Turmoil | Spruceworth 5.1 (#Wattys2018)

Chapter 35

Chapter 35

Shaw

       "You know, I wish you didn't bring Holden and Jane into this," I told my dad while we were heading to his house after a trip to the hardware store. He didn't tell me what he needed all the ropes, gloves, duct tape, and spray paint, and I didn't have a good feeling about it.

       "Oh, come on," Dad said. "The more the merrier. It will be easier getting revenge on Roman with four of us and not two."

       "And if Roman finds out about it, that will make Holden and Jane a bigger target," I said. "I didn't want them to get dragged further into this mess. You and I can handle them. I don't think Holden and Jane can't."

       "Then we have to make sure he doesn't find out," Dad said as he reached his house. "And it should be easy with all of these supplies."

       I furrowed my eyebrows as we walked into his house. "What exactly did you want all of these for?"

       "You know the best kind of revenge?" Dad asked, closing the door behind me. "The one where they get to taste their own medicine."

       I felt a lot more confused, but it didn't take me long to realize exactly what Dad wanted to do. "No. Oh, no no no."

       "Oh, yes," Dad said with a smirk.

       "We're not going to kidnap Roman, Dad," I said. "That's not going to play out well. If anything, the police will believe him and we'll get arrested for it."

       "Well, I don't see you coming up with any ideas," Dad said.

       "I just want us to expose him for the liar and threatening person he is," I said. "I don't care how we do it as long as it's not illegal because it's obvious the police have a liking towards him."

       "It's only illegal if we got caught," Dad said.

       "Okay, I think I made the wrong choice going to you for help," I said. "I can't avoid to go to jail. I have three kids I have to help take care of. I have a husband who just recently got out of surgery and has damage to his brain. They all need me in their lives, so we have to play things by the rules."

       "Fine, but we'll only have a smaller chance of taking him down if we have to be all goody-goody and play by the rules," Dad said. "But I'm still going to make sure these supplies get put to good use. So don't get mad if I just so happen to, let's say, bend the rules."

       "You're unbelievable," I said, right as there was a knock on the front door and since Dad and I were still standing by it, I opened it. Jane and Holden were there, so I let them into the house before closing the door behind them.

       "Did you find anything out about Roman?" Dad asked.

       "Oh, definitely," Jane said. "We even found out exactly why he's been getting these free passes from kidnapping Holden and Marcy, threatening me, and getting into a fight with Shaw."

       "This I would like to hear," I said.

       "I'm not sure you do," Holden said.

       "Why?" I asked.

       "So Jane and I walked all around the village, seeing if we could find him to follow him around," Holden said. "We finally found him in The Gold Mine. On a date. With none other than Viola."

       "I'm sorry, can you repeat that?" I asked, feeling my blood start to boil. "My sister is on a date with the man who's trying to ruin my life?"