. I don't see Diaz happy about having to return money, but with the kids in California, I'm not worried. Geo is the only one here that we have to keep an eye on. As long as he stays here and doesn't go out on the streets, he'll be okay." Bryon smiled at Geo.
"And once this is over and you help me find a place to stay?"
"We'll make sure you're safe before we do anything. Is your heart set on staying in Vegas?" Matt asked as Xander walked in with four large pizza boxes.
"Honestly, I know the streets here. I can survive if I have to run from another home." He bit his lip. "I'm not saying I will run, but…" He let his words trail off.
