Chapter 4 already? Yeah, well here it is. Again, there will be lighter moments in this tale, but there will be less of them than the other kind.
Let's get right to the reviews: Uberscribbler, hey I'm glad at helping you to get with your inner feelings; CB73, yup Eric/Hans' plans are in motion, but if he doesn't get caught, he will never learn humility. Monique….I see her as Kim's friend, not really Ron's, she can be spiteful and sometimes arrogant. She is smart and talented, she does not see Ron as either smart or talented and thinks Ron is sorta holding Kim back. Ron has his friends and he's going to come to depend on them; Jimmy1201, the 'blue mist' you can guess by the end of this chapter. As for Ron, he is going to try and do his best. His Rabbi said he was a man and now Ron will try not to make a liar out of Bernie Katz. Oh don't worry about Edna Hatchett, she is devoted (ewwwwwww) to Steve Barkin; Bobtrumpet, the take down? Count on it, but it won't be till book 3….sorry.
Okay, again Kudos to CajunBear73 for all his work.
But let's get to it.
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The Hunter: Book Two
Chapter 4
Middleton Police Station:
"Is Officer Hobble in?", Ron Stoppable inquired to the flat-topped Desk Sergeant.
The Police Sergeant sitting behind a desk responded, "I'll call him. Who may I say is asking?"
"Ron Stoppable. My folks were in a wreck yesterday and I'd like to see the car and get some stuff out of it. I need to know what lot it's in.", the blond teen replied
"I understand your situation. Come on Son, I'll show you where Officer Hobble's desk is. I'm sorry about your folks…I hope they will be fine."
"Thanks Sir, it means a lot to me."
About ninety seconds later, Clancy looked up from his mountain of paperwork and said, "Young Mister Stoppable, how are ye doing?"
Sigh, "As well as can be expected you know."
"How then may I help ye?"
"I'd like to know where my Dad's car is, I need to get some things out of it while I can.", Ron informed the officer.
"Right.", Clancy looked into his paperwork until he found a folder with the name 'Stoppable' on it. "Ah, here it is. Big Toe Towing Company. I'll make the call for ye."
Three minutes later:
"Mister Stoppable, it is on their lot. I will write a note for ye. They keep all the cars they tow in under lock and key."
"I brought my keys with me…"
"They won't work Son."
"Why is that Officer?"
Officer Hobble frowned then explained, "The firemen had to use the 'Jaws of Life' to get your parents out. That's how bad the accident was."
"Damn! No wonder they are as banged up as they are. Thanks for helping them…"
"Ye don't have to thank me for that Mister Stoppable. Now, I am busy for a few hours, so I'll have Officer Wilmar go out there with ye to make sure that ye can access the vehicle.", Clancy informed the teen as the officer in question entered the squad room with two cups of java.
"Ron,", Jason Wilmar said, "I'm sorry about your Mom and Dad, he was a good guy and was always helping young guys who wanted to learn about boxing."
"Thanks for that, I'm sure he'll appreciate that…Uh, I have to get some things out of his car and Officer Hobble says it's in Big Toe's lot…."
"Thanks for the coffee, Jason.", Clancy Hobble took the cup, then pointed between the two of them, "I volunteered ye to show Ronald where the lot is at and to make sure that he can get access to it."
"Sure, it's the least I can do. Even if cars are locked up behind fences, people can get in and swipe things from the inside. Uh, how are your parents doing?"
"Ah, not so well. They are both in ICU. The docs placed Mom in a drug-induced coma so she can heal, and Dad…he still has internal bleeding and they are having a hell of a time finding it, so they are going to do exploratory surgery to see if they can find where the problem is. He's retaining scads of fluids and from what the docs said, it's not really good for his heart and lungs…He really doesn't look too much like Dad right now, with all the swelling. I think they are going to have to put a drain tube in his chest in any case.", Ron informed the officers lowly.
"That sucks Ron. Let me get my coat and then you can follow me to the lot.", Wilmar told the teen as he could tell the volunteer fireman was under considerable strain at the moment.
"Thanks Officer.", Ron replied as he walked out to the front of the Police station.
About a minute later Officer Wilmar appeared and headed for the door with Ron trailing along.
The Policeman got into his cruiser and Ron got into his Mom's car and followed the Middleton Cop out of the parking lot.
Fifteen minutes later:
Both cars pulled into a parking lot that had several tow trucks of different sizes, with a fenced in lot where cars (some damaged and others not) were parked in what looked to be a haphazard manner. Officer Wilmar motioned for Ron to follow him into an office. When they got inside the door a middle-aged woman inquired, "How may I help you, Officer?"
"One of your trucks brought a damaged car in last night, this young man would like to get any valuables and papers out of it.", Wilmar informed her.
"I see…Well, we normally don't…"
"Yes, you do Alice unless you want to read the ordinance again.", Jason interrupted her having had this conversation with her several weeks previously. He wanted to set the tone before she got into a worn-out spiel, he'd heard countless times before, "So, can it unless you want to explain this to Judge Snobblestone, again. This young man is next of kin of the driver and the passenger and they are both hospitalized and may not be out soon. And I know what goes on at the lots if someone doesn't claim the vehicles within thirty days."
She stopped while Jason continued for Ron's benefit, "They can charge a hundred bucks a day storage and then sell the car out from under you. That's a little clause in the City's arrangement with them. Of course, they also get paid for the tow too. And just so you know, Ron, the city has this under review."
Ron inquired, "How much was the tow?"
'Alice' frowned and looked into a stack of papers, "A hundred and fifty bucks."
"I'll pay you the money for the tow right now and this afternoon find a place for it to go for repair, I have to talk to my insurance first.", Ron pulled out his wallet and counted out the money while he added, "I want a dated receipt…signed and dated of course, for my insurance."
Wilmar added, "I will put my signature and badge number on it as a witness."
"That is highly unusual…"
Ron grumbled, "Not today it isn't. You see, I'm a little peeved right now since I am seventeen and I could be the patriarch of my house if my parents don't recover. That means that I could be the head of my household and if that is the case, I might run for City Council…and if I do then there are going to be some changes on how some businesses gouge the consumers here in Middleton." The woman's eyes shot open at this revelation while she wrote out the receipt.
After Ron pocketed the receipt, he made to take the door out to the yard along with the Middleton Police Officer. The found the auto in about five minutes. Ron stared at the car wondering how his parents had even survived. He shook his head and walked over to the passenger side. And with difficulty, wrenched the door open. Pushing the deployed air bags out of his way, Ron then opened the glove compartment and yanked on it until it too, opened. He took out the large envelope which he knew had the papers he was looking for. "That was nice work in there Ron, I couldn't have said better myself."
"Thanks Officer Wilmar, I was just letting off steam…I…I didn't want to put you in the middle of it."
"No, you did the right thing."
"Thanks…"
Wilmar advised, "Check to see if there is anything else Ron."
The blond teen nodded and began to look around checking behind the front seats. He then turned his attention to the front of the inside and looked under the seat where his Mom usually sat. He noticed something there, a reflection, but couldn't see to well and asked, "Do you have a flashlight?"
Of course, Police have flash lights and usually carried them all the time so Jason Wilmar handed over his three-cell mag lite to Ron having already turned it on.
The blond teen went back to where he was looking and muttered, "What the…Awwwwww shit! This tanks.", as he realized what the reflection was from.
Officer Wilmar said, "What did you find?"
Ron didn't say anything, but after a few moments, he backed out from under the front seat with something small in his trembling hands.
"Is that…"
Ron nodded with tears rolling down his cheeks, "Yeah."
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Liz Sours got out of Dave Albert's truck and went inside the convenience store. The high school QB was right behind her, "I'd better tell him babe."
"Tell me what Alberts?", Woodson asked as he poured water into the coffee maker.
"Stoppable's parents were in an accident last night and are in the hospital…And Ron still has no idea of where Rufus is."
"Damn…! I should give him a call…"
"I don't think Ron's at home, Possible is babysitting his sister right now. Ron went up to see his parents and then was going down to the Police Station to find out where the car is and get valuables and papers out of it."
"Man…", the former standout linebacker mused, "I just got a funny feeling in my gut."
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"Hey is that Stoppable? I guess he's back in town.", Justine Flanner asked her boyfriend slash boy toy.
"Where?", Mike Little asked as he looked around.
"Keep your eyes on the road Mikey. Back there coming out of that office with a Police Officer. And Stoppable is carrying something.", Justine informed her guy as she continued to watch.
Mike tried to look again, but was unable to because he knew that Justine might whack him with a rolled-up magazine later. "I'll call him later, someone needs to tell him Kim got hurt."
"Like he needs to know that information boyfriend…"
"Justine, ya have to be nicer. Your Dad's feeling better and isn't having headaches anymore."
"Okay Mike, I'll stop harshing on people even if they are goofy like Stoppable…but we have to cuddle later, I'm still cold."
XXX
The Stoppable Home:
Kim was dancing with the raven-haired Asian girl when she heard her Kimmunicator sound its signature tone for incoming calls. "Go Wade.", the auburn-haired heroine said as she picked Hanna up and sat down with her on the sofa.
"Yeah Kim, I have preliminary analysis of the scans."
"Sure, Wade let's have it.", Kim replied, "Did Ron get into something weird in Japan?"
"Okay, no, first, Ron's scan is normal…Yours, however…"
"Out with it Wade.", Kim replied wondering what else could go wrong in her teenaged life to make it more complicated than it already was.
"It seems you have become 'sensitive' to Ron somehow, as in an allergic manner. I think it's through his pheromones, but I can't be sure at this point. I'll need to take a more in-depth scan of each one of you to be sure. Then make up a plan to deal with it after I get some input from some experts in the field. A normal severe reaction would be a four plus-plus, I estimate yours as being at least an eight plus-plus-plus. So, it is off any scale that I can ever estimate."
"How can that happen Wade? I mean I'm only allergic to wasp stings, that's why I keep an injector in my backpack.", Kim retorted not believing what she was hearing from her techmeister.
"Not sure Kim and like I said, I have to run more tests and then maybe I can have an answer after I get the data back. I DO know that whatever is causing this will put a hamper on Team Possible missions since it will affect your capacity to even focus on the mission at hand.", Wade gave his insight.
"Wade I don't want to stop doing missions yet. Will I have to replace Ron?"
"That is one option right now. I have sent emails to various experts to see what might be the best way to go. Of course, Global Justice was one of them."
Sigh, "Yeah, you're usually right Wade. Get the information and you, I and GJ will go over the best way…"
"Not Ron?", Wade inquired.
"Huh?", the red head was confused by the question.
"Yeah, Ron. Remember him?"
"Yeah Wade, what about Ron?", Kim asked irritated for some reason.
Wade pointed out, "He is as much a member of the team as I am and should voice his opinion if he has one. Remember, he's the one who found those girls. If he hadn't taken proactive action they might still be out there."
"Yeah, sorry I was only thinking of myself. Thanks for reminding me."
Wade frowned, "I have an idea on how to cut down on your reactions, but I have to talk to some others and some place like GJ where I can get some support for an idea I have."
The teen heroine added, "Okay, I agree, but I also need to tell Ron about what happened on that mission and to be careful about those Yamanouchi guys…According to Monique they killed some of the bad guys…They didn't even try to arrest them…."
Wade frowned inwardly at what he knew Yamanouchi was all about. "Kim, I was on the other end of the Kimmunicators if you don't remember…that is till they got you on the aircraft and left Ron's unit with you to monitor your vitals. There are a couple of things you have to remember, that they are. First: They weren't tasked with doing anything except to get you out of there as safely as they could. Second: They were not authorized to arrest anyone. And finally, and I think the big one: The bad guys were using automatic weapons. They didn't want to kill those guys, but the bad guys had guns and were shooting. So, you have to take that into consideration. Also, there were only two of them and Jones had a lot of guys with guns, so you might want to cut them some slack.", Wade told his boss.
Sigh, "I…"
"Also, like I said, your rescuers got out and I don't know what happened after they got you out except they got your suits back, though not the comm units.", Wade kept it coming, "I assume those units are compromised and I have already send encrypted signals to those units, so that if they survived the mission and someone found them, they will be worthless since one part of the signal will make the unit's destruction device activate." Of course, Wade lied about what he thought happened, but since he didn't have conclusive data, he was fairly safe from scrutiny for the time being at least.
"Wade, you never told me…"
"Never meant to Kim, but that is technology which I have pending patents on and I want to keep my secrets about the equipment I designed to myself as much as I can until I can market it. Now that's not even counting when you think that some genius could use a unit to break into our secure communications. That could compromise your safety out there.", the genius notified her, "And while I am at it I need to see the unit that you gave to Eric."
"Why is that Wade?"
"Oh, just some updates that need to be installed.", Wade lied. "Now when do you want to be scanned again?"
"Yeah, I'll tell Eric, he should be cool with that. And the scanning thing, I think I want to do it after I get home and we have more privacy, so people don't know what we are doing."
Wade's fake smile didn't give anything away as he responded, "Thanks Kim, I have ta keep the updates so you guys have the latest update. Oh, and since the scan is going to have to be in the nude this time, make sure you use that pink and orange device and walk around your room with it in case your brothers have any hidden microphones or video cameras."
"They wouldn't dare…"
"Just how many times have the twins pranked you Kim?", Wade asked.
Kim glanced down at the raven-haired child and muttered, "Point taken. I'll call when I have it all done."
"If they have any devices in your room, I can send a command signal to the unit. Oh, and make sure you shut down and unplug your phone and computer, as well as your alarm clock.", Wade instructed.
"Why?"
"Do you want to be able to use them later?"
"Yeah…"
"Good, follow my instructions Kim and both you and I will be happy.", Wade laughed, thinking about getting even with the guys who 'hacked' into his systems a few months previously.
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Klein Veterinary Clinic, Middleton:
"Mister Stoppable?", one of the assistants inquired.
Ron rose from his chair in the waiting room.
The assistant inquired, "There is a problem with your pet, Misster Boppable?"
"The name is Stoppable, Rufus is dead…I think, I found him in Mom and Dad's car.", Ron pulled his now gray friend out of his pocket and as delicately as he could set the seeming former hero on the table while he kept a protecting hand around the valiant rodent.
"I see, let me get the doctor.", she exited the examination room.
A couple of minutes later:
A white-coated woman entered. "Ronald,", Martha Klein inquired, "what seems to be the problem with Rufus?"
"When I got home last night, he wasn't there…I guess he was with Mom and Dad and they got into an accident while coming to get me at the airport. I really don't know much and I can't ask Mom and Dad since they are unconscious in the hospital.", Ron explained as best he could.
Sighing, "Let me see him, please."
The blond teen removed his hand.
The Vet grabbed a small mirror and place it under the pale pink mole rat's nose. And seeing no evidence of breathing she got out her stethoscope and place it on the rodent's neck and listened. She then tapped the device and tried again. After a few moments Martha announced, "I am sorry, Ronald."
"I guess I knew it, thanks for telling me though…Can you tell me what happened? I mean after the accident he was out in the cold…I only found him by accident."
"I'll have the tech get s couple of x-rays Ronald.", she picked up the body and took it out the door.
Ron sat back with his head in his hands. "Man,", he muttered, "if Mom and Dad only hadn't tried to pick me up at the airport, everyone would be safe now."
Ten minutes later the Vet brought Rufus back into the room and set him back on the table. "We'll have the images in a few minutes. Would you like a cup of coffee?"
Sighing heavily, "Yeah, thanks."
After she left, Ron pulled his cell out of his pocket and dialed Wade. The tech-meister's voice came through, "Hey Ron, how are your parents?"
"They're still in ICU Wade, but we have a further complication that involves Team Possible.", Ron told his friend lowly.
"Yeah, I know, I found out that Kim is allergic real bad to you and I have to run more tests to figure out what to do.", Doctor Load replied to his friend.
"I wasn't talking about that, we lost a team member…"
"Lost? Who? Is Kim alright?"
"Yeah, and it's not Kim."
"Hold it, if it isn't Kim and you and I'm okay, that leaves only Rufus. Did he get hurt?"
Sigh, "Yeah, he's…ah…he's dead.", Ron got out as more tears began to flow.
"How…"
"Wade I don't know yet, the Vet is taking x-rays. He might have froze to death last night…Mom and Dad shoulda stayed home. Because of me…Rufus is dead and my parents are in the hospital, life is real special for me right now."
"Ron, you have my sympathy man, I'll call Kim and tell her…"
"No, don't do that Wade. If she asks I'll let her know."
"Ron, you need to let her know…"
"I will Wade, but she has her own problems at the moment and doesn't need my woes tossed on her too. Dating Eric has to be a full-time job…I think. Anyway, after this stop I have to head over to the insurance guys and turn in a claim for Dad's car."
"Yeah, you have a lot on your plate.", Wade agreed.
The Vet walked back into the room, "Wade, I gotta go man, I'll call later. I might need to get a hold of Yamanouchi though and I don't wanna go through your system."
"I have a landline number, let me give you my address and you can use my phone…"
"I don't know…"
"Ron, it's the least I can do. Let me help you here."
"Okay, you convinced me. I'll call you in a little while to get the info. Later."
"Thanks for letting me help you Ron."
The blond teen disconnected his cell and looked at the Vet as the blond teen told her, "That was my tech guy, Rufus was part of Team Possible."
"Oh, I am sorry…"
"Not as sorry as the world might be since he was the one who stopped the syntho and caused the robots from last spring to shrink down to size…"
"I take it this is a big thing, you should tell someone Mister Stoppable…"
"The word will get out fast enough, the Police know about it. Rufus didn't do it for glory, he did it for cheese."
The Vet sat down next to Ron as a tech in scrubs entered the room with sheets of film and handed them to the Vet.
She got up and put the film on what was essentially a vertical light table and fastened them in place and turned on the light. She studied the images for a couple of minutes then told Ron, "Rufus had a broken neck, that is what killed him. I am sorry Ronald…"
"Thanks…I uh, I guess I'll take him with me.", Ron picked up his friend.
The Vet offered, "Take the towel Ronald, it will be easier."
"Yeah, I guess.", Ron replied as he wrapped his friend up. The blond teen carried his friend's body out of the examination room and stopped at the receptionist's station and set the towel down.
"Uh, how much do I owe you?"
She gave Ron a small smile, "Let me see…Oh, there is no charge, I am sorry for your loss."
"No charge? Are you sure?", Ron inquired since he knew from past experience vet bills could get expensive.
"I am sure. Drive safely out there and get home as soon as you can, you look extremely tired."
"I admit I didn't sleep that well last night…I just got in from Japan. Thank you for all you have done for me.", Ron responded as he picked up the towel and opened the door.
Moments later our hero got in the driver's seat of his Mom's auto and set Rufus in the seat next to his. "Man Rufus," Ron muttered, "I don't know how I am going to get through this without your help, but Rabbi Katz said I'm a man, I guess I'd better start acting like it."
XXX
Tara was sitting in Josh's van as they drove through a part of the suburbs. "Hey, let's see if Ron's back yet.", the bubbly blonde suggested.
Josh glanced as he drove by the house in question, "There's no car in the driveway…"
"But the curtains are open Josh, let's stop to see. I want to ask him a few questions."
"Sure, but I have to turn around."
Three minutes later the two teens were at the Stoppables' front door. Tara rang the door bell and a moment later Kim opened it, "Come on in guys, what brings you over here?"
"Ron was due back, did he make it?", Tara inquired.
Sighing, "Yeah, Ron went to the hospital…"
"Did he get hurt again?", Josh asked as Tara and he stepped into the house.
"No, his Mom and Dad did and are in the hospital…they had a car accident in the storm.", Kim lowered her voice and explained, "They're not doing well and I'm here babysitting Hanna until Ron gets back."
"Are they going to be alright?", the platinum blonde asked now worried about Ron Stoppable and his parents.
"Ron told me they are in ICU, although I don't know if they have been put in regular rooms since last night.", Kim responded.
"We should call…", Josh got out as his girlfriend grabbed his hand and squeezed.
"Boyfriend, we'll sort this out. How is Ron taking it, Kim?"
"Hard, I think. It looks like they were going to get him at the airport yesterday during that storm and knowing my lifelong friend, he might be blaming himself for them getting hurt coming to get him.", the young heroine responded.
Tara frowned, "That wouldn't be Ron's fault…"
"You know how insecure he is T.", Kim countered, "I hope he gets home soon though, Ron didn't leave anything out for Hanna's lunch and you know how I am in the kitchen, the only think I can do is heat up milk because there are no formula bottles in the refrigerator."
"Show me where the baby food is and I'll make sure she has something, and a bottle. I don't think she's off the bottle completely. While I'm doing that do you want to call Ron up to see when he'll be home?"
"Thanks Tara, I owe you one."
Tara went into the kitchen and found baby food along with powdered formula. She quickly went to work as Josh sat down at the kitchen table.
The heroine picked the little Asian girl up and grabbed her Kimmunicator and punched the 'Connect' button. "Hey Kim what's up?"
"Can you get a hold of Ron? Tara is making up some food for Hanna and she's a little worried about him."
"I can. I can also tell you that Ron has already been to the hospital, the Police Station, the yard where the car is to pick up some forms, the Vet and now he's heading over to his insurance office.", Wade informed Kim.
The red head was confused, "Why did Ron need to stop by the Vet?"
"Uh,", Wade was caught flatfooted and shut his trap while his mind caught up, so that he could lie without tripping himself up more, "Uh yeah, he wanted the Vet to check Rufus out."
"So, Ron found Rufus, good. Where was he?"
"He was in the car at the yard."
Kim frowned, "I'll bet he was cold…"
"Yeah Kim, I'm sure he was.", Wade responded, "Ron said he didn't have his coat on."
"Well Wade, it wasn't all that cold last night.", Kim chuckled, "He should be fine and will probably take a long nap after eating a block of cheese."
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Klein insurance:
The blond walked in the door. The receptionist inquired, "May I help you?"
"Yeah, my parents had an accident last night and I wanted to let you know where the car is and also to know that they are in the hospital, but are not doing so hot. You'll be getting bills…"
The gray-haired lady asked, "Oh, I'm so sorry. Could I have their names please?"
"Sure, Dean and Barbara Stoppable.", Ron replied.
She quickly looked through some files and said, "I don't have them in here. Are you sure?"
"Yeah, Dad's been doing business with Marvin Klein for twenty years, they went to college together. His daughter Shelly graduated two years ago.", Ron replied.
"I see, I'll show you in to see Mister Klein, then."
Ron Stoppable was ushered in to see Marvin Klein. The older man stood up and walked up to the teen, "Congratulations on your season, Ronald.", he began, "Please sit."
The blond teen plopped in a chair, "It's been a rough few days, your lady out front said she couldn't find any policies. Why? Dad's been doing business with you since forever."
"According to my staff Dean called up to cancel his policies stating he found better coverage at a good price…I mean I gave him the best coverage in Middleton. I just don't understand why…"
"Sir, I don't know either, but I was in Japan for the last few weeks and just got in last night. Mom and Dad were in a car accident and are now in the hospital.", Ron informed his Dad's friend.
"I didn't know.", Marvin Klein got on the intercom, "Micky, would you bring the Stoppables' file in here please, I wish to look some of the papers over."
"Yes Sir.", a man's English accented voice replied.
"How is your new Sister, Ronald?", Marvin inquired while they waited.
"Growing like a weed and getting cuter by the second."
"Where is she? I hope she wasn't in the accident.", Marvin worried.
"Kim Possible is babysitting her right now.", Ron informed him.
"Oh, how is your girlfriend?"
"She's not my girlfriend…anymore."
"She's not? I'm sorry you two broke up…"
"Yeah, well we didn't, but she has selective amnesia and some doctor advised us to let her remember on her own."
"What kind of quack would say that?", Marvin frowned.
"Some Doctor from Austria. I think he's some shrink who works in a college or something.", Ron told the older man as a man about five feet six came in to the office with a large folder.
"Mister Klein, this is the file you wanted. Now I remember the call that Mister Stoppable made to us and I sent him the paperwork to his house. It was returned only three days later."
Marvin half smiled, "Thank you Micky, I'll check this all out. I will let you know if there are any inconsistences."
"Yes Sir, but according to…"
"Thank you, Micky, I am quite aware of what the policies are and will take it from here."
Then to Ron he continued as Micky left the room, "I was out of town as well Ronald, we can go through this together because this seems out of the norm for Dean to just up and cancel, not one, but all of his and Barbara's policies."
Twenty minutes later:
"Ronald this is unusual, Dean just paid the annual fees two months before. Why would he do that then cancel them?", Marvin asked.
"I don't know Sir…"
"But I am looking at the form he sent in…and it doesn't make sense.", the very experienced insurance agent showed the paper to the Stoppable who was responsible at the moment.
"Uh, Sir?", Ron scanned the forms then pointed out, "This isn't legitimate, that's not Dad's signature."
"Huh, what…", Marvin pulled out another form from years earlier and examined both, then exclaimed, "You are right…and I remember, Dean is left handed, this was signed by a right-handed person. The 'D's and the 'S's are different too. And the 'P's…they are not even close. Since this older document has been in the file for years…just a moment. I'll check one where I know I was there…Dean's initial application for car insurance. It was one of the first policies I wrote."
The agent then found the one he was looking for after leafing further through the folder. Finally, he said, "Here it is."
Ron got up to look over his shoulder, "I'm not an expert Ronald, but I'd have to say the forms we just got in do not have your Father's signature on them. I'm going to have to make copies and send them off to the main office. Someone has been tampering with our insurances, we might have to get the state auditor in to examine these. One moment please."
Five minutes later:
"Ronald, I have made copies for you and I have made extra to go in my safe. I have called the main office and they are sending a handwriting expert and an auditor to investigate this. I have reinstated all Dean and Barb's policies. Now may I see the accident report?"
After looking at it Marvin then told Ron, "I am having Dean's car moved to our secure lot, something is too fishy about this. Again, I am sorry for your Mom and Dad and I promise that I will straighten this out. Do you need anything? A rental car or a loaner?"
"No not right now sir. But you do understand that the hospital will be sending bills to me…"
"I will personally call the hospital and make them aware that their stays are covered by their insurance and backed by my office."
"Thanks Mister Klein, for all your help, I appreciate it. I don't know what I would have done if anything else had gone sideways.", the teen rose from his seat with a thin folder and offered his hand to a man he had met off and on for fifteen years.
"I will be in touch Ronald, and I will get a hold of the hospital and a wrecker driver to make sure that your car is moved to a secure location. And I will notify the Police before they do so. Again, if you need anything drop by or call.", Marvin replied as he took the blond teen's hand.
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Yay, two plot threads straightened out. More coming up, I promise.
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We'll see ya down the road,
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