Chapter 7

When Jerry and the runt left the room, Sarah turned to me and gave me some more news that I could have done without at this time.

"Jon, they also searched the house and all the buildings. They used a torch to cut open the gun safe and confiscated all your guns. They left the whole house in a mess and wouldn't even let us get a change of clothes. We have been staying in a motel down the street. They have the house closed off and a Marshal standing guard so we can't get in."

I looked at her in shock and felt my inner wolf raising its head. I told them to wait here, then pulled the IV from my arm and went out to the waiting room. They were all sitting there. Jerry and the runt were arguing about something. I walked up and when the runt saw me coming, he got a smirk on his face. When I got close enough, I kicked him in the mouth as hard as I could. I then stepped back as he fell over, out cold onto the floor.

"Jesus Jon, why did you have to go and do that?"

I then set him straight on why. I told him what had happened at the house and the mess this runt had made of my home and how he had treated the girls. He looked at me in shock for a minute before he spoke.

"Jon, I could have taken care of it, but now I will have to get you out of jail first. As for the house, this is the first I heard about it. I think we ought to immediately file a motion in front of the Federal Judge and have an immediate hearing about the abuse of power. I will also make sure he stays away from you and your family from now on. I promise you, Jon, I will have his job, and all your things returned within seventy-two hours."

"Jerry, that's only part of what I am going to do to his ass. I want a class action suit filed against him and the Marshals Service on behalf of the girls. I also want my house restored to its original condition within forty-eight hours and the girls put up in the best and most expensive hotel in town on the government's dime. I am going to call the Director of Interpol and have him start making some calls to some very powerful people because of the way we, my family and I, were treated. Your godfather has a video of my home and a complete list of the guns that were confiscated, for no reason. If any of those antique firearms are scratched or damaged in any way, I expect to be fully reimbursed for their full value. The shooting happened at the barn, and that's a half mile from the house. Who issued search warrants for my home, and what was the probable cause? Jerry, find out, because I am going to stir up a shit storm over this."

"Calm down a little, Jon. I promise you I will have some answers before the day is over. I will also be glad to file the lawsuit for the girls. As for the warrants, they never should have been issued for your house since it is more than five hundred yards from the actual shooting. If he lied on the forms, I will nail his ass and the men with him. Jon, will you please hold off calling your boss at Interpol for at least twenty-four hours so I can get some answers for you? I don't want the politicians in it yet if I can avoid it. As for the girls, I will make immediate arrangements for them and have your friend Tiny put on call as their driver. You know when he wakes up, he is going to put you under arrest. Don't worry about it, I have a bondsman on call and will take care of all the arrangements for you, if it happens. I don't think your doctor will release you to be put in jail, so you will be confined to your room with a guard. The girls will be able to visit as often as they want, though."

"Jerry, I don't give a damn about him or what he wants. He overstepped his authority big time along with his men, and I want them nailed and nailed hard for it. I also want Tiny to send a backhoe out to the farm so Sparky can be buried before he makes a mess in the barn and I have to tear it down. I don't want Sally to know about it until it's all over. I also want to know who shot me and why, and what happened after I was brought here. There were two people in that barn and I want to know what happened to them. I suggest you better stick close for a while, Jerry, because I am just getting started. NOBODY and I mean NOBODY threatens my family and friends in front of me for any reason. I will file lawsuits until hell freezes over if I have to, but I will have satisfaction for what happened. Do you understand me, Jerry?"

He just looked at me in shock, and the three Marshals were grinning. I turned around and headed back to the room, but not before telling Jerry he better get busy if he expected to earn his keep from me today. I also told him he better have a talk with his godfather about me before he went much further into this, because he was in for some heavy surprises when he did. I also told him before the day was over, I wanted to have a quiet chat with him about a few things. My arm was throbbing to beat the band as I walked back to the room. When I came in, Myrna and Sally were talking and Sarah was looking miserable.

"What are you so down in the mouth about Sarah? I'm the one who got shot. Now I want all of you to get whatever things you have out of that flea bitten motel or hotel, and get ready to move into something more befitting my family. Tiny will be here shortly, and I want all of you to go shopping and buy yourselves all new clothes. That's an order, Sarah. Use the charge card you have of mine since it had no limit, and don't worry about money. Believe me, by the time this is over, I will recoup everything you three can spend. Myrna, that means you too, and I don't want to hear your excuses. I am tired of those old clothes you're always wearing and it's time you got some new ones. Sally, I want you and Sarah to make sure Myrna gets some decent clothing. If you have to, have Tiny hogtie her so a clerk can measure her for her size."

"Now see hea, Mistah Jon, I won't have no man buyin me new drawers and clothes. That's not yore place to do dat, and I shore won't stand still for it."

"You will if you want to continue living at the farm. I've had enough crap out of you to last me a lifetime, Myrna. You're just like family to me, so I suggest you start acting like it. You aren't my boss, and I damn sure don't need your permission to buy clothes for my family. Do we understand each other?"

The phone by the bed rang and I picked it up. It was Tiny, calling to tell me he was downstairs in the car, waiting for the girls. I hung up and told them to take off. I told them to do as I said and I would see them later tonight. Sally came over and hugged me, but Sarah and Myrna got up and walked out of the room like they were sleepwalking. I watched them go down the hall and broke out in a big grin when they were out of sight. I almost reached back and patted myself on the back for being so devious. Hell, I was proud of myself; I had gotten Myrna in a position where I was giving the orders for a change and for some oddball reason, it made me happy as hell. I lay back in the bed and realized my arm had bled all the way to my fingers when I had pulled the IV out. I bet I had been a frightening sight as I walked down the hall dripping blood. I waited for the fireworks I knew were still to come from the runt. I must have dozed off because the nurse woke me wanting to know how I had lost the IV out of my arm. Thankfully it wasn't the one with the missing front tooth or I would have lost it again.