Twenty-Two

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Dorothea's POV

"I just put the entire department on TAC alert." Ricardo says before giving me a smile that I found creepy.

"Garcia's on line one." Spencer says before standing beside me in a protective position. Going on my laptop, I begin to do my schoolwork while trying not to pay attention to this case.

"Brace yourselves. I'm going to teach you the meaning of lust." Penelope says from the other end of the line.

"Did she say lust?" Jason asks.

"I cross-referenced every known fact on the victims, and I just found a website that links both Dennis Cutler and Matthew Jarvis' companies on a list of businesses guilty of L.U.S.T." Penelope tells everyone else.

"I'm missing something." Aaron says.

"I believe it is an acronym, sir." I say, immediately feeling guilty for interrupting them.

"Leaking underground storage tanks. The website belongs to a recently founded San Francisco chapter of the earth defence front." Penelope says.

"The EDF? The eco-terrorist group?" Mommy asks her.

"They aren't eco-terrorists, they're environmental activists." Spencer tells Mommy.

"Dennis Cutler and Matthew Jarvis may disagree with you." Derek says.

"I'm pretty sure some EDF people were sent up for torching an SUV dealership a while back in San Diego." Ricardo tells us before sending me another smile and Spencer glares at him.

"Nobody died in those fires." Jason says.

"Maybe they got lucky." Mommy says before noticing Ricardo's interaction with me.

"No, it is not luck. This group is dedicated to protecting life." Aaron says.

"What, do they wait until no one's home and then light the place up?" Ricardo asks.

"That's exactly what they do." Aaron says.

"Are you telling me that the FBI doesn't have files on organizations like this? Lists and members?" Ricardo asks us.

"Domestic groups like the EDF aren't the bureau's top priority right now." Derek says.

"Besides, they're more of a movement than an organization." Spencer says.

"There's a central ideology, but chapters are independent, they don't pay dues and they don't keep membership lists." Jason adds on.

"What if one of the chapters has broken ranks and has a new belief?" Mommy asked out loud before I leave the room to grab some food and another hot chocolate.

"Ooh! Bear claws!" Ricardo walks over to me and stands in my personal space. His body odour was strong enough to make me want to throw up, but I don't because I don't want to hurt his feelings. Even if he's creepy, he still has feelings and I don't want to hurt them...

"Dorothea, you look so mature for your age." Ricardo tells me.

"Thank you." Ricardo touches my hair and I flinched away from him. Ricardo gets frustrated and begins to grope me. It brings me back to James raping me at Tobias' house and I immediately screamed. Leah runs over to us and removes Ricardo off me before I throw up on the ground.

"Dorothea, he won't get away with this. I won't let that happen." Leah tells me before wiping my mouth with a cloth.

"Thank you Leah."

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Emily's POV

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