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Original Sin
- Part Twenty Eight
Disclaimer: See Part 1
Rating: PG
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Frank split the seal and read the letter. As he did, a small square of paper fell to the ground.
"My Darling Husband," Frank paused and looked around. He felt like a complete idiot for reading that out loud...
"If you're reading this, then Aaron has told you where to find me. I know this is the worst way to do this, but you know I cannot go with you. There is more going on than you realize. I'm sure Aaron has also told you that I was forced into lifting the jewels. I did it out of love and fear. But not for the reasons you think. Perhaps someday I'll have the courage to face you and tell you why. Just believe me when I tell you that it's over. KeJo will never steal another jewel. I love you."
"How sad." Monica sighed.
"How just like her." Alex grumbled.
"There's more. Look!" Cody picked up the piece of paper that fallen to the floor. On it were four colored spots - red, blue, green and a black circle. It also contained an address with the name "Ron Granger".
Frank looked it over for a moment, then looked back at the letter. The gears were working in his brain and everyone could see a ticker tape of thoughts running across his forehead. "Let's go."
"Uh, where?"
"To visit and arrest Ron Granger. He's got the jewels."
"And we know this how?"
"Kennedi just told us." He held up the note with the spots. "Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald and Diamond. Ron Granger is the man who's blackmailing her and this is his address. Ron Granger was one of the few people in the jewel theft ring we never could implicate. He was a fence for the leader."
"And you know this how?"
"Because only the leader would know where to find him... And KeJo was the head of the ring."
"Huh?"
As Frank got back into the cab with Alex, he explained. "Remember when we were at Keni's home in Colorado and I told you that the one regret I had about that bust was not catching the head of the ring?" At Alex's nod he continued. "All of our information led us to believe it was a man who was the leader. A man by the name Kee Jo. We, for whatever reason, were looking at an Asian man that had been arrested with priors on theft. However, he turned up dead the day before the ring was busted... How incredibly stupid I was not to have seen it before now. In her letter she said that 'KeJo will never steal another jewel'. She called herself KeJo. All along we've been hunting down this leader... and all along I've been married to her."
"So, what now?"
"Now, we let Keni go wherever she is headed to."
"But, don't you think we should arrest her for grand theft larceny?"
"Ahh Alex, pay attention. She timed it just right so that by the time I found the letter and the address, then she'd be on her way. I can't go to two places at once and she knows that I'd rather catch the man with the jewels in hand than a ghost of a leader with no verifiable proof. She played us all, even Ron Granger."
"Damn" she sighed.
Frank looked over at her as the city of Ontario whizzed by. "Damn?"
"Yeah. I think I'm beginning to like this woman."
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Original Sin
- Part Twenty Eight
Disclaimer: See Part 1
Rating: PG
--
Frank split the seal and read the letter. As he did, a small square of paper fell to the ground.
"My Darling Husband," Frank paused and looked around. He felt like a complete idiot for reading that out loud...
"If you're reading this, then Aaron has told you where to find me. I know this is the worst way to do this, but you know I cannot go with you. There is more going on than you realize. I'm sure Aaron has also told you that I was forced into lifting the jewels. I did it out of love and fear. But not for the reasons you think. Perhaps someday I'll have the courage to face you and tell you why. Just believe me when I tell you that it's over. KeJo will never steal another jewel. I love you."
"How sad." Monica sighed.
"How just like her." Alex grumbled.
"There's more. Look!" Cody picked up the piece of paper that fallen to the floor. On it were four colored spots - red, blue, green and a black circle. It also contained an address with the name "Ron Granger".
Frank looked it over for a moment, then looked back at the letter. The gears were working in his brain and everyone could see a ticker tape of thoughts running across his forehead. "Let's go."
"Uh, where?"
"To visit and arrest Ron Granger. He's got the jewels."
"And we know this how?"
"Kennedi just told us." He held up the note with the spots. "Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald and Diamond. Ron Granger is the man who's blackmailing her and this is his address. Ron Granger was one of the few people in the jewel theft ring we never could implicate. He was a fence for the leader."
"And you know this how?"
"Because only the leader would know where to find him... And KeJo was the head of the ring."
"Huh?"
As Frank got back into the cab with Alex, he explained. "Remember when we were at Keni's home in Colorado and I told you that the one regret I had about that bust was not catching the head of the ring?" At Alex's nod he continued. "All of our information led us to believe it was a man who was the leader. A man by the name Kee Jo. We, for whatever reason, were looking at an Asian man that had been arrested with priors on theft. However, he turned up dead the day before the ring was busted... How incredibly stupid I was not to have seen it before now. In her letter she said that 'KeJo will never steal another jewel'. She called herself KeJo. All along we've been hunting down this leader... and all along I've been married to her."
"So, what now?"
"Now, we let Keni go wherever she is headed to."
"But, don't you think we should arrest her for grand theft larceny?"
"Ahh Alex, pay attention. She timed it just right so that by the time I found the letter and the address, then she'd be on her way. I can't go to two places at once and she knows that I'd rather catch the man with the jewels in hand than a ghost of a leader with no verifiable proof. She played us all, even Ron Granger."
"Damn" she sighed.
Frank looked over at her as the city of Ontario whizzed by. "Damn?"
"Yeah. I think I'm beginning to like this woman."
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