Page 117 of Yolo

We were so slow, in fact, that we practically missed the show as we finally made it outside.

I pulled Bindi to a stop, and she said, “What is it?”

I watched in disbelief as the courthouse was filled with red and blue lights.

“Your ex and his family are being arrested,” I said. “Literally, they’re being loaded in the back of police cars as we speak.”

“What are you talking about?” she asked.

Maybe I shouldn’t have ignored my phone.

Dad walked up to us, a stoic look on his face.

“Judge issued a warrant,” he said. “We were able to get a trespassing charge against Joseph and his family. He also allowed us to put a tap into his phone records, and we were able to read messages between the Harris family that literally spelled out, word for word, what they would do to collect Bindi’s life insurance.”

“What’s happening?” Lea asked, she and Ruben were hurrying up the front steps toward us. “This was as fast as I could get here.”

Ruben looked on cautiously.

Dad twisted to allow them into our circle and explained, “It was found out that Joseph and his family plotted to murder your daughter and collect her life insurance policy.”

“What?” Ruben bellowed.

“Yes.” Dad looked angry himself. “We were able to work in tandem with both the Colorado Springs PD, as well as Albuquerque PD, to find some more information.”

Ruben blinked. “What’s that?”

“This isn’t the first young woman that they’ve done this to. Though, they were successful with the first one,” Dad said quietly.

My mouth dropped open.

“Where is he? I’ll kill him,” Ruben growled.

I caught his arm and said, “Let the authorities handle this. You have to walk your daughter down the aisle to me in six months.”

Ruben spun, pinning me with a glare. “It’ll be my wedding gift to y’all.”

“Daddy,” Bindi said quietly.

“This is not acceptable. Their actions blinded you!” he said. “Because that’s exactly what happened that day, isn’t it? They tried to kill you on that mountain.”

Bindi snapped her mouth shut.

Then Dad explained exactly how everything was supposed to go down.

“The boulder was supposed to scare her, not hit her. She was supposed to trip and fall down the mountain. They could go to the authorities and claim a hiking accident,” Dad said. “But that didn’t work out that way.”

“No, it didn’t,” Ruben said angrily.

“I can’t believe this,” Mom said. “What happens next?”

“Next,” Dad said, “they all go to jail for attempted murder. Premeditated murder at that. And a new case is opened on the other woman that died, and they collected the life insurance on.”

“And we sue the pants off of them while we’re at it,” Dad muttered.

Bindi sighed. “I want nothing to do with them. I’m happy, Daddy.”

“You may be happy, but I have a vendetta. We’re going to take them for everything they have,” Ruben grumbled. “I’m going to make sure y’all’s kids are set for life.”

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