Ryker nodded.“I am.I lost track of her when her brother died but I found her again and now she has my protection.”
Gunner nodded.“That’s good to know.”Then he turned back to King.“So Sarah and her goons are coming here to finish you?”
King snorted in disgust.“I’d like to see her try.They need to fry what they did.What Gabby and Commando didn't tell you was that Lester put his own daughter in Belmont and then he told the world she died of her wounds.Lester gave the doctors orders that if he was ever arrested or sentenced to prison they were to give her an overdose that would end her life.Some fucking father, isn’t he?”
Gunner grunted.“Yah, we know the type.They care about the money and themselves.Narcissistic and calculating, even while they put on a dumb act.”He then turned to look at Grizzly.“So what do we do about these files?”
“Have our men verify then we can move in on Houston,” Grizzly stated.“We’re going to need a small army to take them down and that will all be Marshals.We have to do this by the book, so they can’t whine and cry or get out on a technicality.”
“Then one of you or a Marshal needs to talk to the girls here,” Commando suggested.“They can tell you everything about what living inside that family was like.They would sell the females in their family for business deals and they are running several illegal activities on top of that.”
Now King jumped in, “Like I told you before...When Gina wouldn’t give them her hard earned money.Or marry out to some stranger, they had Ricky cutting her up and framing my son for it.Lester decided to keep her under wraps as he paid off the cops to process her death.”
Commando now added, “So there should be charges for that too.Like kidnapping, bribery and fraud.”
Grizzly studied him.“You used to be a cop, right?”
Commando nodded.“Just a local lawman a couple of years back.You can tell?”
Grizzly smirked.“I can.”
King nodded.“ I’m proud of both my sons.I was missing one of them for all these years.I now have my son back but nothing can ever give him back the years they stole from him.Do I want fucking revenge for that?I do.I REALLY do.But I want them in prison where they put him for all those years.”
Gunner stared at King.“That's good to know.Revenge would have backfired.You and I are old enough to realize that but you still have to be careful.Those two aren’t just going to let you come after them.”
King gave them a slow smile.“Let them come.We’re ready for them.”
Grizzly got on the phone with his fellow Marshals, giving them items to check out.
Skeeter and Moose sat at a table in a quiet corner of the room, talking to the girls.
Slowly, they began to gather what they needed.The testimony was taken down legally by video and transcript in case any of it could be used in a court trial.Every last woman agreed to testify if need be.They had shed their previous fear and now wanted to help put Sarah and Lester away for good.Even Sarah’s sister seemed determined to finally right the wrongs the Ashers had done.
They all had dinner fixed by Trixie, Gabby, Andy and Avery.Riley and her mother helped with dishing up and carrying out the platters, plates, napkins, drinks and utensils.The men were told that they would be doing the clean up and the dishes.
King laughed and said that was only fair.But he did add that as the Prez, he would not be doing chores.
The men all booed and tossed their napkins at him.
The room filled with the smell of great homemade food as well as many voices and laughter.They all spoke of anything else other than Sarah and Lester.They all wanted to relax for now and just breathe.
Gabby waved at the girls and told them she was taking dinner to her parents.
Train hadn’t been part of the meetings.He hadn’t left Gina’s side since he arrived.No one could blame him as they missed many years.They were both badly maligned by Lester and Sarah, robbed of a life together.Robbed of precious years that they could never get back.
Gabby thought it was great that her dad was taking such great care of her mom.It went a long way to healing any rift between them.They were finally a family and she wanted that.She had wanted that ever since the day her motherhood been taken away from her.
