Avenging Laura (Special Forces: Operation Alpha)

Chapter 39

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE

Highlander spent the week doing normal things. He went to work, came home to Laura. Fixed dinner with her. Spent a few hours each night video chatting with the kids and Laura and then the rest of the night reacquainting himself with his wife’s body.

They couldn’t get enough of each other. They spent the time they weren’t actively fucking, talking. They talked about new dreams, new goals, and their days at work. It was like being newlyweds again.

If they didn’t cook at home, they went out. They picked up the kids a few times, taking them out to dinner before taking them back to Jeannette’s and then going home.

So far, no one has seen anything of Cyrus or Kathy. Come Thursday, they were accepting the fact that they would have to use Winters in Cody’s game. Highlander and Laura were waiting until the last minute to explain everything to Cody in hopes one or the other would show their face.

Thursday afternoon, they had their wish. Kathy was spotted in downtown San Diego having a late lunch with an old friend that Dominick and Laura knew was not one of the good guys. They had a strong suspicion for a while that this person was a part of their father’s world when it came to the human trafficking side of it. Now, they were pretty sure of it.

The call was made to have Bravo Squad go in and make the arrest. They were told the charges were kidnapping, aiding and abetting known felons, and aiding and abetting in human trafficking. As expected, the two parties screamed, ranted, and made threats that only had the arresting officers laughing as they made the arrests and escorted Kathy and her lunch partner out of the building.

When they had arrived back at the HQ, Laura and Highlander were waiting along with Dominick and Jeannette. The kids had been moved to HQ once word had gotten back to them that there was a ploy to have Jeannette’s home raided and the kids kidnapped, and Jeannette taken out.

Protection had also been put on Jeannette’s other two children when it got back that Kathy was looking to hire a hitman to take them out so she could rightfully claim her inheritance without them having any way to fight it. She was planning to take out the entire family all together.

“They are both here. What do you want us to do with them?” Phoenix Duong asked as she and Savannah “Peaches” Whalers walked into the room the team was assembled at.

“Put the friend in holding. Put Kathy in interrogation. Red, are you sure you’re up for this?”

“Yes. Dominick and Shane are going in with me. We both feel it’s time to confront her. We’re missing something and until we figure out what we’re missing, we’re never going to find David, Maria, Cyrus, or any of the others my stepfather spawned.” Laura looked toward the door as the two mentioned walked in, both looking ready for battle.

“I’ll be watching from the other side with the others. You need a break, take one,” Captain Irby ordered Laura.

“Got it!”

Laura looked over at her brother and sister and nodded. She studied Shane for a few moments.

“You know you don’t have to do this. You can watch with the others,” Laura offered, giving her a way out.

“No. She may know what happened with my mother….” Shane stopped and looked between Laura and Dominick. “Laura, when you were in the hospital and the bloodwork came back, it said you and I were a familiar match…”

“David isn’t my father…”Laura trailed off as a thought hit her.

Laura gasped and whirled around to see the woman sitting in the room glaring at the glass. She turned to look at Dominick who looked between the two just as confused.

“Holy shit! It’s making sense now,” Dominick said quietly. “All those times Mom seemed to have gained weight then would disappear for a couple of days and then come back suddenly smaller. She said she went to a fat farm.”

“What if she was getting knocked up, then having the kids and selling them to the highest bidder. Like she did Shane.” Laura looked between Dominick and Shane.

“Would make sense. Let’s go deal with her,” Dominick growled now that the theory they had suggested made more sense.

All three bodies walked into the interrogation room, dark expressions on their faces as they filed in, one by one. Dominick and Shane stood in the back behind Laura, who sat in the chair facing Kathy, showing a united front.

“What is the meaning of this? I will have all of your badges. I don’t give a shit if I gave birth to you ungrateful wastes of spaces,” Kathy spewed her hate at Laura.

“Actually, incubator, you gave birth to all three of us. I’m curious how many others you incubated. We know David fucked around with other women while married to you. I learned coming out of a coma that you fucked General McCoy while married to David and had me. Curious though, why did you give Shane and the others up, you know the ones you gave birth to but told me and Dominick you were at a fat farm, yet you kept me? Dominick, I can understand. He was David’s and the one that David hoped would join his empire. But you kept me. Why?”

“You will address me with respect. I am your mother…” Kathy smacked her hand down on the table.

“Nah. A mother cherishes her child. Loves her child. Protects her children. You did none of those. You were the incubator that carried me then gave birth to me. You allowed David and the others to treat me horribly. You’re no mother. I will not treat you as one,” Laura fired back, glaring at Kathy. “Now, answer the question. Why did you do what you did? Why keep me?”