Page 124 of Deadly Misfortunes

"Okay, well, I've got some interviewing to do and lots more investigating into Ms. Francine Drury."

"Thanks," Gregory said.

Then he took Sascha away from all the wreckage and asked who she had called.

"Raymond. He's bringing the new limo promptly, but he asked if they had her in handcuffs so that she wouldn't wreck another of your limos while we're in it."

Gregory smiled. But then Sascha got on her phone, put it on speaker, and said, "Red, you'll probably hear this on the news as the reporters are just arriving, but your mom has been arrested for attempting to kill us again."

Gregory took her hand and led her to a snow cone booth set up outside the grocery store so they could avoid the reporters now at the scene. For now, some of the witnesses were giving their statements to the reporters. But the reporters missed interviewing Gregory and Sascha, who were at the center of the whole mess. He was glad they had avoided them for now.

"I had another question. Why did you trash my place if you weren't involved in the attempted murders?" Sascha asked Red.

"I'm sorry about that, but I was afraid whoever it was would go after you again. So I thought if I scared you by breaking into your apartment the first time, you would move in with some of your family, and they would watch over you. But then you were with Mr. Landry, and I was afraid you might still return home and be in danger. So I went ahead and trashed the place, so it wasn't livable."

"Aww, okay. I wondered about that."

"Yeah, I'm sorry. I just didn't know who the person was at the time, but I was afraid for your life."

"Okay, thanks for clearing that up.”

“About my mother⁠—"

"They've arrested her and taken her to jail."

"Do you think I can see her?"

"I think they'll want to talk to you about what you know concerning any of this and your sister too, though it appears she might have wanted to help in her own way."

"All right. I'm heading to Dallas then. Janie is coming with me. We'll let you know what's going on with us as soon as we can."

"We're almost home. We’re just waiting for Raymond to pick us up.”

“I’m glad you’re okay.”

Then they ended the call.

Gregory saw the limo drive into the parking area, and Gregory got on his phone and said to Raymond, "We're getting snow cones. What flavor do you want?"

Sascha and Gregory were ready to go home and enjoy being together, but first they enjoyed eating snow cones with Raymond.

She thought the world of Gregory for treating his staff like they were family, just like Red had said.

She hoped Janie and Red could settle in Dallas eventually, share their love with each other, and forget what he'd had to deal with while growing up, but she suspected he would still always think back to the way he was raised. Maybe working for Gregory and seeing how he treated his staff and how she would also, he would come to learn that not everyone was bad.

When they arrived at the house, the press was parked all over the place. They had just missed them when Gregory and Sascha went to the snow-cone place. But since then, the reporters had learned just who they were and probably what this was all about. It wouldn't be just about a case of road rage.

It wouldn't be just a vehicle accident either, but something much more sinister, and they would be all over it.

Gregory squeezed Sascha's hand and kissed her. "If you want to talk to the press, we can do it, but we'll do it later. For now, I want to be with you."

“Same with me with you.”

When Raymond got to the door, Sascha got out of the limo, and Gregory quickly joined her and escorted her inside.

The staff greeted them. The bodyguards looked relieved that they had come home safe and sound. The traffic accident was all over the news, and Raymond had told everyone on the staff that he would pick Gregory and Sascha up and bring them home.

So everyone wanted to see them for themselves and make sure they were okay.