“Thanks, Gemmy.” I give Zack a small wave as he enters the reception area from the deputies’ office, but don’t stop to speak as I head right for Forest’s office.
Lightly knocking on the office door, although it is open and Forest, Aaron, JP, and Sober are all sitting in some form of meeting. “Come in, Chaos. Take a seat.”
“Morning, all,” I quickly say as I take a seat.
“I know you are here about Victoria Meadows. We’ve been looking into the kid and his parents. Something is wrong there, but we are getting nothing from speaking to neighbors, and no reports have been logged. We have found that the parents took out an insurance policy on all of them. Not just the kid, which would have been suspicious. They took policies out on all three of them. That doesn’t make me feel easier about any of this.” Forest is looking at his notepad in front of him. The others are watching him closely.
“Do you think the fuckers are going to kill the kid for the insurance payout?” I ask because I don’t care about being diplomatic.
“It wouldn’t surprise me. Aaron, speak to all the deputies and have them patrol the area where they live. Be friendly towards the kid. Speak to his school, dig and let it be seen you are digging. Don’t hide because I want these pieces of shit parents to know we are fucking watching them.” Forest has a scowl on his face that I’ve not seen since he first came to us. Heather has softened Forest a lot, and she has given him a reason to make a home here and become one of us fully. After leaving the FBI, he was lost, and we were all worried about him, but now he’s stable and obviously very in love with Heather.
Sober speaks and gains my attention. “We’ve been looking into your woman and so far have found nothing that would cause us to check her background. She’s a good person from what we’ve seen. She has a friend Beth Forester-Collins. Her brother is unsavory and has gotten her into trouble a few times. The problem with that is Victoria is close to Beth and it could have overflowed to her. Beth’s brother, Art, and yes that’s his name, is friendly with up-and-coming senator Joe Tizwald.”
Now I sit up straight because I’ve heard a few rumors about that asshole, and if this is all a trickle-down to Victoria, then we could have a slight problem on our hands. Or I could get Meat to help me bury the fucker somewhere!
“What are your suggestions at this point, Forest?”
Forest looks at me and gives a slight shrug. “I don’t know for sure, but I think you should get Specs and Delta to befriend Victoria. They have things in common and may get more out of her by being friendly than we would by questioning.”
“I’ve already thought that so leave that with me and I’ll speak to them both. I’ve got to get to the hospital and check out what’s happening. Let Jack go get some rest. He’s been with Victoria for hours throughout the night. He said he’s good as he slept some, but it’s never good sleeping in a chair.”
“No, it’s not. If you find anything let me know, and we’ll inform you if we find anything. I have a feeling this is to do with her being into computers,” Forest states, and I have a feeling he could be right.
