Page 72 of Cowboy's Sinful Bargain

"What about Mr. Sato and that other man that came with you the other day?" I asked. "Where are they?"

There was that smirk again. "That other man is actually my father, but he is also an investigator like me. He flew back to Japan with Mr. Sato to depose him. Mr. Sato had built quite thefile on Mr. Kaneko over the years. He offered to turn it over to us if we provided safe passage back to Japan for him."

Besides being an asshole, I couldn't think of any laws Mr. Sato had broken, and he had been my grandfather's lawyer for decades. Just because I didn't like him didn't mean he had broken any laws.

"I don't want to lessen what you went through growing up, and those charges will certainly be placed against Mr. Kaneko, but they won't hold nearly as much weight as the other charges against him."

Oh, now my curiosity was peeked. "What other charges?"

"Two counts of murder at least, if not more. Violating international shipping laws, sale of illegal arms to a foreign country, trafficking in illegal goods, including people." She wagged her eyebrows. "And my all time favorite, breaking the morality law by sleeping with no less than four married women and two married men."

Yeah, my jaw dropped.

I wasn't sure what I was more shocked by. "First Uncle slept with two married men?"

"And four married women," Emiko stated. "He's going away for a very, very long time."

I couldn't say I was sad about that fact.

"You can add kidnapping and assault to those charges," Jos stated. "Not sure they will stick if you take him back to Japan, but they can keep him out of the States."

"I can do that," Emiko said. "I have a friend in the State Department. I'll give him a call tomorrow."

"We'd appreciate it. We really don't want him coming back."

"Oh, I can guarantee you he won't see the outside of a prison in his lifetime."

That would be good.

I jumped and darted behind Jos when the front door slammed open and several armed men came rushing in. It took me a second to recognize the man in the front, the one with the big shiny badge.

The sheriff glanced around for a moment and then holstered his gun. "I take it we missed the party?"

"You were a little late," Jos replied, "but maybe you can help us round up some party crashers." He gestured to Emiko. "This little lady here needs to get them to the airport so she can fly them back to Japan and toss their stupid asses in prison."

Ken's eyebrow cocked as he glanced at her. "Oh?"

"I believe we're in the same line of business, Sheriff," the woman said as she held her hand out to shake. "Inspector Emiko Tanaka of the Military of Justice in Okinawa, Japan."

"Uh, hello," Sheriff Ken said as he shook her hand. He frowned as he looked around. "What is going on here?"

Jos chuckled as he wrapped both arms around me and pulled me close. "It's a very long story that will require a very big drink."

"Sounds good to me," Ken replied before directing his men to handcuff those indicated by Emiko. "I'm off duty anyway."

"We need medical to come in and check on my father and Mrs. Gibbons before then. They were knocked out with chloroform."

"Paramedics are waiting at the end of the driveway for my okay to come up," Ken said as he pulled out his cell phone. "I guess we can put off that drink a little longer."

A little longer was going to be forever.

I wanted to go to bed.

Chapter Twenty-One

~ Jos ~

I placed the last of the items I wanted to take with us on the back of the ATV and tied them down. I would have loved to take Miko for a horse ride, but I didn't want to leave the horses out in the cold overnight. The ATV was better.

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