Chapter 21

Waking up early, Barrett, Zeus, and Hera practiced their ghost walk to the warehouse. Barrett did his exercises, martial arts workout, and then Sensi’s special exercises. When he finished, they went to the park and stopped at their special spot to energize. They heard a scream from the picnic bench area leaving the park and checked it out. Upon arrival, they saw four boys standing around an unconscious girl on a picnic bench.

One said damit, Jack, why did you have to hit her so hard. Jack said oh shut up, Billy, the bitch was kicking and screaming. We didn’t need any more attention after last time, so hold her arms and legs so we screw the bitch. Jack dropped his pants and got between the girl’s legs when Barrett kicked Jack in the balls. Zeus and Hera attacked two of the boys while Barrett knocked out Billy.

Then Barrett called off Zeus and Hera and went to each boy, kicking them hard in the balls twice and once in the jaw to ensure they didn’t wake up anytime soon. The girl was starting to wake up, so they quickly left, not wanting to get involved. Naomi Mariota woke up and saw Jack, Billy, Dave, and Mark all knocked out on the ground. Jack had his pants down and was bleeding from his crotch.

Namoi decided to get the hell out of there before all hell broke loose. Jack Higgins’ dad was a powerful State Court Judge, and she knew it would be her fault if they found her there. While leaving the park, Namoi saw a tall boy and two dogs, and she wondered if they had helped her. Now she had to explain her black eye to her mom, and she will be pissed. Namoi’s mom was US Congresswomen Jaclyn Mariota, and Namoi knew her ass would be grounded for a month.

Arriving home, Barrett took a shower and then checked his cloud account. Eric Berkowitz’s computer files were there, along with his assistant Michelle’s. While searching Eric’s files, Barrett saw he had a Cayman Islands Bank account and two US bank accounts. After checking the bank balances, Barrett knew Eric was doing more than selling servers. He changed Eric’s login and password to his Cayman Islands Bank account and then logged off the site.

Next, he checked Eric’s emails and found an abnormal number from Mexico and South America. That confirmed his belief Eric was involved in the drug trade. He was either transporting drugs or laundering money and possibly both. With Eric’s extensive travel, he could use TSA Pre-check and know how to avoid detection. Barrett decided to ruin Eric’s year and logged into his Cayman Islands account. He transferred everything but 25k to Senator Sapp’s account and then logged off the site.

After breakfast, Barrett, Zeus, and Hera took the Silverado to search for yard sales. They found three in an old section of town. The first one had an old Indian motorcycle that had seen better days. The tires were rotted and flat, and the motorcycle had rust everywhere. Hopefully, the tank and fenders could be saved because they had the original decals. The older man sold him the rust bucket for $100, and Barrett got the signed title.

The next yard sale had most antiques and furniture. But a small chest caught his eye, and he asked the old lady what she wanted. She said $100, and there was no key for the keepsake box, as she called. Barrett almost walked away but paid the old lady and left. The third yard sale had a lot of tools, and he bought two air guns with sockets, two air hoses, and a three-way splitter for his compressor for $150.

They returned home, and he unloaded the truck, took the keepsake box to his room, and put it on his dresser. The marking on the box looked familiar, but he liked the wood and its overall appearance. He needs his lock pick set and open it to see what the inside looks like and would leave it unlocked. Barrett rubbed the top of the box with his hand and felt warm inside.

After lunch, Barrett did his homework for his online classes. When he finished, Barrett read the next martial arts training book by Sensi Huratoi’s Ancestors. They described how to make weapons, from throwing knives to blowing darts. Throwing knives and stars and stick pins interested him the most. At the end of the book were formulas to use on the blow darts and stick pins. Sleeping and paralyzing formulas were something he wanted to try.

After breakfast, Barrett drove the Silverado Sunday morning to Tanya Darling’s house with Zeus and Hera. Tanya greeted them at the front door with Cody, her male Gordon Setter. Cody got familiar with Zeus and Hera, while Barrett explained to Tanya that they helped him with the advanced training. Barrett told her to watch and gave the dogs the search command. Zeus and Hera took off, and Cody followed them. He told Tanya they would bark if they found someone or something that smelled different.

They heard the dogs barking, and Barrett and Tanya went to see what they found. The dogs were in Eric’s closet. They were in front of a storage hutch with folded clothes on the shelves. Barrett told the dogs to relax, then felt around the hutch and found a button. When he pushed the button, one side of the hutch moved away from the wall. Tayna was shocked when Barrett pulled the hutch away from the wall, and there was a safe.

Barrett pushed the hutch back against the wall, and they headed to the garage. Tayna said Eric has been keeping a lot of secrets from me. Barrett told her that wasn’t a good sign and there was a good chance he was doing something illegal. She agreed, and they spent the next two hours going through boxes in the garage. When they were done, everything was organized, and the boxes were ready to be picked up for recycling.

Tayna asked Barrett if he saw anything he wanted, and he pointed to a black cabinet with six servers inside. It had a glass door and wheels on the bottom, and Barrett offered to pay for it. Tayna refused, and French kissed him, then dropped to her knees while pulling down his pants. She wasted no time sucking on his cock like a woman possessed. Barrett held out as he could, then came hard and passed out.

When he awoke, Barrett was lying on top of a stack of boxes they’d disassembled for recycling. He got up, redressed, and looked at Tayna. She was on her knees, face covered in cum and masturbating furiously. Barrett reached down and squeezed her nipples through her shirt. He felt energy pass through his fingers, and Tanya moaned while orgasming and fainted. Barrett caught her before she fell and gently laid her on the floor.

Barrett went out into the backyard and played with the dogs. Tanya came out a while later and hugged and kissed him. Barrett, Zeus, and Hera said goodbye to Tanya and Cody, then put the server cabinet in the Silverado and headed home. He wondered what Eric would do when he discovered Tanya had sold all of his things. One thing for sure was Eric would be extremely pissed off.

After lunch, he put the file server cabinet in his room. Then, he read the manual on the file servers in the cabinet. It was in a three-ring binder and about 1” thick. The file servers in the cabinet had 20 terabytes of storage each and were manufactured by HPE for 2024. The cabinet had an interior cooling unit and a UPS battery backup. Eric is definitely going to be pissed about losing this piece of equipment.

Namoi’s weekend was ruined, and she was grounded for a month. She told her mom what happened after the dance, and Jaclyn was irate. Namoi had broken all the rules they’d set up for her safety. She was supposed to always have a girlfriend with her and never leave the dance alone, especially with a boy. When Jaclyn found out who Namoi had left the party with, she called Jack’s father. Jaclyn told Jackson what his son and friends did to her daughter. She said if Jack and his band of rapists aren’t gone from their county, she will make sure he pays along with the sheriff and county prosecutor.