She didn’t want to leave Billy alone for a second. This time, he would be incarcerated for good, no bail, and the police would pay the bail bond money to Grayson for capturing Billy.
She felt so much relief that they had one of the two kidnappers. She assumed Billy’s stepdad knew where the teen had been hiding out too, but maybe he hadn’t to keep them safer. If Younger had been caught instead, he truly wouldn’t have known where Billy was when they interrogated him.
Grayson, Rowland, and the other officers headed into the bedroom.
“What did Darryl’s uncle say about Billy being here?” she asked, wondering if he was in on the whole situation, helping to hide the boy here so the police couldn’t take him into custody.
Then he could be charged with obstruction. She was ready to throw the book at him and anyone else involved. If she were a prosecutor, of course, she would have everyone who aided and abetted Billy and Younger charged with a crime. The charges against Billy and Younger were so serious! Billy should never have gotten bail in the first place.
Rowland called for an ambulance so the EMTs could check Billy out as he came to.
“What the hell,” Billy said when he saw Kendra, then saw all the officers in uniform and Grayson. “What are you doing here?” he asked Kendra.
“You cut your ankle monitor off, took off from the home, and went on the run. Grayson and I are bounty hunters. And you’re under arrest.” She was thrilled to be able to say that to Billy. “And you’ll be in jail. No more home arrest.” She smiled.
Not that she knew that for sure. But she really couldn’t imagine a judge releasing him again. Billy was too much of a flight risk. Especially with his stepdad still on the run.
“Did your stepdad know you were here?” Kendra asked.
“Yeah. How did you know? You didn’t catch him too, did you?” Billy asked. “It was supposed to be a secret. My friend would never have told you.”
“He has been detained for obstruction.”
Billy’s mouth dropped.
She didn’t say anything about Younger’s status.
“Billy is okay,” the EMTs said. “He doesn’t need to be seen at the hospital.”
“Good. He can go straight to jail then,” Rowland said.
Rowland would question Billy to find out where his stepdad was now. The problem was that the last time they took him into custody, his mother asked for a lawyer, and Billy didn’t say anything.
“What about Billy’s friend’s uncle?” Kendra asked.
“He claims Billy and his nephew come here all the time. He didn’t think twice about him coming here this time.”
“Are you arresting Billy’s mother for obstruction?” Kendra asked as they walked Billy out to a patrol car.
“Yeah, we have an arrest warrant for her also because she has been helping Billy and Younger remain free,” Rowland said.
“You can’t arrest my mom,” Billy said, trying to pull away from the officer who had a hold of his arm.
“Stop resisting,” the officer said.
“She has been helping to hide you and cover for you and your stepdad,” Kendra said.
Another officer helped to get Billy into the patrol car.
“I’ll let you know if we get any information from Billy on Younger,” Rowland told Kendra and Grayson.
“Thanks,” Grayson said. “I guess we’ll be heading back to Kalispell since that’s where you’re going with Billy.”
“Okay, keep in touch.” Then Rowland took off with the other officers.
Kendra got on her phone again, called Grayson’s dad, and put it on speakerphone. “Hey, it’s Kendra. We’re all safe, and Rowland is taking Billy back to Kalispell to question him and put him in jail.”
“What about the bond money?” the dad asked.
