It's worst than I thought. My talk with Catalina had opened up a whole new can of worms. Human trafficking isn't something I'm unaware of, they teach us about it in school now as a precautionary. But this is the first time it's ever hit this close to home. It isn't the same as when she was taken, at least not the way she described, and what had happened to her is bad enough. Daddy's been playing that one off for months but I know there's more to the story than he told us, and she doesn't really remember much of anything from that day. No one seems to know the real story and except for the whispers around town about a missing pedophile I wouldn't even have known that something of that magnitude had happened to my own little sister. I'm still not sure that the two things are connected, that's how good daddy is at keeping things hidden from us kids. From what she says daddy has been working on this new thing with the uncles for a while now and she thinks it has s
I worked fast on my laptop while listening to Lily and Nia through the wireless headphones daddy had bought me. I had to get a lot done because I know as soon as daddy thinks of it I'll be grounded and he'll take my computer privileges away. Bunny wasn't here with me but I knew he was with the triplets, he likes to stand guard while they sleep, which gives me some free time. Bunny likes a lot of attention when I'm home. "I think you should tell her what we've got so far. It's about her after all.""I know Lily but she's not like us, Caitie's very soft, something like this might scare her.""I agree with Lily, I think you should tell her. That way at least she'd know and she'd be more careful." "But we still don't know who he is, we just have a general location.""Well from what we have so far he's not that far from where you are. Maybe your daddy already knows about him.""I don't think so, if he did the uncles would be here already." "Well my mo
I went around back for the picnic basket her mom had pushed into my hand before suggesting we go for a ride. If her dad had said no I'm sure Mrs. Lyon would've found a way to make it happen. She seemed like a woman on a mission. All day I've been getting the feeling that she, and Mrs. Mancini were up to something, every time I walked into a room when those two were together they'd stop talking and give me these smiles that I imagine make their husbands bend over backward to please them. "A picnic?""Nothing major, we have to leave room for BBQ." I'd already checked and there was just some fruit and cheese with a pitcher of lemonade in there with a blanket. I carried the basket in one hand and held her hand in the other as we walked in the opposite direction away from the crowd. I found us a nice spot beneath some trees in the shade from the hot May sun and spread the blanket for her to sit. "I should've brought my swimsuit.""No you shouldn't have."
I heard engines outside and looked at my watch. It was a bit early for my crew and their women to be showing up, the BBQs around here never kick off until about six or seven. Besides, that didn't sound like bikes out there. Probably Elena and her hen pack, though that sounded like way too many engines. Mancini and I had been working, he on that thing he carries around in his pocket that seems to hold a wealth of information and me on my computer. We'd got rid of Mengele's shit and had made doubly sure that there were no more surprises because I didn't trust her ass not to have something else on my shit that she 'forgot' to tell us about. "You wanna take a break? I can't find anything. The guys Mengele and her girls found are too far out for it to be them who are after Caitiebear, though I do think they might lead us somewhere." "I agree, though they're part of the bigger picture, something to work on in the near future.""No doubt, but I want to find these ass
"Come back here." I think she muttered something that sounded like drats. That's her new word since I forbid her to say dang a few days ago. "Tell me, how did you send the plane to Georgia?" She sighed really hard like she was put upon. "Daddy, did you know that aunty Cierra gets really- really tired when she's sleepy? You can ask her anything and she'd say yes."Mancini cleared his throat and sat up in his chair. "Are you saying that you tricked my wife into letting you use a hundred million dollar plane?""You owe me uncle Hank." The two of them had a stare down which I ignored. I'm not getting involved in their shit. Serves his stupid ass right. "But wait, that doesn't answer the question of how you got our wives to agree to come here." Logan was still looking surprised by this turn of events. I'd gloat at the fact that these fucks were all had by an eight year old, if my ass wasn't numbered among them. "I'll be right back." She left the room and no one
I saw aunt Cierra coming and got my words ready. I knew she would find out soon anyway once daddy and the uncles got the truth out of me. I didn't mean to play a trick on her but I had to get them all here fast. It was fun in the beginning putting all the pieces together but now I'm getting scared. The man took me before and nobody knows where he is now. I don't know if it's the same one, Lily and Nia don't think so, but I can't be sure. I didn't mention to daddy that I'm afraid though, because then he won't even let me go into the backyard alone again. He'd done that the last time and I hated it. This time Caitie's the one in trouble and I don't want my sister to be scared like I was so I'll do anything even if it makes everybody mad for a while. "Hi aunty Cierra do you like your surprise?""Surprise?""Uh-huh, I knew uncle Hank was worried about you travelling to uncle Law's house in the car so I got everyone to come here instead. I didn't want aunty Ariel
The BBQ was in full swing and my place looked like a street fair. Now Kat's BBQs don't stay in the backyard, people spread out all over the place, the kids are running wild back here, and the women hang out in the house mostly. I had two of the trips strapped onto me while Cady was with her new best friend Todd. The women had pretty much left the babies with their dads and Drake, Cy and the pothead were manning the grills. This worked out perfectly since we still had shit to discuss. Having everyone here was a big help, even Mallory had shown up with his wife and kids, which is nothing new. Still, I'm always surprised when Kat and I get him to show up for one of these things, the guy's such a lone wolf. "Pop's looking into it, I'm thinking we should have something soon since he knows every damn thing." We'd just given him a rundown of everything we had so far. I guess I can see how he and Mancini are related, they both have that same smooth shit going on, like
I hadn't seen Mengele in about five minutes and with shit being what it is was sure that was not a good thing. I was still trying to come to terms with everything that had happened in the last twenty-four hours. We'd spent more time this afternoon trying to figure out how three eight year old kids had pieced that shit together than anything else. As a dad it's hard to discipline your kid when the shit she's done could save lives. Mancini was all for her carrying on as long as she was safe, but I'm not too sure I want my little girl that invested in this shit. If I leave it to him this fuck would have my kid in some basement somewhere hunting down assholes. He'd already looked into her two new friends and was campaigning hard for us to call their parents and let them in on what their kids were up to. The only problem with that was the fact that we'd have to let them in on why the kids were doing that shit in the first place, so we'd all agreed that we'd hold off on that