Caught: In a Case (12 page)

It wasn’t until almost a week had passed that we could rest our minds and bodies. The accountants were able to access t
he accounts that had been siphoned off into off-shore accounts. Thank the world for embracing online banking. I was able to transfer the money back into our account. Over the course of the last few days we were able to find out why he wanted me and Caleb taken out one way or another. He had embezzled one point five million dollars into an off shore account with the intentions of robbing us blind. The logical motive that caused him to escalate his plan was due to the accountants meeting with the auditors soon, someone was going to stumble on the discrepancy.

“Hey baby, how you feeling? You are looking a little peaky.” I looked over to my girl who was lying on the bed when I returned from the office today.

“I am fine
Jackson; I am just a little tired today.” I was worried that she hadn’t been getting enough rest to recover from her injuries. She didn’t leave the house and I was thankful for that; I couldn’t take another attack on her. It nearly destroyed me; she said it wasn’t her fear that kept her and the girls in the house but my father’s. He made it plain and simple to the girls, until this shit was resolved they were all being kept on lockdown. He wasn’t going through this shit again, my dad was in full don’t mess with me mode and they didn’t. “Baby, if you are tired just take a nap and I will be working right in the next room. I love you baby.” I kissed her briefly and headed to the other room as she took a nap. When Reid called me she had been sleeping for the last half hour. He was bitching about the fact that he had given me enough time. “I am going to tell her as soon as she wakes from her nap. It’s not something that I can just tell blurt out. ‘Hey babe you were kidnapped as a baby and your real parents want to meet you’” The shock gasp behind me made me drop my phone on the desk with a thud. I picked up my phone and turned to her, “I will call you back.”

“What are you talking about Jackson? I just heard you say that I was kidnapped. I have seen baby pictures of me in Seattle with dad and mom. It can’t be true, why?”
She busted out the waterworks and I felt like a total prick. I should have checked on her first before answering the call or at least closed the door. I messed up big time. I pulled Buttercup into my arms and sat us down on the sitting room chaise.

“Buttercup please calm down. I don’t know why they took you but it’s probably because they couldn’t have one of their own but it’s true. Sweetie tell me you are okay, I won’t continue until you do.” I just watched as she tried to process the information. It was a cool minute before she asked for more details. I went into the story leaving out who was her father. “I want to meet them, you seem to know who they are.” Her tone was accusatory, how could I blame her I knew for a whole week and kept it to myself
, her health was the most important thing and I didn’t want her to have a setback. “I wanted to tell you sooner but you were recovering and I was afraid of the shock and how it would affect your recovery but they really want to see you. You have two little brothers.”

“When did you find out and who are they?”

“I found out a week ago babe.” She was pissed but fuck it I told her why. “It’s Detective Reid and his wife Dr. Elizabeth Reid.” The tears flowed from her eyes damn it was breaking my heart. “Baby tell me what you are thinking.” I watched as my love cried, riddled with confusion and pain. Her body shook in my arms, now I really wanted to find Homan and his wife, lay them out and shoot them for all the pain they caused my girl. “Buttercup tell me what you need baby, anything.”

“I don’t know what to think. Is it wrong to say that I am happy they were not my real parents?”
She looked at me with pained confusion and shame.

“Not after what they put you through babe, no, would you like to meet them?”

“Please Jackson please.” My girl jumped right out of my arms like she wasn’t destroyed a moment ago; now she’s pacing the room.

“What if they don’t like me I mean, what if t
hey were expecting someone more talented or pretty? What should I wear?” If she wasn’t so upset by the news I would spank her ass for doubting the wonderful woman she is and how anybody would be lucky to know her. Interrupting her path, I pulled my Elizabeth into my arms for a hug, kissing her hair to show support but that wasn’t enough she was special and she needed to see that.

“Babe, stop those thoughts right now first, you need to understand that you are the most beautiful woman to me and they have been searching for their baby all these years they couldn’t care if you had a hump.
You are brilliant, well, all except for math but you have me for that baby.” I needed to lighten the tension she was feeling. “Reid has been harassing me for days; he wants you to meet them as soon as possible. They spent so much time hoping to see you again. Reid has met you, you have seen the way he stares at you, and he sees the girl he lost. Baby don’t worry they will love you, they already do.” I kissed my adorable wife gently on her pretty pink lips to comfort but that didn’t last long before we were in bed enjoying the need to possess each other. She already owned me and possessed all of me, and I her. Apparently my skills were lacking because she was out of my arms and digging in the closet the moment I rolled off her, and I told her so. “Silly, your skills are in tip top shape, I just know if we do not get out of bed now we never will. As much as I would love that I want to meet them as soon as possible.”

I set up the meeting for the following afternoon when Dr. Reid would be home
and wasn’t on call. I had to calm my wife down she was ready to jump out of her skin with nerves all morning. My family looked on as we broke the news to them. They felt for their daughter and sister, she was a part of us now. They knew only what I had told them previously about her father and step-mother. Needless to say they were shocked at the developments. My mother began crying, “I feel so sorry for them. I could not imagine losing either of you and not being able to know what happened to you.” I pulled my mother into my arms, “it’s going to be okay, Mom.”

We were ready to go within the
hour; I was really looking forward to this. As a good husband should, I looked into Reid’s story and background and they were the perfect family for my girl to have. We were in the car when she told me some shit that if she had not been hurt that I would have spanked her ass for, hell I am still tempted to kick her ass. I pulled over to the mall parking lot, parked the car and turned to her stupid ass.

“Why the fuck would you keep something like that away from me?”
I couldn’t control how mad I was, I was her protector, and she needed to tell me this shit.

“Take your phone out and show me the email now.” She looked scared as hell, like I was going to beat her ass. “Baby I am not going to hit you, I would never do some shit like that but damn it you can’t keep things like that from me.” She looked down at her phone and started entering her login information, when she finally looked up, the pain was evident.

She handed the phone over and fury could be felt coming off me as I read what this piece of shit wrote.
‘She is used goods now. That fucking lawyer, stole my prize, I have been waiting for the little bitch to grow up so she could be useful. Johnson still wants her anyway we will get less money for her but we will be square with fucking thugs. If he changes his mind will kill the little tramp.’

I was on the phone with Duke before I even finished reading this. The man was dead as far as I was concerned it was just a matter of how to have it done; I needed to formulate a plan. Duke had informed me that Laney jumped bail
this morning and was trying to head to Las Vegas; I wasn’t sharing this with my girl. She didn’t need to worry about anything. The dumb bitch didn’t realize the Feds were on her ass until she was cuffed. The police had her in custody, but that was all he knew so far.

There had been little movement, he hadn’t been contacted by any law enforcement and made sure he was not on their radar, so he was in the clear to pay Homan a visit.
I told him I would get back to him because I knew that Reid would want a say in this, law enforcement or not that fucker had taken away his little girl. If I was him I would gut the fucker and slowly torture him until he took his last breath.

When I hung up with Duke I turned to my girl and caressed her cheek. “Don’t worry babe, I won’t let them get you. You are mine and I protect what’s mine, Buttercup. Now smile because we are going to meet your
family.” I kissed her lips and was rewarded with a smile. I need to remain calm for now, once the family thing was done and my girl was tucked nicely into bed I would start working on my plan.

They lived in the next town over but it was still a short drive from Bangor to their house.
She was anxious to get there and we had to stop because she felt sick, I was worried that this was too much too soon but it’s what she wanted and it was a positive in all the negative in her life. I pulled into a nice large driveway, the house was bigger than I expected for a small town detective, hope he is not into some shady shit, but then I remembered Elizabeth’s mom is a doctor.

Opening the door for my wife, I grabbed her hand pulled her to me. “I am here babe; it’s going to be okay.” She kissed me gently, “Thank you, my love.”

We didn’t make it to the entrance before Reid reached us and with a nod from me, wrapped his arms around his little girl. It was in that moment that I knew it was the right decision to come. He escorted us in the family room where there were two boys around thirteen and a woman, who is an older version of my wife, sitting.

“Elizabeth, boys…” That was all he got out before Dr. Reid ran up to my wife and hugged her tightly with tears streaming down her face. The pain in her arm seemed to disappear with the love she received from her mom.
I could see the love that Dr. Reid had for my Elizabeth.

It was one of the twin boys who spoke first, “Dad is she…she our lost sister?” He went over to his boys and put one arm over each of their shoulders, “Yes
this is your sister, Elizabeth.” The two women turned to the boys but were too emotional to speak. Then my wife was instantly embraced by the twins. “Mom and dad never gave up hope that they would find you. Thank you for finding us.”

It was the other boy that sized me up, “And who are you and what are you doing with my sister?” I had to give it to the kid I was no little guy at six three and ripped there were grown men who wouldn’t question me. “I am Jackson Blake and I am Elizabeth’s husband
and who are you?” The pipsqueak looked at me hard like he had balls of brass, “I am Thomas Reid, Jr., Elizabeth’s brother and this is my brother Aaron.” A tough little shit, that’s good because he will help protect his nieces and nephews.

My woman came up to the little man and hugged him tight and whispered in his ear. Whatever she had said to him calmed the little brat down. We all sat around in their classic family room and started to talk. It was obvious off the bat they wanted answers but didn’t want the boys to overhear.
We spent the afternoon getting to know each other. After a while the boys were sent to do their homework. “Please tell me what happened. All Tom has told me was that he had a surprise for me today and in walks in my baby. God, Elizabeth, I cannot believe you are here. It is strange that they gave you my name.”

Sheepishly my girl answered, “They didn’t I was named after the
mother of the woman who took me but I am glad to have your name.” Reid stepped out of the room to get something returning only moments later and handed my wife a framed photo. “This is all we had left when they had taken you. This was taken about an hour after you were born. Pumpkin your mother and I are so happy that you are alive and well. When Shelly gave me that call and asked me to take the case, I was confused until I walked into that room. I am so sorry that you were hurt.” He hugged her again and I knew right then and there that I would not let any of my children out of my sight or protected by one of my trusted security. I never want to be in that situation. Fuck I would hunt everyone involved down. I knew I had to share this information I received from Buttercup and Duke and see how my father in law would want to handle it.

They were going to start dinner when I suggested we have something brought in. I called Milo and had him bring us a dinner for at least ten people from the local restaurant. It would be an hour or two which would give my woman some time to learn about her family
and the men to talk shop. “Dr. Reid, Buttercup why don’t you two get reacquainted while the cop here shows me where I can make a call in private. Sorry babe but I have to check in with the office.”

“That’s okay Jackson, I am fine right here.” I bent down to kiss her pretty smiling face, I
had completely forgotten they were there when I pulled her up from the couch and kissed her like I hadn’t seen her all day. “I love you, wife.”

“I love you, too.” She smiled and I placed her back down with a gushing look from Dr. Reid and a scowl from her dad.

We entered his little study and I closed the door. “I didn’t come here to work. I came to tell you that I know where the fucker is hiding and that he will really be dead when I get to him. I know you are a cop and all but I wanted to give you the heads up. Nothing is going to stop me from ending him but I am not going to spend the next thirty away from my wife so I have to come up with a plan. The only real problem is the Feds are on to him and will be nabbing him soon.” I showed him the email I forwarded from her phone to mine. The motherfucker’s face turned beet red, his anger was palpable.

“You didn’t hear this from me but end the fucker.”