Chapter Fifty-Three: Intervention
Nick got on the phone with Brass and told him to have his men check out Steve Jensen's house.
"Cindy do you feel safe here?" asked Sofia.
"No I am very scared" she replied.
Sofia and Nick decided to take Cindy into protective custody so she'd be safe. They took her to Sofia's apartment and had a couple of police officers stay with her. Meanwhile at Steve and Anita's house Steve had made bail for his domestic assault on Anita and Anita had been released from the hospital after being there because of her injuries. Steve and Anita had four kids – Carrie: 6, David:11, Anne-Marie: 16 and Timothy: 21. Timothy did not live at the house but allegedly according to mom and dad in a dorm out of state.
Brass and two of his officers knocked on the door. Steve answered the door.
"Yes"
"I'm Captain Brass and this is Officers Smith and Stuart, we are with the Las Vegas Police Department, we need to speak to your family.
"We are a private family, what do you want" he asked. He was now getting agitated.
In the background the heard as slap and crying and cursing too. Steve stepped outside and closed the door behind him. "Gentlemen, now unless you have a court order…you need to leave, our business is not your concern"
"That is where you are wrong sir, we have an obligation to step in and report abuse"
"What abuse? We are just teaching the females who to obey and if it means hitting them then so be it. Now leave"
Steve went to go back into his house and to everyone's (except Steve) horror the room was a shambles. Broken glass, toys pictures, and blood. There were three females arguing with one young male.
Brass got on his radio. "This is Captain Brass; I need CSI immediately and also another police car."
"Get in the house NOW and sit down" Brass said. With the help of the other two officers, the three kids and two adults sat in the room. Sara and Catherine arrived a few minutes later.
"Separate the men and the women" Brass said.
"Get me a beer first" ordered Steve.
"Anita, don't listen to him, just go into the other room," Brass said.
"He'll hurt me if I don't obey him," she said. However, followed Sara and Catherine anyway.
Sara and Catherine sat with Carrie, Anne-Marie and Anita.
"Have either Steve, or the boys hurt you?" Sara asked.
No one replied.
"C'mon ladies please be truthful and help yourselves" Sofia said.
"We do what we are born to do…serve the men," Carrie said.
"Who told you this?" asked Sara.
"Daddy" Carrie said.
Catherine slapped her hand to her forehead. "What about you Anita? Why are you teaching your girls this?
Anita shrugged. "That is how I was raised. No education beyond grade 9, married at 18 and kids every 5 years with at least 2 boys to carry on the family name."
"You teach your boys that it is ok to bully and hit girls?"
"That is how I was raised" Anita said
"What a lame ass excuse" Nick said. "Do you want to end up like your brother-in-law and his family…murdered?"
"Uh no" Anita said.
"Then smarten up" Sara told her.
"Let you ask you a question? Why do you care so much? I really wish you'd just leave us alone," Anita said.
"We care because what you are doing to your boys is wrong! Teaching them to boss girls around and hitting them is just wrong"
"Just go now," Anita said.
Through all this, Carrie and Anne-Marie said nothing.
"We will be back," said Catherine.
Meanwhile the guys were not doing well either with the male members of the Jensen family. Steve and David were just as un-cooperative.
"Is it true David, that you pushed a girl because she was in the way "Nick asked.
"Yes it is true, we wuz walkin' in the hall and friend and me and she was standing in my way and did not move when she saw me coming"
Nick was disgusted. "She was talking to a group of friends; couldn't you have gone around her?"
David looked at him and laughed. "I am a man, the lower class move their asses when they see I am coming."
Nick shook his head. "Steve where is your older son?"
"College"
"Care to tell the truth?"
"It is the truth"
"Steve don't lie, we know otherwise."
Steve sighed. "He's in jail for hitting his girlfriend and fracturing her jaw"
"And why did he hit her?"
"She wouldn't get off her ass and make him dinner so he popped her one."
"Wasn't she breastfeeding her two week old child at the time…your grand child?"
Steve shrugged. "She should have listened to my son."
A police officer came into the room and escorted David out of the room and into the other one where the women were.
Nick rolled his eyes at Steve's remark.
"Do you know who killed your brother Troy and his family?"
"No"
There was a bit of silence.
"By the way when can we have custody of Cindy she's looking forward to living with us you know" Steve said.
"Sir, you are never getting custody of Cindy. In fact, CPS is taking your other children as we speak" Nick said.
"What!" demanded Steve and ran to the room and sure enough, his children were being taken away. The girls went in silence but David was kicking and screaming. Soon Steve was hollering and cursing too.
"Guess we know where David got his attitude"
The police took the kids to a safe house while Anita and Steve were taken to the police station for further questioning.
