Divorced! Now what?
Chapter 101

Pam POV

Finally, I had the warrant in hand and gathered several officers, and we headed in three vehicles to serve the warrant. We

are excited about getting these two women. According to my senior, these two have their hand in a lot of the cases we are working on, and we need to be careful how we handle each case, making sure they can't get out of them. It will be a big coup for us to get them off the streets. The mansion is huge, just like most wealthy family homes in this area are. I pulled up at the massive gates and wound my window down as a guard came to my window.

'Can I help you, officer?' The guard was young, in his early twenties. I lifted my warrant to show him, but he hardly glanced at it.

'I am here to collect Wendy and Cynthia.' I did not get to say their last names as he backed away, and the large gates started to creek and grind, and they slid open. Well, that was easy. I thought I would get into an argument, or at least he would phone them for permission. Luck is on my side today. It was late, and I was ready to call it a night, but these two need to be behind bars, and that is why I am pushing this and making sure every T is crossed and every I is dotted. Everything had to be 'by the book, leaving no stone unturned. I can't risk them getting out on bail.

Bret answered the door, and I pretended I did not know him if the other two were nearby. I am still waiting for him to deliver some good news on paperwork or something concrete to pin the ladies to more law-breaking events. I have a number I want to pin on them. I have someone else working on that case. His job is to get all the information together, and Jacko and myself will go through it.

Cynthia did exactly what I had expected from her. She is theatrical, putting on a great performance of innocence and then the more ugly side I have seen a number of times before. She believes she is above the law, and then in walks Wendy, face cream still caked on her face. I was going to love taking her in looking like this, and it was like getting the cherry on the top of the cake. Wendy tried to make excuses to get out of the room, but we were having none of that, and I had Jonno grab her, turn her around so fast she nearly lost her footing, and click those metal bracelets on her wrists. The sound of the click shutting the cuffs was music to my ears. I have been keeping these two ladies on file for years. They had managed to slip out of the noose each time, but we have them both this time on this one, and while in jail, we can work on the rest of the stuff.

Jacko POV

At the same time, at a gated community section of the rich and famous.

We arrived at the gate, and the guard came out to check on us. He saw me, looked at the other two cars, and smiled. 'Going to take one of my residences today, my friend?' He chuckled and walked back to the guard house, and the gates smoothly moved to the side. I waved to him as we entered the area, and his laugh could be heard as we drove away. He did not like a lot of the arrogant ones that lived there, thinking they owned the world and did what they liked and treated people as if they were below them, just like the men I am headed to right now, when the guard sees who we have in the vehicle, it is going to make his day.

The most considerable mansion in the place came into view, his place. It lit up like a Christmas, showing off its grandeur to anyone passing. We parked and got out, marching up to his huge double door, and banged on the large knocker that was for display more than use, as he had a doorbell on the side, but I liked the sound of the knocker echoing inside.

A young maid who looked like I had just woken up answered the door. She squeaked when she saw us, and I felt bad that we had scared her a little. She gathered herself and stood upright, head held proudly, just like she had been taught to do. I know I have been here many times before, but only as a guest, never on duty.

'The master has retired for the night! She informed me timidly.

'Wake him.' I ordered, and she invited us into the parlor room to wait.

The parlor room was decorated with all his achievements so any visitor could see how great he was. It is going to make me feel good to take this man down. It can be not very safe if you have never seen all this before. I can see some of my men eyeing the awards and shuffling their feet nervously.

'Don't let this room worry, lads. He is still just a criminal like all the rest,' I said softly, but they all heard me and stopped looking around the room.

In walked the man we had been waiting for. He was in his bathrobe, having been woken up, his hair all disheveled.

'Jacko, what is the meaning of coming to visit this late at night?' He grumbled. I nodded to the officer who was going to arrest him. I was there to ensure that nothing went wrong. I cannot be the arresting officer.

Are you Congressman Bennett Sanderson?' My office asked.

'Of course I am. What of it?' He was his usual self, even half asleep, but he was still rude.

'You are under arrest for being part of the bashing and k********g of one Bethany Peterson.' He then read his rights as he shouted how stupid we were, and he did not have time for this type of nonsense. My officer turned Bennett around and placed the cuffs on his wrists. He gave me a thunderous look. He was shouting obscenities as we led him out of his house and into our vehicle. The men looked like they were enjoying watching this man fall to pieces. It is different to be on this side. He should be happy we did it at night when most are asleep, or he would have had an interesting audience, and I would have loved to see their reactions to seeing this happening.

He shouted all the way to the precinct and was still yelling when we got to a cell. I was happy when we closed that door and could no longer hear what he was saying. The officers all chuckled as they spoke about what had just gone down.

I went to sleep and then let Bob know what happened in the morning. I left my men to do the paperwork on this one and would review it later. A night in the cells would do Bennett a world of good. Luckily for us, his lawyer's phone had gone to the message bank, and he was none too happy about that. Bob POV

My office desk is full of paperwork, but my mind is on my daughter and last night's memories. What she has been through would have most people making a mess and spending a lot of time in therapy, yet my girl appears to be handling it like a trooper. I told her we had warrants out for her sister and Mother's arrest, and it was like we were talking about everyone. She did not even blink, and it was as if we were talking about some other person and just nodding.

I am not waiting to hear how things went last night. I had half expected to get a call last night, and it was a wrestling night as it was, so maybe it was good I had not heard. I am tempted to replace out myself, but I need to stay out of it as much as possible. I have gotten a little too close at times and cannot risk my intervention by association they get off.

Just before ten in the morning, Jacko arrived, bringing with him two cups of coffee and a muffin each. He closed the door and sat down.

'Morning, did you check, or have you waited for me? He asked, and I chuckled as I took a sip of the elixir of life. 'Waited. Getting from you is so much more pleasurable.

Jacko then spoke at length about the arrest of the woman and of the Congressman, as well as two high-placed Gutter Boys and several lower-ranked ones, all to do with the assault and making sure none of the dots were connected to the other cases yet. I then told him about Bethany's latest memory and of how she was dragged out of the vehicle bleeding, and then one of the men beat her up some before throwing her in the van. Jacko was fuming.

'There is a traffic camera nearby, set up for speeders. I would see if anyone got a photo of their car. If they were speeding, that camera would have captured them. I only just got the report of where they were set up. I have asked for a photo to be sent to me. We may have more evidence within a three-hour window of the accident. Jacko glowed.

'How about the time that Bennett went through the tunnel, where there were any cameras around at that time?'

'I will look again. I had assumed the one in the tunnel would be enough, but having more than that for backup would be good.

'Thank you for the update. I will pass it on to Bethany'

'Don't let your guard down yet, and she is still in danger.' Jacko added as he stood to leave.

'Yeah, I get it, but at least she can go home now. I will ask Scott to assign a couple of bodyguards, and I will not let her talk me out of it this time.