Chapter 15

Barrett woke up on Thursday at 2 am and did his forms and tai chi. Then, he took Zeus and Hera to the park, and they practiced the ghost walk on the way. Upon arriving at the park, Barrett did the special exercises Sensi had given him. When he finished, they stopped at their special spot to get energized until he felt lightheaded and headed home. While taking a shower, Barrett noticed his medallion neckless and bracelet were visible under his skin again.

While getting dressed, he figured it had something to do with getting energized and wondered if they were visible after he came, too. Then Barrett checked his stocks and the market. First, he checked USBC Electronics, and the stock was up by $18.25 per share. Barrett felt it would take off, so he bought another 2500 shares. That gave him 7000 shares, and he’d watch it closely.

Cummins Energy was unchanged at $79,60 per share. Hardin Pharmaceuticals went up to $40.90. Lock Technology was up to $32.55 a share, and Gold was up, so he was happy. However, Nvidia was unchanged at $929 a share, and he wondered what the share price would be when the stock was split 10 to 1. His 1000 shares would increase to 10,000, but it would be worth less per share and more as an overall investment.

Then Barrett read the two books on encryption he got from the dark web. The second book had notes and a CD in the back. It looked like the author’s first draft with all the notations on the pages. Barrett would have to check out the CD when he had more time and ordered his Uber ride to the Department of State. Then he went to the kitchen for breakfast. Nana asked when Barrett was delivering the briefcase, and he said it was this morning.

Arriving at Bob’s office, Barrett said Super Secret Agent Triple Zero was reporting as requested, and they laughed. Barrett gave Bob the briefcase and said that was a fun long assed trip. Bob said it was worth it to seal their intelligence leak, and by the way, the president sends his thanks. Barrett asked what happened to the ambassador, and Bob said he was being interrogated as we speak.

The president was happy you discovered it so we could keep it in-house. The president appointed the ambassador, which would hurt him and our relations with China if we got out. Then Bob dropped the atom bomb and said, according to their intel, Qiang Hiratoi, your Sensi’s full name, was killed last night. Barrett said he sensed something bad would happen when the steamer trunk arrived with the letter. Bob said there is unrest in China, and various groups are fighting to control the black market.

Barrett asked Bob how Kimberly was doing getting her mom to tell her about the female erogenous zones. Bob laughed and said Barrett knew how to make Patty feel uncomfortable. He said Kimberly asked her mom why she kept it a secret. Barrett said he was happy to encourage Kimberly to seek higher education, and they laughed and said goodbye.

Arriving home, Barrett ate an early lunch and then left to meet the realtor about the commercial building. He stopped by his garage and drove the Tahoe to the appointment to give a better impression. The realtor and owner, Grady Barkley, awaited Barrett when he arrived. While they toured the building, Barrett read Grady’s mind, and he was desperate to lease or sell the building. It had been vacant for almost two years, and Grandy’s recent divorce left him broke and unable to pay the property taxes this month.

Barrett asked after touring the building what the lease terms were. When Grady told him, he laughed and said thanks, but that’s way out of the ballpark. They wanted to purchase a property anyway, so he thanked Grady for showing it. Grady panicked, said he would sell it, and the bargaining session began. Barrett agreed to pay 85k by bank transfer upon seeing a clear title and having a bill of sale notarized.

They agreed to meet at the UPS Store at 3 pm to complete the sale. After returning the Tahoe to the garage, Barrett went home, hooked up his hacking laptop, and transferred 90k into Senator George Sapp’s Cayman Islands bank account. Then Barrett looked up the property taxes on the building and saw Grady owed $1,850 for this year’s taxes.

Barrett pulled up a property sale agreement online and printed two copies after altering a few things. Then Barrett took Zeus and Hera to his garage, and they drove the Tahoe to the UPS store. Grady was waiting and asked why Barrett had brought the dogs. Barrett laughed and said they are my insurance if you try to rip me off. They completed the sale, and Barrett got the building keys, the signed title, and the notarized property sale agreement.

Then Barrett drove the Tahoe to his new dojo, giving Zeus and Hera a tour. The building was open except for an office, bathroom, and shower. It was a warehouse, and besides the front door, it had an overhead door in the rear. After locking it up, they returned the Tahoe to the garage and walked home. Upon arriving home, Barrett paid the property taxes online using Senator Sapp’s bank account.

Then, he changed the utilities into Senator Sapp’s name and paid the deposit with his bank account. Now Barrett had a secret dojo with nothing in his name except the property sale agreement. Grady Barkley would know he left the property taxes in his name because he changed the billing address to the warehouse address. Now, Barrett needed to finish the inside of the warehouse to be able to train.

Excelsior Investments’ three partners, Harlan Tate, Knox Corcoran, and Dean Paul, were having a bad evening. Their wives, the three R’s, Rachel Tate, Regina Corcoran, and Riley Paul, had their husbands tied nude to their beds at home. Their wives promised them they would get to climax monthly, calling it their mercy releases. Little did they know it was a milking session with a vibrator, and they would be tied to the bed. The three R’s told them about their sexual adventures while using the vibrator on their cocks and balls. Poor Harlan, Knox, and Dean didn’t stand a chance and came to their wife’s laughter within a few minutes.

To make matters worse, they couldn’t access their Cayman Island bank accounts. Their logins and passwords didn’t work, and they thought about asking their wives about it. But then Dean said what if they didn’t know, and we tell them about the accounts. They would be in more trouble for hiding funds, so they decided to start new accounts and hope for the best.

Senator George Sapp wasn’t doing any better than the Excelsior partners. Half of his senate staff quit and left for other jobs. The ones who stayed were looking for new employment, too. He hated going to his office because there was nothing to do. All he could do was vote when a bill came to the floor. No one would talk to him, and even his staff treated him like shit.

Then, his wife Pam moved to their ranch in Montana, which will undoubtedly be hers after the divorce. She was spending money like a drunken sailor on shore leave. Her blood-sucking attorney, Lance Darling, sent George a copy of their demands that were being filed with the court. His bitch wife Pam wanted 60% of their assets and alimony for five years. That didn’t factor in his senate retirement, which Pam wanted half of.

Calvin Wagner wasn’t having a good time either. When he left the hospital, Cavin drove by his house and saw a sign for sale in the front yard. His wife Holly had moved, and the house was empty. Everything was gone from the house and garage, including his safe. When Calvin called the realtor, she said sorry, the house was sold the day it went onto the market.

Calvin asked the realtor how he could contact the previous owner. The realtor told Calvin the sale was handled by an attorney and gave him the attorney’s name and phone number. Calvin was cussing up a storm because the attorney was Holly’s divorce attorney. But Calvin had more important things to worry about. Antonio DeMarco’s monthly visit to Eastland Property Management and Loan was tomorrow to review their books. He’d be dead if the books weren’t right, and Holly wouldn’t need a divorce.

So Calvin went to his office to spend all night balancing the books. Little did Calvin know that Antonio DeMarco had already suspected Calvin was skimming money from his company. Calvin’s secretary, whom he was having an affair with, was put there by Mr. DeMarco. She found Calvin’s second set of books while he was in the hospital. The meeting tomorrow wasn’t to review the books but to cancel Calvin’s employment permanently.

Waking up early, Barrett did his exercises, then showered and dressed and read the last book he bought on the dark web. It was how to program a deadman switch for your computer. Then Barrett briefly checked his stocks, and they were doing well, so he decided to program deadman switches for his computers. The first one he did was for his hacking laptop. Then he did his regular laptop and finally his desktop computer.

After breakfast, Barrett went to his work garage and installed the updated transmission and drive shaft in his Silverado. When he finished, Barrett ordered an engine hoist from the auto supply store and paid for delivery. They will deliver it this afternoon before 5 pm so he can install the motor on Saturday. The motor would take some time because he was sure the engine mounts would need to be changed.

Then Barrett went inside, cleaned up, and looked online for items he needed for his dojo. He ordered a rubber mat for the floor that was 40’ x 40’. It came in rolls 4’ wide and 8’ long with interlocking sections. Barrett also ordered the special glue they recommended to apply under the interlocking sections and paid for shipping. Then, he looked for a local gym supply house where he could purchase the items wholesale. It was lunchtime, so he shut off the computer and went to the kitchen.

While eating lunch, Barnett asked Nana if his dance lessons would resume next week. Nana said yes. She called and notified them we were back early, and he groaned, causing laughter among Rosa and Nana. After lunch, Barrett went to the YMCA and did his extended swimming workout. When he finished, Barrett went to the Y’s manager’s office and asked if he knew of a local boxing or martial arts supply store.

He told Barrett Extreme Sports Warehouse and gave him directions. Barrett thanked him and took the Tahoe to Extreme Sports. They were a wholesale operation not set up for walk-in customers but were happy to help a cash-paying customer. Barrett ordered $3,200 of exercise equipment for will-call pickup on Monday and picked up one of their catalogs. After dropping off the Tahoe at the garage, he walked home.

The engine hoist was by the garage, so Barrett moved it inside. Then, he had a premonition that the house was being watched. So Barrett hopped several fences and worked his way behind the SUV with two men inside. He read their minds, and they worked for DeMarco. They had gotten Barrett’s name from the police report on Calvin Wagner’s arrest. Barrett checked the time; it was early enough to do something now.

So he hopped in the back seat and knocked both men out before they knew what was happening. Barrett pulled both men into the back seat and ensured they wouldn’t wake with several punches to their jaws. Then, he drove the SUV behind the bar next to the metal building with his garage. After taking their phones, wallets, and guns, Barrett threw them in the dumpster.

Returning to the SUV, Barrett found a laptop and a duffle bag. He put everything into the duffle bag, wiped down the SUV, and returned home with the duffle bag after throwing their phones in a storm drain. Entering the backdoor to his room, Barrett put the duffle bag into the safe after taking out the laptop. Then he opened the laptop and was surprised the screen woke up from sleep mode, and he didn’t need to hack it. Barrett quickly changed the login code, turned off the GPS locator, shut off the laptop, and went to dinner.

Antonio DeMarco just returned to his estate from Eastland Property Management and Loan. Calvin wasn’t there, and he was pissed. His men were searching for Calvin, and Antonio asked Dante, his right-hand man, where Enzo and Aurelio were. Dante said they were two hours late and not answering their phones. Antonio said shit, they’re carrying the monthly receipts, and we’re in deep shit without them. He said to pull the men off Calvin and search for Enzo and Aurelio.

Calvin worked all night on the books and had them finished. As a precaution, Calvin went outside, burned the real ledger, returned to the office, and passed out. When he awoke, he was dizzy and felt he might have had a stroke, so he went to the hospital emergency room. They admitted him right away after determining he had a blood clot from his surgery. But it was too late, and Calvin died early the next morning.

FBI Special Agent Alison finally had the surveillance proof that showed Antonio DeMarco entering Eastland Property Management and Loan. DeMarco stayed there for three hours, and Alison took her findings to her supervisor, Rusty Bragg. Rusty said, let’s get a warrant and raid Eastland Property Management and Loan Monday morning. It was late, but Alison filled out the warrant paperwork and sent it electronically to Federal Judge Catherine Masters, who was hearing the DeMarco case.

Waking up early the next morning, Barrett did his exercises. Then he took Zeus and Hera to the park and practiced their ghost walk on the way. Arriving at the park, Barrett did Sensi’s special exercises and then went to their special spot and was energized. When he felt lightheaded, they returned home, and he showered, dressed, and then checked his stocks and the market.

USBC Electronics and the stock was up by $20.15 per share. Barrett felt it would take off, so he bought another 500 shares. That gave him 7500 shares, and he’d watch it closely. The purchase of Cummins Energy was completed with Northeastern Energy. So he now had 1000 of Northeastern Energy. Hardin Pharmaceuticals went up to $42.10. Lock Technology was up to $33.25 a share, Nvidia was up at $937 a share, and Gold was up, so he was happy.

Barrett decided to check out the shoe boxes in the safe and duffle bag he found in the SUV. It didn’t surprise him that the shoe boxes were filled with cash, but the cash in the duffle bag did. Barrett didn’t notice it because it was in a cardboard box, and he knew DeMarco would be pissed losing it. He put the box of cash in the safe, along with the guns, wallets, and laptop. He folded the duffle bag and put it on a shelf for future use.