Page 7 of Avenging Laura

“But you’ve never talked to us about them before,” Dominick responded, shock in his voice hearing that he had an aunt and an uncle.

“Do you know anything about your father’s side of the family?” Jeannette countered, staring Dominick down.

“N-no ma’am. We don’t.”

“That’s what you need to ask your mother about. She knows more than she is letting on. More than all of us put together. She knows about your father’s operation,” Jeannette insisted as she patted Dominick’s chest.

“Ye keep mentioning just my lass and Dom. Ye don’t include Maria in that scenario?” Highlander tilted his head as he looked over at Jeannette.

“No. She is her father inside and out. The perfect daughter according to that waste of jizz. I swear when the good Lord was talking about brains those two thought He said trains.” Jeannette shook her head as she wrapped her arm around Dominick’s.

“She’s right. Maria always preferred Dad over Mom. I think that is where we start.”

“Good. Then let’s get down to business. I’m tired of sitting here waiting to get my detective back. This bitch better talk today, no offense ma’am, I know she’s your daughter. But if she doesn’t talk, we go my route, and it won’t be pretty. Lawyers be damned,” Captain Kathrine Irby stated as she walked into the room, staring everyone down.

“Goodie. Let the games begin!” Jeannette clapped her hands awkwardly.

CHAPTER EIGHT

“This is harassment. I will have my lawyer sue you!” Kathy Pratt screamed at the group.

“No, you won’t. I’m the one paying the fucker. He will do what I tell him to do since I’m the client. I’m not paying him anymore. Since you’re a stingy bitch who expects everyone else to pay your way, you’re not getting a new one. Now sit down and listen to what I have to say, young lady,” Jeannette ordered Kathy as she sat down in the chair opposite her daughter.

Jeannette nodded at Dominick and Highlander as they came into the room, pulling their chairs next to the elderly woman.

“Mom, it’s time you pretended to give a damn about someone besides yourself. Laura is missing and you know more about Dad’s business than you’re letting on. Spill the beans or I’ll air your dirty laundry so fucking fast, you won’t stand a chance of showing your face to anyone. Bob has already divorced you because of that fiasco six years ago,” Dominick warned his mother as he leaned forward, his eyes going cold.

“You wouldn’t dare! I will sue every one of you!” Kathy screeched as she jumped from the chair.

“Then how about this, I will cut you completely out of the will. You won’t receive a dime, much less a mention when Idie,” Jeannette informed Kathy, her voice going just as cold as Dominick’s stare.

“You wouldn’t dare!” Kathy shouted as she stared at her mother in horror.

Jeannette didn’t respond. She just shrugged as she reached for her purse and pulled out her cell phone and pushed a number. When she put it on speakerphone and the attorney’s voice came on the line, Kathy went white as a ghost.

“Jack, this is Jean. That revision we discussed, do it. I want Kathy’s name taken out of my will. She is not to be mentioned, or even receive a dime. She wants to leave my granddaughter to be killed by a madman, she’s going to find out how much of a madwoman her mother really is.”

“Fine! I’ll talk, damn it!” Kathy yelled, smacking the table with her hand.

“Money hungry crotch goblin! I don’t know where I went wrong with you. You got the same love and attention your brother and sister got, yet you turned into this uncaring, unfeeling embarrassment.”

“You made me marry him!” Kathy seethed when she sat down.

“I didn’t make you do anything. You trapped that man into marriage. Your father and I introduced you to a nice man that would have made you a very wealthy woman and who adored the ground you walked on for some reason I’ll never understand. Yet, you chased after David as if the hounds of hell were nipping at your heels. You got pregnant and begged your father for him to make David marry you. So, don’t you dare put that shit on me, young lady.”

Kathy huffed out a laugh. “You mean that Mr. Magoo looking idiot that wound up marrying Ruth?”

“A very rich Mr. Magoo look alike, thank you very much. See, that is your problem, Kathy. You always went for the looks.Lookwhere that got you? Alone, on a fixed income waiting for your mother to croak so you have some inheritance to pretend to be wealthy on while you look for another rich sucker as you continue to look over your shoulder.”

“Looking over my shoulder for what, Mother?”

“Your ex-husband and a daughter who despises the ground you walk on.”

When Kathy looked down at the table, Dominick and Highlander knew they had her with Jeannette’s words. Looking at each other in shock, they couldn’t help but wonder what all Jeannette had found out since Dominick opened the door on everything this woman had put Laura through.

“Kathy…”

“I’m still your mother.”

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