Dreams I'll Never See (Intersex gxgxg)

Chapter 27

The following day, just before lunch, we were surprised with a pair of guests. Joe and Petra showed up, and they were driving my Audi RS and brought 4 pizzas! I know, I'm not a huge hugger, but they both got a hug, a gentle one for Joe. Hell, they got hugs from Willow, Lexie, and Bella too. It wasn't hard to notice that they'd been through a lot, as Joe was limping, and Petra had a small cut bisecting her left eyebrow.

"Damn," I said as I studied them. "I'm beginning to see why you dropped out of sight!"

They both nodded. "Yeah, they planted a little surprise on their computer network, which explains why it was never connected to the internet. Once it got into my laptop, it immediately sent out a signal that identified the location of the PC that had the information," Petra explained.

Joe just snorted. "Luckily, we were expecting that they would somehow find us, we just didn't expect it to be so fast."

"Why didn't you just shut off the laptop?" Bella asked.

Petra shrugged. "I couldn't. Jesse was in the middle of her operation, and I couldn't leave her out to dry. After that we had to make sure that the hospital was defended. They sent half their people here, and half to us."

"Do you know who they were?" I wondered.

"It doesn't matter now," Joe muttered. "We were able to get to our plane, and then to our emergency exit."

"What kind of emergency exit?" I wondered. I didn't think we'd get an answer, but Petra surprised me.

"We took the plane to California, and then got on a yacht. It's been a long ride. They had a pair of boats that chased us, but we had something they didn't expect."

"If you tell me that you have missiles that can take out a ship, then I'll be pretty damned impressed," I told her.

"Nope. We have a submarine." She shot me a grin that had me wondering if she was serious or not, but then I had no reason to doubt her. "Torpedoes work wonders against unsuspecting boats."

"Seriously?"

"Very much so," confirmed Joe.

"Damn, that is so cool!" Bella crowed. "But now you're safe?"

"We're as safe as we can be. We still have to clean a few things up, but there are a lot of people that are running and hiding right now. The complete list of members has been published, and there were a lot of videos that kept members in line that is now in the hands of authorities. You're going to see a lot of political resignations, and a lot of jail time."

"And the girls?" Willow asked. "They're going to be, okay?"

"They are," confirmed Petra. "We may have taken the money from the club and made a fund for them. They're going to get all their medical bills paid, and a good amount of money to start over. I'll make sure that any information on who got them into the club becomes public too. If there was anyone involved like Lexie's brother or Bella's stepmother, then we'll make sure they're prosecuted."

"What should happen to my stepmom?" Bella asked quietly. Personally, I was wondering the same thing. If I was going to hang up my guns, that would be one final job I wouldn't mind taking care of.

"That's up to you. What do you think should happen? We already took all her money, a horrible case of computer fraud that will no doubt make her scream, and then the house was foreclosed upon too. She's also listed in the club database as having provided you to them, so she should be arrested at some point for that, but there is a lot of evidence to get through, so it might take time. Is that enough for you?"

Bella sat quietly as she thought about that. "Yeah, that's enough. No money and some jail seem perfect. The only thing that worries me is that she might trap someone else like she did my father."