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.Uncle Marshall and I were not exempt from their treachery.I m sure that with me it s payback for what I did when the old man died. Jon, tell me how you found out about them. I ve been followed today by two different cars& Two cars? They re both after you? Two identical cars have followed me today.One followed me from the hospital to theCourthouse and again when I started to come here.I changed directions and returned to PoliceHeadquarters.My old friend and first partner, Guidry Villerie, drove that vehicle.I haven t talked tohim, but he s in police custody. I thought he skipped the country. Madyson Hunter 106 He did when he left here.Security photos show him and two women as they ve gone in and outof banks in Switzerland and down in the Caribbean.The investigators would like to ask your customerif he was the person she saw with your mother.Do you think she d be willing to help them? She did not answer the last question she was so frightened. Oh-my-God.I can t believe it.It sjust too much to think about.Where are they? I ve gotta leave here, Jon.I can t stay here with that evilcreature around. Her panic attack got worse. Slow down.First, do you think this customer of yours will talk to them? Yes.Mrs.Fortesque is always willing to tell that story.She lives on Fourth Street.Now isthere more to your story? He pulled her back against him and held her shivering body close to his warmth. Oh, sweetie,we haven t begun to scratch the surface on this.Guidry Villerie was arrested just a while ago.Hefollowed me earlier today.I left him at the Police Station and another mysterious car followed me here.Sergeant Henderson and I blocked the car between us at the guard gate.I sat in my car and watched.The guard and the police surrounded the car.Two veiled women and a driver looking very much likethe Richeleau s got out. When the sergeant removed their veils, I wasn t at all surprised to see the faces of the women.They screeched in a dozen different languages and threatened all manner of curses for being stopped.The three of them were handcuffed and led away by the police.Their vehicle was being searched whenI pulled away and came home. Do I have to see her? I can t answer that, sweetie.I imagine the FBI will ask us to officially identify them.I ll see ifwe can do it from behind a one-way mirror. He paused. There s more, isn t there? She could tell by the grim expression on his face.Somehow sheknew that the worst was yet to come. What is it? You may as well tell me everything. Interpol discovered that you, Uncle Marshall and I have millions and millions of dollars inSwiss and Caribbean banks.Fortunately, the transfers trace back to computers on Antoine s boat. This is going to blow Antoine s trial out of proportion! Yeah, it probably will.We can t keep this from the press much longer.I ve talked to Roger,Scott and Hannah about something and also discussed it with Uncle Marshall.I think you and I need toget out of town for a while.Before you say anything, just listen. Okay. Dark Betrayals 107 Roger offered to help you get an extension with the IRS due to extenuating circumstances.Either that or you can get your partner to come home and take care of doing the taxes& She doesn t know beans about the books.She d end up getting us both put away.For someonewith a degree in management, she is one of the dumbest women I know when it comes to mathematics.I ll take the extension.What do you have planned? My plane is in for a tune-up.David flew down to Bouche` yesterday to have that done.He canpick us up at Magnolia Plantation tomorrow and fly us out to Montana.What do you say? I say, yes. Jon looked at his watch. Damn, your guests will be here anytime now and I d like to changefirst. Our guests, Jon.We re a couple now.Your stuff is in my& our room.Come, I ll show youwhere I put everything. She stood up, took his hand and went to the door.Jon unlocked it and theystrolled, arm in arm, down the hall to Lexie s bedroom.*****The three women still working in the kitchen high five d each other, hoping to hear other kindsof sounds soon.Each turned a bright red at their lusty thoughts. Madyson Hunter 108Chapter Twenty-FourHannah, Roger, Scott and the Judge were still in the conference room when the phone rang. Chief James& yes, he is.May I ask whose calling? Roger noticed that the blood appeared to drain from Hannah s face.He took the receiver fromher hand and spoke. This is FBI Agent Dubois, may I help you? I see& well, that s physicallyimpossible, ma am& no, I m not laughing at you& Scott got up out of his chair to go see if he could find out who made the phone call.As heopened the door, Jon s secretary stood there, ready to knock.Even her face had a frighteningly palecolor to it.He shut the door behind him and put his hand on her shoulder, Judy, what the hell ishappening? Mrs.Marshall told me she knows Judge Marshall is here and if he doesn t want his life ruined,he d better get his you-know-what down to holding and get her out of there. How much vacation time do you have coming, Judy? I have three weeks, why? Things are going to get really nasty around here in a while and I think it might be a good ideafor you to leave town.You ve worked for Jon since he opened his law firm, so you re likely to getcaught up in the mud slinging.When the press gets the news, all hell will break loose.I own a cabinoutside Baton Rouge
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