Betrayal
Chapter Twenty
Orrin Travis sighed as he walked to the holding cell that Mary was in. It was
almost dawn, and he had yet to be home. He had explained the situation to Evie
over the phone, and had told her that he'd be home to help her try and explain
it to Billy.
He never thought that things would turn out this way. Not in a million years! He
had been wary of Mary from the first time Steven had introduced them, but he
never thought that she was this... this cold-blooded and manipulative!
He reached her holding cell, seeing that she was laying on the cot but was very
much awake. When she saw him, she jumped up. "Are you here to release me?"
Orrin shook his head, "No. Very much the opposite. I have talked to the District
Attorney, and he has agreed to file charges against you."
"Charges?! What charges?" Mary demanded.
'Surely she can't be this stupid,' Orrin thought. He internally shrugged, 'Then,
again, maybe she can.'
"You blew a federal agent's cover, Mary. For malicious intent," Orrin replied.
"You couldn't honestly have thought that there wouldn't be repercussions."
"I can't believe this! I'm family, Orrin. You can't let this happen!"
"What do you expect me to do? You made your bed, now you can lie in it. Evie and
I are going to sue for custody of Billy, Mary. Starting in," Orrin looked at his
watch and saw that it was four in the morning, "five hours."
"You can't! He's my son, Orrin!" Mary cried.
"I can and I am going to, Mary. I don't think that you are a fit mother, Mary.
Billy, my grandson, does not need to be under your roof. Plus, I would say that
you will be going away for a while. Your arraignment will be at noon. Good day."
With that, Orrin turned around and walked away, while Mary shrieked curses at
him.
*****
Edward Mounds was not a happy man, not a happy man at all. In fact he was
downright beyond pissed. The three idiots; Stilts, Millard, and Brown were lucky
that he hadn't killed them! They had a simple job, 'take care' of Standish. But,
somehow, they had let two women get the better of them.
'It's so hard to find good help these days,' he thought as he poured himself a
shot of whiskey. After downing it, he sighed. He had a federal agent out there,
somewhere, that knew a lot of critical things. And, to make matters
worse, he had no idea where the hell Mary was. He had tried and tried to get her
at home and on her cell, but to avail.
As Edward walked back to his desk, there was a knock on his closed door. "WHAT?"
he barked.
The door opened, to reveal Millard. "You'd better have a damn good reason for
disturbing me right now," Edward sneered.
He could see Millard visibly take a deep breath, before speaking. "Well, Sir, I
just got a call from one of our contacts in the D.A.'s office."
After a minute of silence, Edward ground out, "And?"
"Well, he told me that Agent Standish has left town. The state, actually. He
overheard a Judge Travis, who's now the director of Denver's ATF, talking with
the D.A. Agent Standish is in Utah, Sir. Supposedly at a safe-house."
Edward let his lips curve into a small smile, already making plans about what he
would do when he got Standish back. He'd send him back to the ATF director, in a
matchbox! No one screwed with him! And, now that he knew where Standish had
gone, it wouldn't be too difficult to find him. Pricey, maybe, but not too
difficult.
Pulling himself from his musings, he saw that Millard was still standing in
front of him. "Something else?"
"Yes, it's about your girlfriend."
"What about Mary," Edward demanded.
Millard hated having to tell Edward bad news. But, he had lost the coin
toss against Brown and Stilts. One never knew how Edward Mounds would react to
something. And, Millard, definitely did not want this to be a case where the
messenger got shot.
Praying, Millard opened his mouth. "Our contact also told me that Mary is in a
holding cell at the ATF building. She will be having her arraignment at noon,
for blowing a federal agent's cover on purpose."
"WHAT? How the hell did they find out that she told me?!" Edward demanded as he
jumped to his feet.
"There's more. Mary is the ATF director's daughter-in-law. She was married to
his son until the man died. And, from what I found out, Mary slept with another
federal agent a few days ago. Chris Larabee, Agent Standish's boss and...
boyfriend. She turned Standish into you because she wanted Chris. Our contact
said that he heard it all on a tape, they had gotten Mary to confess.
Supposedly, they're wanting to hurry this along and get Mary convicted. And, the
Travises will be suing for custody of Billy."
Edward couldn't believe what he was hearing. In a rage, he slammed both open
palms onto his desk, causing Millard to visibly flinch. Mary had never told him
that she had been married to a federal judge's son! And, then to cheat on
him? She had been using him all along, she had probably known who Standish was
from the beginning.
He didn't accept betrayal from anyone. Mary would be taken care of, then
he would get that agent. They had screwed with the wrong man! His mind made up,
he dismissed Millard, who couldn't get out of there fast enough, then sat back
down behind his desk. His eyes cold and his mouth set in a firm line, he started
to make plans.