Chapter One-Hundred-Eighty-Nine
“You’re supposed to call Sean and give him an update on that Carter kid. You’ve been doing your job, right?” Cole questioned irritably. Max rolled his eyes.
“Yes and I have been doing it a whole lot better without you there judging every fucking move I make too.”
“Yeah well, we’ll see about that. Call Sean.” Max scowled and grabbed up his cell phone. He opened it up and pressed the number one button before placing it to his ear and waiting for his boss to pick up. After a few rings, he heard someone pick up on the other end.
“Hey Max…what do you got for me?” Sean’s voice came through the other end and Max cringed. He knows he did his job right and doesn’t have any doubt in his mind that he will please his boss but Sean’s voice is feared even by the toughest of men.
“Well I’ve found out that the person they were waiting for in the park was a thirteen year old girl. Aaron has known her since they were four years old and they’re now dating.” Max began.
“Ohh…he has a girlfriend…that could come in handy. What else?”
“He is desperate to have some time alone with her,” Max answered. “Earlier today when I was following him and their security guard through Wal-Mart he made an attempt to ditch the security guard and failed miserably.”
“In love and rebellious…sounds like we have another Kori on our hands except male.”
“Mhm.”
“Anything else Max?”
“Him and his twin are in the middle of a huge fight right now. I over heard them arguing in the backyard the other night. She is jealous that he gets all of the attention and she doesn’t approve of his girlfriend.”
“He has a TWIN?!” Sean exclaimed interestedly.
“Female twin yeah. They don’t look alike, so you wouldn’t be able to do the old switching twins trick”
“Still that’s good to know…they still have twin qualities and all…can they read each other’s minds?”
“I don’t know, they haven’t been together enough for me to find out. Like I said they’ve been fighting lately…but at the same time they seem pretty close too.”
“Okay that’s your next assignment then. Find out how close Aaron is with his twin. Can they read each other’s minds? Can they finish each other’s sentences? Do they have twin telepathy where they can speak twin language…find out.”
“Okay I’m on it.”
“Is Cole there with you?”
“Yes,” Max answered begrudgingly. “He’s here.”
“Let me talk to him.”
“Please,” Max heard Trevor speak in the background.
“Please.” Max handed his cell phone over to Cole and Cole placed it to his ear just on time to hear Trevor lecturing Sean in the background.
“I am telling you Sean, being polite will get you a long way with these people.”
“Yeah, yeah…” Sean groaned. “I’m not polite though. I’m ruthless and mean – stop trying to get me to be something I’m not.” Cole chose right then to clear his throat.
“I’m sorry to interrupt the little lovers quarrel you’re having here, but you wanted to talk to me?”
“Yes. I want you to update me on what you’ve done,” Sean answered, ignoring the lover’s quarrel bit. He and Trevor are so used to those kinds of comments they’ve learned to just drown them all out.
“Well I shot the puppy just like you asked me to.”
“Not bad enough to kill her right? I just wanted you to scare them.”
“She’s alive, don’t worry.”
“How did Ashley take it?”
“Not well. She and Kori came running home as soon as they found out. Ashley looked like she could run away any second to protect everybody but obviously they calmed her down.”
“Shit…she won’t leave Nick, I’ve seen how comfortable she is with him…stupid bitch.”
“She might if we keep hurting the people she loves most. I saw the look in her eyes Sean.”
“Yeah well I won’t hold my breath. How is my little girl?” Cole snorted.
“Do you really care?”
“Of course I care. I care about whether or not she is happy and if she is I will have to fix that.”
“I am sure she is very happy at the moment.”
“What is that supposed to mean?”
“That Josh kid bought her a diamond necklace today.”
“HE DID, WHAT?!” Sean’s voice roared over the phone so loudly that Cole had to momentarily pull it away from his ear.
“Bought her a diamond necklace. From the mall when he, his father, Nick and his daughter all went and picked out a promise ring for Ashley.”
“Isn’t that kid six years old? He did not pay for any diamond necklace for my Elenore all on his own.”
“WHAT?? That little brat got a diamond necklace? Why the hell can’t I have one then?” Cole heard Shelly exclaim in the background.
“SHUT up Shelly!” Sean snapped.
“That Backstreet Boy bought it for him to give to her. Brian Littrell…his father.”
“What gives that Backstreet Fag a right to buy my daughter diamonds? She belongs to me not him and certainly not that Kevin guy and if she were with me she’d be kept in her closet where she belongs! No way in hell would she EVER get any diamond!” Cole didn’t answer, as he didn’t know how to respond to that. He knows his boss is fuming right now, he doesn’t have to see it to know it.
“It is one thing for him to be standing in my way of Ashley, but to mess with my family like that…how would he like it if I messed with his?”
“You know…that’s not such a bad idea Sean. Max and I are going crazy up here not being able to hurt anyone…his mom is at home alone right now. What better way is there to punish him then mess with his mother?”
“You’ll get caught. There is no way I am letting you two get caught.”
“But we can’t just sit back and do nothing, Sean! That is not who we’re! We need to make them scared of us! We won’t hurt poor old mommy…just scare her a little bit. We don’t even have to go in the house to do it.”
“How are you going to get inside the gate?”
“Oh please…been there done that,” Cole replied while rolling his eyes. “I was in the backyard earlier watching the kids play. I hid in the bushes and no one ever caught me. I climbed the wall.”
“Going inside that yard and messing with them would be suicide, Cole. What if there is a security guard there and you just don’t know it?”
“At least I am doing something instead of sitting around on my ass like some people I know,” Cole let slip before he could stop himself. He clamped his hand over his mouth not believing he said that and he could already feel the tension. He knows he is in deep shit now. He could feel Max watching him with wide eyes from behind him.
“If you get caught you better hope they arrest your ass,” Sean replied quite calmly but no one could mistaken the dangerous tone in his voice. “Because if not, I will have you killed.”
“You better not do that Sean…before long you won’t be able to get people to do their dirty work for you.”
“I have more power then you think.”
“Then why don’t you use it instead of hiding away in that safe haven of yours huh?”
“Do not go near that house again unless it is to do your job and that is to keep any eye on Nick and Ashley and report back to me. Harm the mother and you will be sorry.” Cole rolled his eyes.
“Some ruthless killer you are,” He replied and with that he hit the off button on Max’s phone and tossed it at him. Max caught it and Cole headed for the door.
“Where are you going?”
“To have some fun.”
“He told you not to harm her.”
“So I won’t harm her,” Cole replied and he walked out of the motel room slamming the door shut behind him.
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Meanwhile, at Sean’s hiding place, Sean hit the off button on his phone and he threw it hard across the room and it landed against the wall with a bang before hitting the floor and Trevor was surprised it didn’t break.
“Some ruthless killer I am, eh? SOME ruthless killer? He has not seen what I can fucking do when you piss me off!” He fumed and he picked up the chair and threw that against the wall as well.
“I’ll fucking show him…” He muttered and he turned and stormed out of the office with Trevor and Shelly following behind him.
“Sean stop! calm down and tell me what you’re doing first!”
“No I will NOT calm down! I am sick and tired of being careful, I want to go out and do something dangerous! I’m going to go and pay Cole a personal visit.”
“That would be suicidal!”
“I am a fucking criminal Trevor, and I was under the impression that you were too! We do not play it safe!”
“You’re not leaving this house angry like this Sean, we all know what you do when you’re like this! You need to at least get yourself together first!”
“All I want to do, is show Cole what happens when one underestimates me.”
“And you will all in due time, but you need to calm down and talk to me. Forget Cole Sean, he’s a stupid ass who doesn’t know when to stop running his mouth.”
“A stupid ass who is about to disobey my orders, I just know it! And I want to be down there to punish him when it happens.”
“Not now. Sit down and talk to me first. What did Max tell you about Aaron?”
~*~*~*~*~*~
Meanwhile back in the Littrell House in Kentucky, Jackie was busy making pies and Laney was sitting at the table with his security TV’s set up and he was staring into them looking mighty bored. Jackie looked up at him after awhile and she laughed a little.
“You look bored, Lan.”
“Well when you sit here waiting for something to happen you kind of get a little sleepy. It almost makes me wish something on the screen would actually move.” Jackie laughed at him once again.
“Why don’t you do something and then you wouldn’t be so bored?”
“Like what?”
“Want to make sugar cookies for me?”
“Okay, that sounds fun,” Laney replied perking up a little.
“All of the ingredients should be over there on that counter. Go ahead and help yourself,” she instructed while indicating toward the counter behind her. Laney looked over there and sure enough there was all of the stuff he would need to make sugar cookies. He got up and headed on over to it all and Jackie continued to concentrate on her pies. She did this for a few moments, and then suddenly spoke up again.
“I will be right back dear. I have some cookie cutters in the upstairs closet – I have some very cute Thanksgiving ones. I think the kids would enjoy that.”
“Why don’t I go up there and get them for you Jackie? You seem to be enjoying yourself over there with those pies and the cookies are my job.”
“No that’s okay. I think I want to slip into my pajama pants, a t-shirt and some slippers. You don’t mind if I wear my pajamas around the house do you? I like wearing my pajamas around the house, especially when I’m baking. It’s a lot more comfortable.”
“I don’t mind at all,” Laney replied while shaking his head, though he looked at Jackie with a nervous glance. “This house is pretty empty though…”
“Oh I’ll be fine…we have a security gate and everything.”
“That didn’t stop Abbie from getting shot, did it?”
“That’s different – she knew they were there and was drawn to them. I’m in the safety of my house.”
“Jackie I don’t…”
“Oh hush. You get those cookies started and I will be right back,” Jackie replied in a final tone and with that she walked out of the kitchen. Laney sighed heavily and he raked his fingers through his hair nervously before going over to the cameras and he stared at the hallway one. At least he would be able to see her before she went into her room. It’s times like this that he wishes they put cameras in their bedrooms. But they all agreed that this would be invasion of privacy and didn’t do it. When Jackie got upstairs she decided she would go to her room and change into her pajamas first. She went down the hall to the bedroom that she shares with Harold and she entered it to find it dark. The only source of light in the room is the moon. Not bothering to turn the light on she went over to her dresser and she opened it up and pulled out a light purple t-shirt and some comfy pajama pants and she walked into her bathroom, turned that light on and began changing. When she finished she turned to her mirror to check out her reflection and for the first time she noticed the writing on the mirror. It is written in one of her red lipsticks and it says ‘TAKE THE DIAMONDS BACK LITTRELL, OR ELSE!’ and it’s been written in such a way that it looks like blood is dripping from the mirror. Jackie froze in her spot as she stared in the mirror and she also for the first time, noticed a dark figure standing in her dark bedroom in the corner between her window and the wall. Jackie screamed a gut wrenching scream and she turned around to look at him, backed up against her counter and she slid down it. It was all she could do, as the sight of the writing on her mirror and the strange man standing in her corner had paralyzed her body.
“LANEY HELP ME!!!! LANEY!!!!!” She shrieked as tears flooded her eyes. The dark figure opened up the window then and he hurriedly climbed out. “LANEY!!!! LANEY!!!! LANEY!!!!” Jackie continued to shriek and a moment later the security guard who had started venturing up the stairs just incase and wasn’t too far came bounding into the room.
“I’m here Jackie, I’m right here! What’s going on?” He asked, and just as soon as he stepped in the doorway to the bathroom his eyes widened at the writing on the mirror. Jackie pointed to the window.
“H-H-E IS GE-T-TING AWAY! OUT THE WINDOW!” Laney turned around and ran straight over to the window and he peered outside just on time to see a man reach the ground and go running toward the gate. Laney turned around and bolted out of the room and he went running down the stairs as fast as he could. When he was down there he threw open the front door and ran outside just on time to see Detective’s Stabler, Tutuola and Benson drive up to the gate in their car and Cole had just reached the ground on the other side of the gate.
“GET HIM STABLER! DON’T LET HIM GET AWAY!” Laney shouted while pointing at Cole who had darted down the street in a hurry. Detective’s Stabler and Tutuola didn’t waste anytime, they jumped out of their car and went running after Cole and Laney opened the gate as Detective Benson stayed behind to find out what’s going on.
“What’s going on?”
“That’s one of Sean’s guys and he just broke into Jackie’s room and scared the living daylights out of her. I HAVE to go see if she’s all right!” Laney explained hurriedly, and he turned around and ran back into the house and Detective Benson was right behind him. When they got into the house, Jackie came flying down the stairs and went running into Laney’s arms and she buried her face in his chest and began sobbing and Laney enveloped her in his safe arms and hugged her tight.
“It’s okay…I’ve got you…I’m here…” he soothed softly in her ear. “I’m not going to let anything happen to you.”
“I want Harold and Brian…” She sniffled. “I want them home. Now.” Laney pulled out his cell phone and he pushed a number on his phone and handed it over to Detective Benson.
“Here Liv, I just called Brian or you.” Detective Benson placed the phone to her ear and waited for Brian to answer. When he did she told him everything that she knew while Laney continued to comfort Jackie.
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