Chapter 13

Barrett woke up at 2 am, exercised, showered, dressed, and checked his stocks and the market. Cummins Energy dropped to $83.90 per share. Hardin Pharmaceuticals went up to $27.33 a share, and he purchased another 500 shares, giving him 2000. Gold was up, so he was happy. Then Barrett checked the partner’s computers at Excelsior Investments. It was the brokerage where Cheryl’s husband, Ben, worked.

Excelsior Investments had three partners: Harlan Tate, Knox Corcoran, and Dean Paul. They all belonged to the “High Flyers Club,” a member-only website. Barrett decided to check it out later using his hacking computer. Then he checked their photos and saw they were active sexually outside their marriages. Then Barrett checked their emails and saw the partners had wagers on how many of their employees’ wives they could take to bed. If they scored, pictures were needed for verification.

Barrett shut off the computer and went to breakfast, wondering if he should let their wives know. They were playing a sick game that needed to be stopped. Barrett stepped outside and returned to get his new down jacket. The cold front hit, and it was cold and windy but not cold enough for long underwear yet. After his morning dog training appointment, he went to Laura’s house.

Walking to the alley behind Laura’s house, he saw a man in a car watching Laura’s house. Barrett maneuvered behind the car, then walked up to the driver’s open window and knocked him out. Then Barrett got in the back seat, pulled the man into the back with him, and worked him over, adding several punches to his balls. Barrett took his wallet and laptop, exited the vehicle, and entered the alley behind Laura’s house.

After hiding the laptop behind Laura’s house, he went to the kitchen door. Laura was happy to see him, pulled Barrett inside, closed the door, and French kissed him. Then she pulled down his pants, engulfed his cock, and started sucking hard and fast. Laura wanted her reward, and Barrett didn’t disappoint her cumming fast and hard. He blacked out for a few seconds, falling against the kitchen counter.

When he recovered, Barrett pulled up his pants and looked at Laura. She was in a daze, and her face was covered in his cum, but it was absorbing into her skin. Barrett helped Laura when she recovered and told her about the man watching her house. Laura wanted to go outside and confront the man, but Barrett told her he’d already taken care of him.

While Barrett played with Rocky, Laura’s dog, he warned Laura not to say anything to Kevin. The PI will be pissed getting the shit kicked out of him and visiting Kevin to pay him back. Laura laughed, hugged, and kissed Barrett, thanking him for caring for her problem. Barrett left the same way he had entered, picked up the laptop, and returned home. After putting the laptop and wallet into his closet, he went to the kitchen.

During lunch, Nana said it was supposed to start snowing early this afternoon. So if it’s snowing when you finish swimming, call me for a ride home. Barrett took off for the YMCA when he finished lunch and did his swimming workout. When he finished dressing, the YMCA announced they were closing due to the weather. They asked everyone to exit the facility within thirty minutes.

Barrett saw it was snowing and called Nana to pick him up. While he was waiting, Natalia and Cheryl came out of aerobics class and were talking to two other young women. He snuck up behind them, spanked their asses, and said nice firm glutes. Cheryl squealed. Natalia laughed, and the two other young women looked confused. Barrett said Natalia and Cheryl were his aunts, so he had spanking rights, and everyone laughed.

Then Barrett lowered his voice and told the two young women he was their boy toy, but saying they were his aunts sounded better, and everyone laughed again. Natalia said you don’t believe Barrett. He makes up stories, and Barrett, ok, Auntie Natalia. Tell them about the gift your nephew gave his Aunties yesterday. Before she could answer, Barrett said my rides here. See you later, Aunties, and left them laughing.

It was snowing hard when they arrived home, and Barrett said he’d test the generator, and Nana said it was a good idea. She also asked him to bring in wood for the fireplace. When Barrett finished filling the wood rack next to the fireplace, Nana turned on the TV to get an updated weather report. The newscaster said 12” to 24” of snow was expected, and some areas could get more. They warned everyone not to travel unless it was an emergency and to expect power outages.

Nana said she wondered how the Whitlocks were doing and asked me to call. Bob answered and asked if we had power because theirs was out. Barrett said yes for now, but we have a generator if it goes out. Nana said they could stay with us until the storm passes. Bob said thanks for the offer, but he barely made it home. There was no way to get to your house.

Barrett told Bob to pack their bags, and we’ll drive the Hummer to your house and pick you up. Bob said thanks, and they would be ready to go when they arrived and hung up. Nana said she wasn’t driving the Hummer in this weather. Barrett said you don’t worry, he’d drive, and she can ride shotgun. Nana said, but you don’t have a driver’s license, and Barrett said, don’t worry. The police are too busy to bother us, and if they do, he’ll show them his diplomatic passport and confuse them.

Barrett and Nana made it to the Whitlocks and loaded their luggage in the back of the Hummer. Barrett asked Bob if he wanted to drive, and he declined, but he offered to ride a shotgun if there was any trouble. They had to stop twice and use the wench to move trees but finally made it home. Patty asked Barrett where he learned to drive, and he said he steals cars late at night. That way, if he made a mistake and crashed, he left it, and everyone laughed.

When the Hummer was unloaded and everyone was inside the house, Barrett offered to have his big sister sleep with him, and everyone laughed. Once everyone was settled in their rooms, they gathered in the den and watched the news. The newscaster said all schools and government offices are closed tomorrow. They predicted the storm would pass through the area by late tomorrow afternoon. Temperatures are expected to rise, but not in time to melt the snow for the Wednesday commute. Nana turned off the TV, and everyone said goodnight and went to bed.

In the middle of the night, Barrett had a strange dream and was in a palace, judging by the furniture and decor. Several dozen people were mingling, and a raised platform was at one end of the room with three golden-colored chairs with high backs. Then, everyone got quiet as a man and woman walked on the platform and sat in the chairs. Then, a young boy entered and sat next to the man.

The man, probably King, said the court is now in session, and those who need to be heard speak. The language spoken wasn’t English and was not one of the languages Barrett had learned. But for some reason, he understood what was said. A man walked to the front and said he would like to challenge the boy for the right to be the next King per the rules and traditions of the Romanian Empire.

The King said nothing for a few minutes, and the crowd was dead silent. A challenge to the crown had been made, and everyone awaited the King’s response. Finally, he rose from his chair and addressed the man. Barrett noticed the King wearing a necklace and bracelet similar to what he bought from Mrs. Angel and wondered if they were the same ones he wore or were duplicates.

The King looked at the man and said you come into my house and insult my family and me. Then you don’t know the rules and traditions of the Romanian Empire. The King said he was King, not his son, so you’re challenging me, and I accept your challenge. The King’s eyes turned red, and the man stood frozen, and not even his eyes moved. The King stepped off the platform, pulled out a knife, slit the man’s throat, and returned to his chair. There was no blood immediately, then it started gushing out, and he fell to the ground dead, and my dream ended.

Early the next morning, Barrett woke up and did his forms, tai chi, showered, dressed, and checked his stocks and the market. The New York Stock Exchange closed early yesterday and today due to the storm. So Barrett got out the PI’s laptop and wallet to learn more about him. His name was Owen Butler, and he wasn’t very smart. Owen had a small address book in his wallet with his computer access code, atm code, bank account login, and password.

It also had all the login and passwords for the internet sites he used for his PI work, which will be useful. Owen didn’t have any photos of Laura, so yesterday’s visit must have been a scouting or preliminary visit. However, he had pictures of Kevin, so Owen researched the client and the target. Owen had taken photos of Kevin going to The Dungeon. It was the same place Cheryl’s husband, Ben, visited, and Barrett needed to know more about Laura’s husband and where he works.

Then Barrett thought their house guests would want to use the internet, so he set up a guest login for them, shut off his computer, and went to the kitchen. During breakfast, Patty asked Barrett for the WiFi password so she could do some work. Bob and Kimberly also wanted it, so he assigned them the guest’s password. Then Barrett lowered his voice, looked at Patty, and addressed her.

He said young lady, the bandwidth will be stressed, so stay off the porn sites. We know you have urges, but save those for when you’re at the university or home, and everyone laughed, including Patty. After breakfast, Barrett went outside with Zeus and Hera. While they played in the snow, Barrett cleared a path to the garage. Then he shoveled the drifted snow away from the overhead garage doors.

By lunchtime, it had stopped snowing, and the power had returned. Patty wanted to return to their house. Barrett said Young lady, your addiction is worse than he thought and offered his therapy services. Everyone laughed, and Barrett drove them home in the Hummer after lunch. On the way home, Nana said she understood why he wanted the Hummer now.

Barrett said it’s good for severe weather and going camping. But it’s too big for an everyday vehicle, and Nana agreed. When they got home, Barrett did his homework for his online classes. After he finished, Barrett remembered his dark web purchase and snuck out to check and see if it had been delivered. He was surprised it had and was wrapped in clear plastic. Barrett opened the box in the alley, took out the items he had purchased, and put the box and packing in the trash.

Returning home, he passed Mrs. Angel’s house, which had a for sale sign out front. That reminded him of his dream and what happened to the man with the knife in the park. Barrett determined that emotions triggered the freezing effect. The king was pissed at his subject challenging his son. He was pissed at the man with a knife trying to rob him. Then Barrett wondered what other special gifts the King had at his disposal.

Returning to his room, Barrett put the audio/video detector and white noise box in the closet and read the books on setting up foreign bank accounts. When he finished, Barrett opened a bank account in the Cayman Islands at the same bank as Senator George Sapp. Then he moved everything but 25k from Senator Sapp’s account to his new account. Barrett wanted to keep Senator Sapp’s account open to see if he received regular deposits.

Barrett woke up early Wednesday morning, and after his exercises, he showered, dressed, and turned on his computer. The New York Stock was reopening today. So he checked the YMCA website, and they were opening at noon. Then Barrett had an idea and hooked up his hacking laptop. Using a neighbor’s Wifi signal, he logged in to Ben’s computer at Excelsior Investments.

Then, Barrett installed a backdoor on their mainframe and checked the partners’ computers. He had a hunch that the brokerage partners had foreign bank accounts and wanted to verify them. Barrett was right, and they did, so he decided to screw with them. First, he changed their logins and passwords. Then, he transferred everything but 25k from their accounts to Senator George Sapp’s account in the Cayman Islands.

Barrett wanted to keep them occupied for a while, so he copied the photos of their conquests onto a USB stick. He’d send them to their wives by USPS next-day mail tomorrow and wait for the fireworks. The last thing he did was get their home addresses from the accounting department, and then Barrett shut off his hacking laptop. Then Barrett went to the kitchen for Breakfast.

Nana said the news reported that the main roads are open, and the snow is melting. With the warmer temperatures, the snow should be gone by the end of the week. Barrett asked Nana to give him a ride to the dojo to see if there was a new notice on the door. It’s been over two weeks, and there has been no word from Sensi Huratoi. Nana agreed to take him to the dojo and drop him off at the YMCA afterward. Then Barrett called Sonya Vargus to cancel their dog training session and left a message because she didn’t answer.

After lunch, they drove to the dojo, and the same notice was on the door, but all the envelopes were gone. On the way to the Y, Barrett said something serious must have happened, and Nana agreed. Barrett did his extended swimming workout and noticed hardly anyone at the Y today. Even the aerobics class had a notice that said classes would resume on Thursday.

Barrett ordered Uber instead of asking Nana to pick him up. The estimated time was thirty minutes, so he checked on his Tahoe in the metal building. It was fine, and he took pictures of the VIN, the engine stickers under the hood, and the door. That should be enough to order a turbocharger for the Tahoe. Returning to the Y, Barrett called the auto supply store and asked where to buy a turbocharger for a 2001 Tahoe.

The auto parts clerk laughed and said he was supposed to tell him here. But he gave Barrett a phone number for Advanced Racing, and Barrett thanked him. Uber picked up Barrett, and he called Advanced Racing. He laughed when they quoted him a price of around 10k and thanked them for their time. There was no way Barrett was investing 10k in a vehicle he didn’t own.

Senator George Sapp wasn’t happy being snowed in with his wife for two days. The senate let out early Monday and would resume on Thursday. Pamula was his second wife, and they had married for ten years. Pamula used to be his office manager and was fifteen years younger than him. George was a fool to marry Pamula, but his dick convinced him because she was a beauty and kept him satisfied.