“Yes we spoke right before I came here. We are trying to find the cops that brought him here.”
“Okay good. At least we know that this will get handled, Chief
McCoy has always been a straight shooter.”
“Yea he has. But I’m also not really sure how he’s going to handle this. He believes in the pledge to protect and serve as well as the brotherhood of the force.”
“It shouldn’t be a hard choice to make. This is a breach of both. Why would you think that he wouldn’t do right by you, especially when he’s known you and your son for years? This is something that affects the entire police department.”
Shaking his head he said, “I don’t know. I’m just not sure how he’s going to handle this especially when we don’t know who it is or what happened.”
“What do you want me to do?”
“Go ahead and make the call, but keep records of everything for me just in case.”
Dr. Ross nodded, “Okay I’ll do that. I hope things go as they should. Your boy was a good kid. He didn’t deserve anything like this. This was an execution style killing. They wanted to make sure he was dead. He was in no way shot in self-defense, especially when he was shot from behind. I sure hope you find out who did this. If they are able to get away with this, this will open up a can of worms that will be impossible to close. I don’t think anyone wants to deal with the backlash from Pandora’s Box.”
Detective Farmouth stood there thinking about all the possibilities. Dr. Ross was right. There were a lot of things that could happen. He could only hope that things would go as they should. That way he wouldn’t have to allow his anger to surface and
take over. Because once something like that is released it’s hard to try to put it back into its closed box.
~~~
Lelone pulled into Della and LJ’s driveway and used her key to enter the house. She had called Della to let her know that she was on her way there to drop off her bags and bring her what she needed from the store. When she entered the house, she immediately noticed how eerily quiet it was. She found Della in the girls’ room sitting close to their cribs watching them sleep. It looked as if she’d been there for hours.
“Della. You Okay?”
She nodded her head and slowly turned around to face her. With her eyes red and swollen and tears rolling down her face she said, “I can’t believe he’s gone. He was just here with me.”
Lelone stood quietly in the doorway, because she didn’t know how to respond when she was feeling the exact same way. Della continued, “This is my fault you know.”
Confused at what she meant Lelone’s face scrunched up. “What do you mean?”
“I’m the one who told them to leave the house. LJ has been wonderful with the girls. He had done nothing but go to work and come straight home to help me. I just thought that he deserved to get out the house with his best friend and go relieve some stress. I was also trying to get him out of my way. I was planning a surprise for him which I finished last night while waiting on him to return.”
She got out of her chair and led the way to the kitchen and pulled out the small cake with blue and pink fondant on it.
“I went to the doctor yesterday morning for my six-week checkup and it seems that I’m expecting another set of twins. I was going to tell him when he got home last night but he never returned and he never will. I don’t know what I’m going to do without him. He was not just the father of my children but he was also the love of my life. I can’t imagine life without him.”
Della began to weep again. Lelone could see why she was feeling that way. She was getting ready to have four children under the age of two by herself. On top of that she was going to have to bury the love of her life.
“Della go ahead and lay down. I’m going to take care of the girls for you while I’m here. You should get some sleep.”
She nodded and headed to her room without making any sort of fuss.
~~~
Officer McFalley sat outside of the morgue for over an hour before he realized what was going on. They were discussing what happened to the boy. He would have to think of something quickly to give them something more to think about. He was going to have to go and take care of the boy’s family. He would need his partner to cover for him while he got the job done so they wouldn’t be considered suspects.
He immediately called Officer McKinney, when he didn’t answer he called his house phone to speak with his wife. When there was no answer there either he decided to take matters into his own hands. From the information that he pulled up on Detective Farmouth’s computer he knew where they stayed and that his wife would be at home by herself with their children. He would go and take care of them and make it look like an intruder broke in and killed them all. Once they put the pieces together they would think it was the same person who killed the husband.
Pulling up at the house he saw that she was home because there was a car in the driveway. He placed his badge in his hand, walked to the door and rang the doorbell. It wasn’t Della who opened the door; but Lelone. “Hello Officer. How can I help you?”
“Hello. I’m Officer Johnson,” he lied. “I have been going by each of your neighbors’ houses to let them know there is a dangerous suspect on the loose. I’m providing each of your information on know how to deal with this particular situation. Can I come in?”
“Um that may be a bit of a problem. My little ones are sleeping and I don’t want to take the chance of waking them up. Give me a few and I’ll step outside.” Lelone said as she tried to close the door.
He put his hand up to stop her from closing the door. “I don’t think that’s going to be safe miss. Just let me come in and speak with you and then I’ll be on my way. I promise not to talk too loud.”
“Okay… well let me at least put on something decent before I
let you in.”
He didn’t want to push the issue too much so he agreed. Lelone closed the door and went into the room where Della
lay sleeping. She placed the babies in the room with her. As she began to exit the room Della stirred. “What’s going on Lee Lee? Why did you put the babies in here with me?”
“There is an officer at the door, but he’s not wearing a uniform and he’s asking to come in here to speak with you. I told
him that I was you so that I could get down to the real reason why he’s here.”
“Is that the officer you wanted me to look out for?”
Not wanting her to get spooked she said, “I’m not sure. Just stay in here and try to keep the little ones quiet. If you hear anything that sounds suspicious call Luke, don’t call the police. As a matter of fact, call him now.”
Just then they heard the glass break. It sounded like it came from the kitchen. Frightened Della immediately grabbed her phone and called Luke. Closing the door, Lelone said one last thing, “No matter what you hear don’t open this door.”
Frightened and confused Della sat on the bed grasping the phone. Completely unaware of what was about to happen just outside of her bedroom door.
Lelone didn’t have time to come up with a plan. She only had enough time to do one thing, shutting off all the lights. A few months before the babies were born she had helped LJ set up cameras as well as the ability to turn all the lights in the house on and off with one controller. This came in handy when she would need the cover of the darkness but didn’t have time to turn off all the lights one by one. After turning off the lights and quickly glancing outside she noticed that there was a dark car that was conveniently parked too far back to be able to see the full car. It was as if the person who parked it wanted their car to be hard to notice. In fact, if she wasn’t aware that there should be a car outside, she wouldn’t have even seen it.
Hearing him walk through the house, she quickly crouched down positioning herself against to the wall. She had already grabbed all she was going to need from her bag and had those items strategically placed on her body in easy reach.
Officer McFalley had placed his gloves on and walked to the back of the house. What better way to make it look like a break it than to actually break in? He hadn’t seen any signs of an alarm system so he wouldn’t need to worry about cops coming and finding him here finishing the job. Taking his gun in his hand he smashed the sliding door window. And as he was breaking the glass around it for a cleaner entry all the lights went off. He was curious but he didn’t let that stop him from proceeding into the house.
Lee Lee caught a glimpse of the steel gun as he came through the patio door. She immediately went back to the room and told Dell to take the babies out of the carriages and lay them on the floor next to her. Della didn’t ask why she just did as she was told. Lee Lee quietly closed the door behind her and began her walk through the house.
Though the house was old and the creaky floors would usually give away everyone’s position as it was doing with Officer McFalley. But her childhood experience taught her to be silent on any type of surface, so she moved effortlessly through the house right to where Officer McFalley stood holding a steel gun fully equipped with a silencer that he would never get to use.
Without him realizing she was standing near him, Lelone used her small compact hunting knife and slashed through the arm that was holding the gun with movements as fast as lightening and as quiet as a stalking cat, while whispering, “You should have never come here.”
He immediately dropped the gun and spun around. Even though his eyes had adjusted to the darkness he saw nothing there. As he began reaching for the gun with his good arm she slashed through that arm as well as easily as if she was slicing through butter.
She whispered, “You’re going to die here.”
He screamed out in agony as he pulled his gaping arm away from the gun. He tried to run outside only to find that the backyard was also pitch black. He attempted to open the gate to head back to his car but he found that it was zip tied closed and he couldn’t get through, so he headed toward the only place he could, the woods.
Lelone was following quietly close at his heels. She was so close to him that she could hear his pained breathing as he made his way through the unknown forest, the last thing he would be able to see before his fate was sealed.
~~~
Della saw Officer McFalley leave the house and used that time to again try to call Detective Farmouth, again his phone went straight to voicemail. She assumed his was at the hospital and was simply out of service right now. She would send him an urgent text that he would get as soon as his service returned. What she didn’t know was that she really didn’t need him and when he did arrive it would already be too late.
~~~
Officer McFalley tripped and fell while making his way deeper into the woods. Lelone knew that he would, she was counting on the fact that he wouldn’t be able to find his way through the woods. She also knew that they weren’t alone and the animals would soon smell his blood and come running to finish the meal. By the time they found him there would be nothing left. As he continued to walk she kept whispering his fate in his ear. She wanted to spook him enough so his fear would cloud the rest of his senses. As he grew closer to the river that flowed through the woods she grew tired of playing with him and fully showed herself to him. When she stepped in front of him to show her face it was as if the moon was her personal spotlight. The first thing he noticed was her cold blue eyes.
“I’ve seen those eyes before. You know Detective Farmouth.” “I’m glad you finally recognize me.”
“But you should know that I’m a cop and you won’t get away with this.”
Smiling her evil smile she replied, “Oh, on the contrary. I will. I know exactly who you are. You are one of the men that killed my God brother, Luke Farmouth, Jr., the only son of Detective Luke Farmouth, Sr. and attempted to kill my brother, Lucian, who is fighting for his life in ICU.”
His eyes widened. “Yea so you see; this is just karma you’re getting from taking an innocent man away from him family and placing another in the ICU. You’re lucky I didn’t go visit your wife, Barbara, and let you know what loss feels like before I slit your throat. But that won’t be necessary, you have given her enough grief over the years and I’m pretty sure I’m doing her a favor. You should have simply done your job and left my brother alone.”
With those final words she used her samurai sword and with one quick slice she separated his bottom half from his upper half and. Then she took a black phone from her pocket and made a call. Within minutes his remains were picked up and completely disposed of. No one would ever know that he was killed there and when they did find him, they would have a hard time identifying his body.
She walked back into the house and placed her bloody clothes and gloves she used to kill both men in plastic bags. She put the bags in the burning pot that she brought along with her and set the items on fire. While standing there in nothing but her under clothes she watched them burn. She then walked in the house and placed her knives on the counter and got in the shower to wash off the blood.
As she stood there and let the blood run down her body Della knocked on the door and asked her what happened. She stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towel around her body before opening the door and replied, “Della. I love you. But don’t ask me that. All you need to know is that the people responsible for killing LJ are now dealing with their fate in Hell.”
Della stood there in shock. Lelone hugged her then walked passed her to grab her things. While she cleaned them off she asked, “Did you ever get in touch with Luke?”
Placing the babies in their swings she replied, “No. the phone kept going to voicemail.” Lelone nodded. “He must be at the hospital with Lucian. What message did you send him?”
“I told him that someone had broken into the house.” She nodded and said nothing.
Looking outside on her deck at the pot that was ablaze but wasn’t catching fire Della asked, “What’s in the pot? Won’t that catch fire? That flame seems to be getting out of control.”
“It only looks out of control. In fact, quite the opposite is happening. It’s handling things that other fires wouldn’t be able to without letting the backdraft get out of control. I make sure my fires are a lot like me. Dangerously controlled.”
They sat there in silence.
When Luke finally got the message he dropped Tami and Lela off at his house and came rushing over, only to find them sitting on
the couch. Della had drifted off to sleep and Lee Lee was sitting next to her watching a movie and eating popcorn.
“What happened?” he said rushing into the house with his gun drawn.
She shrugged her shoulders and replied, “I had a problem and I handled it.” Then she turned back to her movie.
Luke placed his gun back in its holster. “What’s that pot out there sitting on the patio?”
“Something I still have to dispose of.”
She got up and walked out to the pot that had long ago died out and picked up the pot to look at the dust-like remains. Then she took the pot and flushed all that dust down the toilet.
Luke walked behind her following her closely and finally asked, “What happened to the intruder?”
She looked up at him, “He got what he deserved.” Smiling slightly she continued, “Sometimes karma lets other people do her job, especially when she thinks they’ll have more fun than she will.”
~~~
The next day Luke was called into the Chiefs’ office to receive some odd news. “Hey Farmouth, I wanted to tell you in person. I spoke with Dr. Ross about his findings. I was also able to find out who took your son to the hospital. It was Officers’ McFalley and McKinney. However, I was unable to confront them about what we’ve found. McKinney was found dead in the woods behind his house. It looks like he committed suicide after he beat and raped his pregnant wife. McFalley was found chopped to pieces in a steel mill. It looks like he tripped and fell into their open saw pit. From the looks of the evidence that we have put togethe
r on the case involving the death of LJ, they were responsible but it seems karma had her way with them before we could get to them.”
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