This week with Arlene and Jeff:
...Then it dawned on him. If we had waited until tomorrow to contact Mrs. Tanaka, she might well have died, but surely the servants would have called an ambulance for her before that. A frown touched his face as his thoughts continued. That ass should be prosecuted for this, but will she sign a complaint? Shit! That won't work. There won't be any evidence after Ship heals her. That husband of hers is fucking insane. Kei has continued to tell us about his crazy behavior, but I thought she was exaggerating.
As he continued to sit thinking, Jeff realized that Kei's father was going to get away with what he had done. The servants will tell him about the phone call, then about her staggering outside, only to be gone when they checked a few minutes later. He will assume that someone helped her get away, and it won't be long before he thinks of Kei. The ass is bound to know that she's living with us, and practically everyone in Winter Park knows about the "rich man on the mountain with all the women", and he probably knows who Kei has been working for during the last months. Chances are he will claim that his wife has been abducted, and… mention that his daughter works for me, but he will fail to say anything about his having beaten his spouse almost to death. The bastard has money, and with money comes influence. Ten to one, I'm going to have police from Denver coming up here to investigate her disappearance. When they do, she will be in perfect health, so we can't even mention his having beaten her. Plus, if I wring the little fucker's neck, everyone is going to know who did it.
Somehow, we need to quieten this down until the whole thing blows over, then… I'll have a chat with this guy - a chat that will forever change his mind about beating on his wife....
Have a goodun;
Roust