Author Note: ….and some people get what they deserve…don't they?

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Chapter 09 – Justice

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There was a rap on his office door and Hyde turned away from the window and said, "Come in please." He stood by his huge glass desk and looked at the computer monitor which reminded him that it was time for the appointment with the fugitives from Canada. Should be fun!

Casey and Glory walked through the tall double doors and were escorted to a pair of comfortable chairs. Glory could only look at the carpet – shame made her cheeks burn. Casey just felt guilty. Whatever happened, at least he was in America!

"Please sit and don't speak until you've heard everything I've had to say." Hyde instructed. He watched as the Norman's had a seat and finally looked up at him, the expressions on their faces priceless as it dawned on them when they recognized who he was.

"Well, I'll be damned." Casey muttered.

"The orphan did good." Glory replied in a hushed voice.

Hyde perched on the edge of his desk. "Casey Kelso aka Norman and his lovely wife Glory Norman, also known as Laurie Forman; welcome to my home. Again, I instructed you not to speak." Hyde walked around to the back of the twin chairs and leaned down between the couple.

"Do you know how much money I had to spend to find your sorry asses? Do you have any idea of the resources I exhausted to locate your trail? If a sad orphan like me could do it, don't you think that a couple of the richest guys in Wisconsin could do it also? You have a bounty over your heads of around $500,000…give or take few ten grand. The two of you have pissed off some pretty important people."

Casey held up his hand. "Permission to speak?" Laurie looked at Hyde with a measure of shame in her eyes.

Hyde walked back to his desk and sat down rifling through a stack of investigative reports. "No. I have a list of all the people you've conned, stole from, ripped off, extorted and skipped out on. Do you understand how simple it would be for me to call anyone on this list and have you arrested, put in the hospital or dead?" Hyde was pleased to see Laurie's hair turn just a little bit grayer. Casey's face was ashen.

"But I'm not going to do that. I'm going to do something much worse." Hyde sneered. "I'm going to do something that will embarrass you and have you crawling on the floor and you will thank me for it."

Laurie/Glory felt sick to her stomach. Her hand automatically reached for her husband. He squeezed her fingers because he was just as afraid as she was. Hyde pulled a paper from the stack and laid it aside. He looked up and mentally sighed. Laurie, Red Forman's daughter, looked like she had been through the wringer many times over. Casey, previously dashing and handsome, looked wrinkled and worried. They sat there calmly awaiting their fates.

Hyde put on his reading glasses, "Laurie Forman, let's see what your crimes are: Broken leases for three different apartments, that's $6,000, stealing tips from your coworkers at Minski's Dance Hop tallies $490, purported theft from several women at the Racine Community Center for the Disabled is $4,900….shame on you – stealing from old women."

Hyde looked over the tops of his bifocals. "It gets worse….I've got $65,000 from several gentleman's clubs where you worked as an escort. An escort Laurie? Really? Oh, this is the treasure right here. You worked for one of the larger casinos and they have you on camera taking money right out of the cashier's cage to the tune of $175,000. I hope you had fun with all that cash."

Laurie tried to make herself smaller in the chair but just hearing about her past crimes was punishing in of itself. Hyde looked at Casey. "So….your wife owes a few people a measly $251,390. Let's go over your list shall we?"

Casey took a deep breath. "I know who they are; can you just tell me what my debt is?"

Hyde smiled. Casey didn't deny it and that was refreshing. "Sure Case….you're portion comes to $310,075. Really, you took money from the Madison Orphan's Collection? You've been a bad boy."

"Okay!" Laurie nearly shouted. "You've found us and you want to punish us – I get it! Just do it already."

Hyde was going for a little psychological punishment for the moment. "Excuse me; I have to make a phone call on your behalf. Stay here and don't move. I've got snipers on the lawn to take you out if you try and leave." He was joking about the gunmen, but the Norman's didn't know that!

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Kelso was trying to get Red to remember some of his earlier antics. Red looked at him like he was nuts. "Red, you got to remember that time I fell out of your tree house and you rushed me to the hospital!"

Red gave him a glare. "Once a kettlehead, always a kettlehead. Where's your friend Tonto?"

Kelso laughed and clapped. "You remember be! AWESOME! Okay, okay do you remember when we fixed the Pong game?"

"Soldering iron, yes I remember now get the hell out of here, it's time for Laurie to be on television. That's only time I get to see her." Kitty touched Micheal's arm, "Come here sweetie." She pulled Michael Kelso out of earshot as the theme music for Charlie's Angels blasted on the TV.

"Red thinks that Farrah Fawcett is Laurie. He doesn't remember when she left, only that she looked like that actress. Why don't you come in the kitchen and I'll make some cookies."

"I love you Mrs. Forman, you're still my favorite old…er, older woman." In the background, Kelso could hear Red shouting at Sabrina and Kelly to call Bosley to save Laurie.

"Kitty! Laurie has a gun! She's going to kill that guy!" Red clicked off the television. "She killed that woman last week. What's happened to our daughter?" Red lamented the sad state of his missing daughter while Kitty only smiled.

"I'm making cookies dear, would you like to help?"

"No…I'm just going to take a dirt nap. Don't wake me up." Red groused. He punched his pillows to make them comfortable and then covered up with the bright orange and yellow afghan. Kelso looked confused. "Laurie killed someone?"

Kitty dragged the clueless Kelso into the kitchen. "No Michael – Red has confused the actress with our daughter. We haven't seen her since…1978? Farrah Fawcett most resembles his recollections of Laurie. The Alzheimer's is a very cruel disease that robs him of his memories. Just…just try not to say anything that could upset him."

Kelso was looking forward to a Forman cookie. He felt like a teenager instead of the father of a US Senator. It was so easy to be young, if only for a couple of days.

"Mrs. Forman….you are still the best mom."

"Thank you, honey." Kitty bestowed a kiss on the top of his head and Kelso was 19 again.

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The soft snick of the door opening startled the Norman's almost like a gunshot in the room. Laurie jumped in her chair and Casey nearly dove for cover under the desk. Hyde walked past them, his boots making a light whoosh noise on the Berber carpet. His chair creaked a bit as he sat down. He stared at Laurie and then at Casey. There was an awkward silence as the couple waited to hear what their fate was to be.

Hyde steepled his fingers and opened his lips but then his expression was grim.

"Hyde! You're killing me! Just get it over with!" Laurie moaned.

Steven Hyde was smiling on the inside. "This is what has been decided. Casey, you are going to work for me. I will pay off your debts so the hounds will leave your family alone. I wouldn't want your niece, the Senator; to be viewed as having an unfavorable uncle….you will perform janitorial work in my record stores. I will pay you a minimum wage but the minute you try to yank my chain, I'll withdraw my promise and you can fend for yourself."

Steven looked at Laurie. "You are such a disappointment to your family. How could you be gone for so long without even a postcard? Before you start blubbering how you were protecting them, I'll grant that you thought this was something you had to do….but not anymore. You will be accompanying me to a special Father's Day party this weekend. You will apologize to your parents and your brother. You will introduce yourself to your nephew."

"I have a nephew?" Laurie asked amazed.

"Yes, 20 years ago Donna and Eric had a baby…..never mind, you WEREN'T there. Your punishment will be working in a nursing home for the elderly WITHOUT ripping them off…and taking care of Red who is slowly losing his memories to Alzheimer's."

Laurie gasped and covered her mouth with her hand. Oh Daddy! She tried not to cry because Hyde was being more generous than he should have. "Is he…will he remember me?"

Hyde decided to tighten the screw a little bit more. "I'm not sure. We'll know on Sunday. Now, in the meantime, I have an employee who will be….sort of your probation officer. He will be the one to pay you each week and I'll receive a report on the quality of your work."

Casey raised a hand. "Dude, that's really kind of you, but we can't live with my folks…not after all this time. My dad….Michael says dad's health isn't so great."

"Well, all the better that you came home, don't you think? Besides, I found an apartment in Point Place and my secretary will give you a housing allowance so you can pick up some second hand furniture. There is a bus that runs from your apartment to my stores and also to your parent's home. I suggest you use it to save your money. Are we clear?"

Laurie shook her head. "So…when do I start work?"

Hyde put the Norman file in his desk drawer. "Monday after the party…and I want the both of you to remember, that if you think you can skip out on me…you have another think coming. In the meantime, you'll be staying here on the estate until Sunday. Casey, you can visit your parents then. Consider this your jail until the party."

Laurie stood up while Casey shook Hyde's hand. "Thanks man, you are a good guy." Laurie came around the side of the table and hugged him. "I appreciate the second chance. It'll be nice to go home again."

The Norman's had left the office and Hyde put his boots up on his desk and thought, Being filthy rich does have some justice!

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A/N: Big shout out to Nannygirl for knowing who Glory was way back in Chapter 7! Good work Nancy Drew!