A/N: HOPE ALL IS WELL! JUST SO Y'ALL KNOW, I THINK THE EPILOGUE IS NEXT
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KT – THE WAIT IS OVER, MY FRIEND!
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Lauren's POV – Saturday Evening - Rainer's Mansion
"Kenzi, you sent everything to my phone, right?" I asked as Nadia and I were double checking our high class fancy appearance with our designer dresses, accessories and hair which Kenzi fancied up in no time earlier today. "Yeah Lolo, I sent everything remotely important regarding Rainer to your phone as you requested. You guys about to pull up?"
"Yeah, we're about to greet the valet. Nadia, don't forget to put on the glasses." I reminded her before I took a deep breath to calm my nerves. "Alright, good luck you guys. I'll see you when you guys get inside and Nadia; don't forget that Lolo isn't really yours…or I'll go Russian Mafia on your ass!"
"Yeah, she'll go Russian Mafia on your ass after I kick your ass since she's my girlfriend Nadia, not yours." I chuckled at Bo's territorial and possessive tone over the coms. "Yet, I'm the one that's going inside with Lauren, not you McCorrigan. Ow! I was just teasing Laur, geez! No need to smack my arm!"
"…And people think I'm a player, I'm nothing compared to you, Laur." I rolled my eyes at Dyson's teasing. "Shut up Dyson…"
He chuckled, "Alright ladies, stop bickering over the coms. Good luck everyone and be careful." Nadia and I linked arms as Dyson got in the final words before the night officially started. Rainer was the first person we saw as we walked through the doors.
"Welcome to my home, Doctor Lewis. I must admit, I was a tad surprised to hear you're married and to such a beautiful woman. Am I safe to presume that this is the new, Nadia Lewis?" Rainer's voice dripped with charm and class as he kissed my hand as well as Nadia's.
I nodded with a smile. "Well, it was a quick and spontaneous decision but, definitely not one that I regret. Now, I paid good money to get an invitation from your man Bruce so I expect to be impressed without restrictions to anything or anyone…Do I make myself clear?"
Rainer gave me a seductive smile. "Perfectly…head upstairs for all your sexual pleasures and head downstairs for the "art gallery", some of the "pieces" are for auction while the others are purchasable for a non-negotiable price. The purchases are good for one night and I promise you that you will be absolutely satisfied with your purchase or you'll get your money back. Please see any of the staff for anything that you may want or need if I'm unavailable…Dr. Lewis, if I may be so bold, do you think that I could fulfill a certain hospital fantasy with you and your lovely wife later this evening? I would show you my appreciation by giving you a free night with two of my best girls."
Ugh, I can't wait to destroy that smirk off of his face. Why are majority of ruggedly handsome men so disgusting? "Hmm…tempting offer, I'll think about it, Rainer."
His smirk only grew at my response. "Good to know, now please excuse me while I make my rounds. I hope you two have a lovely night and remember, my staff is at your beck and call if you need or want for anything." He bowed as he made his exit towards another couple.
"He's kind of hot for a guy…muscular, tan and totally pulls off the beard unlike Dyson." I rolled my eyes at Nadia. "Hey!" Nadia obviously forgot that Dyson was on coms with us based on the scared look on her face.
"Oops, sorry Dyson, I forgot about the coms. You're not bad looking either…for a guy. Anyway…wow, this place is unbelievable. I mean he has servants carrying around trays of goodies, three chandeliers, spiral staircases and everything...oh, champagne and hors d'oeuvres!"
"Uh Nadia, who side are you on, ours or his?" I asked her with my eyebrows raised in question. "Sorry, but come on, you gotta admit this place is…a dream…"
"The only dream I see is my super-hot, super smart Lauren. I love you baby, I wish I was the one inside of there with you. Nadia, you better take care of my girl…and stop looking at my girl's breasts!"
Nadia rolled her eyes as we discreetly talked on coms which just looked like we were having an intimate conversation between the two of us to any observers that may be watching us as we toured the mansion with little kisses and loving touches here and there to blend in. "I love you too, Bo. Vex, the contact lenses and glasses are working right? They're taking photos and recording, right?"
"Ya Laur, don't worry the spy tech work perfectly. I wouldn't have gotten them from the tech company unless I knew they worked for sure and by the way, I need to return them ASAP, before anyone notices that the only two properly functioning spy tech prototypes are missing. Just remember, your contact lenses only record with sound while Nadia's glasses can take photos with the discreet button on the frame of the glasses."
"Okay, thanks Vex and don't worry, we'll make sure you don't get in trouble with your employer for this. We're making our way to the "art gallery" now and thanks again for your help Vex." Nadia and I made our way downstairs to check out the operation and gather the much needed evidence to put this fucker away.
"As soon as we take some photos and recordings, we can arrest Rainer." I shook my head in disagreement with Nadia. "No, I want to see what else we can get on him besides the prostitution ring."
Nadia returned my look of disagreement right back at me. "Like what? It's not like we ever found his ex-wives bodies or anything else he's been under suspicion for over the years."
"Look Nadia, I can't explain it but I just feel like this mansion has more to offer if we just look hard enough." I told her as we surveyed our new surroundings downstairs with the disgusting auction of beautiful women in bikinis. Suddenly, Nadia pinned me up against the wall and kissed me hard.
I knew I couldn't reject her without completely blowing our cover. As much as I didn't want to…especially with Bo hearing and seeing everything…I deepened the kiss with Nadia as I wrapped my arms around her waist to be as convincing as possible for any suspicious eyes that may be watching us.
I heard someone clear their throat. "Excuse me, Dr. Lewis?" Nadia and I broke apart to see a tall, bulky bald man about our age. "Yes? You better have a good reason for interrupting us."
"I do apologize for the intrusion. My name is John; Mr. Destiny wanted me to show you his best girls for your selection." I nodded as I felt Nadia snake her arm tightly around my waist. Bo is probably having a field day in the van…
Bo's POV
"I'm going to kill that bitch with her perfect slightly mocha complexion! She's so dead for kissing and touching my girl like that! Vex, Dyson…let me go! I need to get out of this van to kick Nadia's ass!" Vex and Dyson were both trying their best to physically restrain me from getting out of the van so I can kick Nadia's ass!
"Holy shit Bo, you're a lot stronger than I thought…"
"See ya bloody wanker! I told ya, ya were going to need me! Okay, I'll grab her legs and ya grab her arms and we'll get her back in her chai- OW! Bo! I can't believe you just smacked me in the face!"
"At least…she didn't…knee….you…in…the balls…" Dyson crumbled to the floor as he went into fetal position with groans and whimpers like an injured puppy, making me feel a bit guilty about kneeing him is his junk in the heat of the moment. But oddly enough…it calmed me down from my jealous rage.
"Sorry Vex…sorry Dyson…kind of..." I told them with a guilty tone as I sat back in front of the monitors. "It's aright luv, we understand."
"Speak for yourself…aw god…it hurts so much..." Dyson barely choked out as he struggled to get back on his feet and into a chair. "Here ya go mate, this ice pack should help your boys out." Dyson took the ice pack as he sat down, placing it right on his crouch, making himself exhale unevenly when the ice pack made complete contact with his crouch.
"Did we miss anything while ya had a jealous meltdown?" I rolled my eyes as I put the headset back on. "Shut up Vex, before I knee you in the balls too."
Vex stepped back away from me as he covered his crouch with his hands. "Aright, aright, no need to attack my boys. I'm your best friend remember. I'm your friend, not foe…right...?"
"Shh, I'm watching Lauren, where is she...? Babe, where are you? Is that the basement, are you guys in the basement?"
"Yeah sweetheart, weren't you paying attention? Why do I get the feeling that you turned into my 'Jealous Bo'..." Lauren chuckled before she continued to speak. "I excused us to go to the "restroom" and then we "accidentally" made a wrong turn to the locked basement door which I was able to pick open thanks to some hairpins and Kenzi's lessons and refresher course over the coms…Hmm…something about this basement is…off…"
"What do you mean, Lauren? I don't see anything strange in here…It's just your typical messy basement with junk and a variety of tools everywhere."
"It's smaller…Kenzi sent me all kinds of information on Rainer earlier tonight excluding everything he's ever been under suspicion for since I already know about everything he's ever been under suspicion for. Anyway, she included the blueprints of this whole estate and the basement is smaller than it should be…The left wall should be out farther…"
I watched as Lauren approached the left wall and examined it with Nadia's assistance. Lauren knocked on the wall a few times, stopping when the sound of her knocking became hallow. Nadia groaned, "Don't tell me that we have to find a secret switch or something."
I saw Lauren smirk from Nadia's camera. "I have a better idea. Bo, we need a warrant to search Rainer's estate regarding the murders of his ex-wives. I read over the original case files of the murders yesterday, and I noticed one major discrepancy. The 13th precinct never did a full search of the estate before ruling out Rainer as a suspect even though both his ex-wives told their friends that he was abusing both of them before they disappeared and they were last seen here…Since the 13th precinct never executed a proper search of the estate, we have just enough reasonable cause to reopen those murder cases and redo the search. But, we need a new warrant and I want to do this strictly by the book since this bastard has always escaped the law with money and or technicalities."
"Lauren, how is Bo going to get a judge to sign a warrant that we haven't even drafted up, especially at this hour? She's just a lawyer, not a judge. So, she can draft up the papers but you know she can't sign them."
I'm already drafting up the warrant to be printed and signed by Evony. I gave Vex a nod as I tossed him the keys to Lauren's car since it's the only car we have on site. As soon as I was done and printed out the warrant; he was on his way to Evony, who luckily for us only lived about five minutes away from here.
"Wow Nadia, you really are an idiot. Fun fact for you, lawyers tend to form relationships with judges more than law enforcement officers do due to obvious reasons like the fact that we see one another in court on a daily basis. In other words, I have a judge that I'm very good friends with on speed dial on my phone. Oh, and by the way…this same judge is also sleeping with my boss so again, in other words, I'll have no trouble getting anything signed by a judge at this or any hour. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a phone call to make."
The phone rang twice before Evony answered. "Hello stranger, haven't heard from you in a while. I'm assuming you need something?"
"I'm sending over Vex to your house right now. I need you to sign a warrant to search Rainer…Ugh, what's the fucker's last name…Rainer…"
"Relax darling, I know who you're talking about. The fucker who took Ryan away from you, consider the warrant signed. I don't even need to hear why, I trust you and something tells me that this is being done on the good doctor's request. Well, I trust her too because you and Tamsin do and that's more than good enough for me. Plus, I hate Rainer…I hope you guys give that fucker exactly what he deserves, how long till Vex gets here?"
"He left a couple minutes ago in Lauren's car as soon as I printed out the warrant. He should be there any second now knowing his driving and how time sensitive this warrant is since Lauren's in a very dangerous situation at this very moment...and so she can legally bash in a fake wall..."
"He's here, I'm signing it…and he's gone…Good luck you-" Evony was cut off, it sounds like someone took the phone from her.
"Hey Bo, it's me, Tamsin. Remember, if you guys get this fucker which we know you guys will…remember that you can't be a part of the prosecution team for his trial. But I can and will be as long as I enable the "Chinese Wall" between you and I to avoid any conflicts of interest. Bo, I promise you, I'll make sure that he gets the maximum sentence for all his crimes…oh and when you are done playing "Detective" with your girl, Evony and I would like to have coffee or something with you two, okay?"
"Thank you Tamsin and sure, meet us at the diner across the street from Lauren's hospital next Sunday at six for dinner. Shit! Gotta go! Dyson, do you see those shadows behind them, is that…?" I lost all train of thought as panic set in when the shadows moved closer to Lauren.
I turned to bolt out of the van's rear doors after I quickly had the van's computer system send detailed blueprints of Rainer's mansion to my phone. I saw Dyson from the corner of my eye attempting to come with me so I turned back to face him, stopping him by putting my hand firmly on his chest "No Dyson, Vex should be back any minute now and you know that an official officer of law enforcement has to present the warrant to whoever tries to stop you from searching the mansion, mainly Rainer."
I turned back towards the mansion in a sprint. "You should at least be armed!" Dyson yelled to me. "Who said I wasn't!?" I yelled back just before I reached the closed doors that were wide open earlier for Lauren and other guests.
I knocked on the door urgently. As soon as one of Rainer's well-dressed goons opened the door, I quickly jammed and unjammed a tranquilizer dart into his neck as I made it look like I was just giving him a friendly hug to any onlookers, giving myself about a minute or two to disappear into the mansion before the guy completely collapsed and passed out.
As I made my way to the basement as quickly as I could without drawing too much attention to myself, I grabbed a glass of champagne to dab it onto my neck and chest before I quickly drank the rest of it as I checked my phone to make sure I was still going in the right direction. When I finally reached the slightly opened basement door, I unbuttoned a few buttons on my top to reveal more cleavage before I opened the door and went downstairs. The first thing I saw as I went downstairs terrified me; Rainer had his goons hold Lauren and Nadia at gunpoint.
Luckily, the assholes didn't know of my presence yet unlike Lauren, she swiftly glanced my way without accidentally giving away my position. Here goes nothing…I started acting like a drunk party woman with giggles and a slurred happy tone as I waved around my empty champagne glass like an idiot.
"Oops! This isn't the little girl's room! Ooohh, is this a kinky private party? Mind if I join too? I love role play…" I purposely stumbled on the last step on the stairs hoping that one of the three men would catch me and my gamble paid off when Rainer's biggest goon lowered his gun and quickly turned to catch me.
"Oh, clumsy me! Thanks handsome…say, you looking for a good time? I love big burly men…" I told the guy as I unbuttoned a few of his dress shirt buttons, making him blush and stutter like a high school virgin. "Stanley! Stop playing with that drunk bitch. She has to die now since she's a potential witness to all this shit but, tell ya what; I'll let you fuck her senseless before you have to kill her but only after we kill these tw-"
Lauren took advantage of a distracted Rainer as Nadia disarmed and took down the other guy while I took care of the guy who clearly had a disgusting boner thanks to me. Rainer somehow got the upper hand on Lauren and knocked her on her ass just as I knocked my "admirer" out. He was about to reach for a gun that hit the floor in the commotion. But I stepped on his hand just in time, making him cry out in pain as I grabbed the gun for myself.
I pointed the gun at his head as he was on his knees in front of me with a smirk on his face as if he was daring me to pull the trigger. "What are you waiting for, bitch…You don't have it in you…you're pathetic..."
My steady hands were more than ready to pull the trigger. But, I was struggling with an internal war with myself to pull the trigger or not. I've dreamt of this moment so many times and it's finally here…
This bastard is the reason Ryan is dead. This bastard is the reason why I became the Shadow Assassin. THIS BASTARD ALMOST KILLED LAUREN.
Lauren…I don't want her to see me kill anyone even though the person more than deserves it…It's one thing to know that I murder assholes but, it's another thing to actually see me do it…Plus, I don't ever want her to see that side of me…
"Bo…" I barely registered Lauren's voice calling out for my attention, breaking my focus from my internal struggle. "Bo…everyone is here now, including Dyson with the warrant…everything's okay now…Please hand me the gun, this isn't the way…please…"
After a moment of hesitation I handed Lauren the gun while Kenzi and Nadia had a firm grip on a struggling and now handcuffed Rainer allowing Dyson to present the new warrant to him.
"Rainer Destiny, we've reopened the investigations of the suspected murders of your ex-wives along with a new warrant to search your entire estate since the last search was done incorrectly by the 13th precinct. Therefore, the last warrant is voided and gives us ground to reopen both cases and issue this new warrant that you see in my hands before your very eyes while also busting your ass for the prostitution ring that you running upstairs. Now, according to Detective Lewis you have a false wall…and don't try to deny it, you know she's a genius…So, do you want to do the honors and let us in your secret room or should we just grab those sledge hammers over there and do the honors ourselves?"
"Fuck you; I don't know what you're talking about." Rainer spat out as he continued to pointlessly struggle against Nadia and Kenzi. Dyson nodded, "Well, you can't say we didn't give you a choice."
Dyson and Lauren walked over and grabbed the two sledge hammers that were leaning against the wall that was opposite of the hallow wall. "Ay, wait, wait…no need to destroy the wall like barbarians. I may not be a super genius like Lauren but I am a tech genius. So put the hammers back down and let uncle Vex take a look."
We all stayed at our current positions as we watched Vex feel around the hallow wall for something. After a minute or two he stopped by the left side of the wall. "Clever boy…this is one of the smallest access pads I've ever felt…so small and discreet that I almost missed the very slight difference in texture from the rest of the wall. At first, I thought it was a biometric access pad. But then I remembered you wouldn't use your prints since they're in the criminal database from when you got into an awful brawl on your 18th birthday. So now, I'm almost hundred percent sure that this is a retinal scanner. Let's test my theory, shall we?"
"I'm thinking no and you can't make me!" Rainer gritted out through his teeth, seething in anger. Lauren and Dyson shrugged and grabbed the sledge hammers. "Sorry Vex, we tried it your way. But we'll make sure the scanner doesn't get damaged, mainly so we can verify that it does indeed register Rainer's eyes for access since I want to make sure we have so much evidence on this asshole that he serves at least two life sentences or the death penalty…But, if you ask me the death penalty is too good for him."
Vex shrugged, a tad disappointed. "It's okay, I understand Lauren…ya guys do what ya gotta do." Lauren nodded towards Vex with a sympathy smile before she and Dyson started to bring down the wall bit by bit until they had just enough space to see and access the hidden room.
I gasped once the dust settled and I saw what was inside the little room from my view. There are two skeleton remains inside of the room along with a small desk, laptop, black book and a key safe. Surprisingly, the safe was unlocked, revealing its contents of money and a USB drive…
Lauren crouched down as she put on gloves to examine the remains. "Both females, between the age range of mid-twenties to mid-thirties. They have repeated signs of abuse throughout both bodies and blunt force trauma to both their skulls which are most likely the cause of death for both of them. Our M.E. can tell us more and verify everything I said once we get the remains to him."
I approached Lauren and Dyson to get a better view as Dyson plugged in the USB drive into the laptop and clicked "Play" on the Command Menu prompt. "Ryan…" I whispered to myself as I watched the recording of his murder in shock, sadness and anger.
I felt Lauren take my hand in hers to which I squeezed tightly without even really realizing that I was doing it. After the recording ended; Dyson checked to see what was in the black book before he glared at Rainer with a slight smirk. The look on Dyson's face told me that Rainer is finally going to pay for his crimes.
"You're one stupid fucker, keeping evidence of your crimes. But then again, I love it when you idiot bad guys tie everything up for us in a neat little bow, makes our job so much easier…So, thank you for keeping a ledger of all your clients, women, transactions…especially with the dates, contact information and thorough transaction details…oh and thank you for also giving us more evidence to another suspected crime against you. Now, we can finally to bust your ass for that too. Rainer Destiny, you're under the arrest for human trafficking, assault and battery on law enforcement officers as well as a civilian and for the murders of Ryan Lambert, Chloe Destiny and Saskia Destiny."
Dyson continued on by reading the Miranda Rights to Rainer as other officers came downstairs to check on us, assist Dyson with Rainer who was still being very uncooperative as they took him away and to also assist with Rainer's goons just as they were regaining consciousness. Everyone filed out except Lauren and myself. She took me into her arms and asked if I was okay.
"Surprisingly, yes…I mean I wish I could have at least punched him. But, I didn't want to risk him somehow using that to walk free or reduce his sentence. I know we have to be strictly by the book to have any chance of keeping a snake like him from escaping justice again. I just can't believe that fucker kept evidence of his crimes like trophies."
Lauren placed a slow soft kiss on my lips as I tightly wrapped my arms around her waist. "Well, his stupidity and narcissistic ways ended up being his downfall. So, that's a good thing right?"
I smiled at Lauren, she really is an optimist. "Yeah, you're right as always. Come on, let's get out of here and I'll buy us a late dinner. By the way, I'm going to kick Nadia's ass for pinning you and kissing you like that. I'm totally not convinced that it was strictly for show on her part and you're sleeping on the couch tonight for almost dying on me."
Lauren glanced at me with widened eyes in surprise as we continued our walk to her car hand in hand. "That's not fair; you didn't mention that beforehand."
"It was implied"
"Was not"
"I'm a lawyer; do you really want to do this?"
"I'm a genius juggling two extremely demanding careers while still managing a personal life, do you really want to do this?"
I paused with hesitation as I thought about the best course of action against the genius doctor/detective. "…Case dismissed…?" Lauren chuckled at my hopeful tone before she nodded.
"That's what I thought, Attorney McCorrigan." I stopped her right before she opened her car door. "Wait! Before you open the door, you should know I let Vex use your car to get to Evony to sign that warrant. Your car was the only one we had on site and I couldn't leave you here nor could Dyson for obvious reasons…are you mad…?"
Lauren chuckled, "No Bo, you did the right thing. I understand when it's an emergency situation and this was definitely an emergency situation. I'm not that unreasonable about my car."
"If you say so…Ow! I was only teasing! Kind of..." Lauren smacked my arm again as she got into her car and started the engine. "Babe, wait, you're not going to leave me here, right? I was just teasing!"
I rushed to get into the passenger seat and as soon as my belt clicked she floored it with a smirk on her face. "LAURENNNNN…I'm sorry, I didn't mean it! Babe, we're going TO DIEEEEEEE!"
Lauren just broke out with laughter as I held onto my seat and the dashboard for dear life. Yup, we're going to die…my beautiful girlfriend is going to kill us…Is it bad that I'm totally terrified and turned on at the same time? Well, more turned on than terrified…I wonder if anyone has done "it" while speeding like this, is it bad that I want to try it? I wonder if Lauren would be up for it...good god, we're going like warp speed and all I can think about is doing "it" or at least doing "stuff" with Lauren while speeding in her Viper, what is wrong with me? Ooh, don't open that can of worms…Did I mention that we're going to die!?