Page 16 of Jason's Justice
“Will it hold up in a court of law, though?” Ilsa asked.
“It wouldn’t be entrapment?”
“No, we can get an affidavit for Katherine to sign as to the reason why she put the cameras in her car. She suspected her boyfriend was cheating on her, and she wanted to see if it was true. It’s already been established in the court of law, not once, but twice, that she stated why they were installed.”
“Because it’s already been entered as evidence in both cases,” Kevin said with a nod. “Then you can use it when you take Babcock to court. I imagine Babcock and his team of lawyers will think it’s about the accident, but all the videos can be used, correct?”
“Yes, and we will make sure we have several copies so they don’t conveniently come up missing from evidence.”
“Wow,” Ilsa said, and nodded. “Do you think we should see if Duane could join us to see if he knows these other eight people?”
“It would be good, but not now, it’s going on five, and since we didn’t have lunch, I’m ready to pack it in for the night and head back to the cabin for something to eat.”
They agreed and started packing up when the door opened and several people walked in with dishes in their hands.
“What’s this?” Jason asked with a scowl.
“Your welcoming BBQ,” Duane said with a grin as he set the crockpot he had been carrying on a table. He and three older men started putting tables together and food was laid out on it. In the back of the room, another door opened and Clark stood there with a grin, while holding a long fork used for BBQ. “Meat will be done in about twenty minutes. You have plenty of time to clean up your papers.”
“Thank you.” They did just that and joined the others by helping pull their tables apart so people could have a seat. In what felt like minutes, everyone formed a line, telling Jason, Ilsa, and Kevin to go first. As they filled their plates, it was explained that because their ‘family’ was growing bigger, they had these BBQs to introduce everyone to the newcomers. No one really said anything seriously as they ate, except to introduce themselves and tell which, if any, branch of the military they had retired from.
“Thank you for the eggs, Pru,” Jason said as he continued to cut into his steak and eat it along with all the sides.
“You’re welcome. I give everyone eggs, I have so many.”
“Do you want any money for them?”
“No, but if you want chicken for your freezer, just a small token for the processing fee would be helpful.”
“Okay.” They continued to eat, get seconds, then sat around and leisurely talked.
“I know it’s only day one,” Katherine spoke from her seat close to her mother at the other table. “But, how is the case going?”
Everyone turned to Jason and gave a double take when his face broke out into a gigantic grin. “Good, I found something that I believe will be Babcock’s downfall. It will be some time before he goes to court, but I’m going to base my case off of this.”
“Can we ask what it is?” someone asked.
“It was a statement that Michael Babcock made while he was alone with Stephanie Ransome in Katherine’s car.”
“What?” Katherine asked with a scowl. “I’ll admit that once I put the cameras in I only watched the first time he borrowed my car. I knew then he was cheating on me with her, so I didn’t watch anymore. I figured the camera would record them.”
“Did you have the recordings sent to anywhere besides just on the cameras?” Ilsa asked her daughter.
“Yes, there’s an app on my phone, however, Lyle took my phone when I left Los Angeles.”
“Can someone call this Lyle person to have the phone shipped here?” Adele asked.
“I wouldn’t,” Pru said, and shook her head. “I may have TBI, but I do have some clear moments. If the guy you’re after, who is after Katherine, is FBI, then he’ll probably have some sort of tracking thing on her phone if it’s turned on again. Maybe not the actual phone, but the number.”
“Shit, I never thought of that,” Jason admitted. “Yeah, I can see this happening.”
“Mom,” Katherine said with a grin as she wiped her hands and mouth with a napkin, then threw it on her empty plate.
“What?”
“I used your computer when I ordered it. I didn’t want Michael to see what I was doing, he had a tendency to snoop in my things whenever he was over at my apartment.” She looked around the room and nodded once. “We never lived together. I had my place, he had his. Also, when I knew I was leaving Los Angeles, I don’t know why, but the night I was at Mom’s place because I was exhausted, that’s the night Babcock came to the house to get Larry to come get me. When I left my apartment I grabbed the book that I keep all my password and sign-on information with. It’s over in my cabin.”
“Thank you,” Jason said with a laugh. “So, if your mother looked in her search history, you’d be able to find what you bought, and then you can access the app from the laptop?”
