The Road to Justice/Sins of the Son combo pack - A John Fowler Novel (John Fowler (Books 1 & 2)) (20 page)

“
And became the First Lady of the United States of America, Lisa Nichols,
”
finished John. 
“
I need a drink.
”

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

             
Chapter 47

             
Lisa slammed her fist against the desk.  She had be
en going over the reports from
the FBI.  She was furious to learn that Bruce had not taken the case like she thought he would.  This could complicate things.  She straightened up and ran her hand through her hair.  Who was she kidding
?  Lisa
’
s
life had been complicated ever since that s
elfish, redneck girl ruined her
life. 

             
“
I rose up though
,
Beth, in spite of you.  I was what you should have aspired to be.
”
 
Lisa was giving herself another pep talk.  Secret Service agents had learned over the years
,
unless the
f
irst
l
ady actually called them by name,
they were
to ignore her when she got like this.  Lisa was fired up today.

             
She sat down in her chair, and thought back to that terrible day that had nearly ruined her life before it even began.  Lisa was in the mine.  She thought of it as her kingdom.  Beth had asked Lisa to meet her there.  Lisa was supposed to come alone, but Lisa did as she pleased.  She had brought Jason with her.  Lisa and Jason needed to have a talk.  Jason was going to be the star quarterback of the football team, and
,
for now, Jason would do nicely on her arm as eye candy.  Lisa was going to convince Jason of this, however she had to. 

             
When Lisa heard Beth coming, she sent Jason on into the dark tunnels and told him to wait until Beth left.  It was a good thing she did.  There was no telling what Beth might have done if Jason hadn
’
t been there.  Lisa remembered that was the last day anyone had ever called her Veronica.  Lisa slid back into the memories.

             
“
Veronica,
”
Beth called.  Veronica waved Beth over to her rock throne.  They had discovered the rock formation one day and had made this their clubhouse.  They were always very careful, because 20 feet behind them was a hole in the ground.  It was surrounded by a wall of wood, but the wood was rotten, and all of them kept waiting for the day it fell.

             
Beth walked up to Veronica, determined to tell her best friend what sh
e had been keeping from her
for months.  Veronica would understand; she understood everything.

             
“
Veronica, I have to tell you something very important,
”
began Beth.  She took a deep breath and told Veronica her most important, intimate secret. 
“
Veronica, I
’
m gay.  Now I
’
m not telling you this because I
’
m in love with you or anything like that.  I
’
m telling you because you
’
re my friend and I know you
’
ll support me . . .
Veronica?  Veronica!
?! 
What
’
s wrong!?!
”

             
Veronica was furious.  It was obvious to her.  Beth was going to tell everyone that the two of them were gay.  No, it was even worse than that!  People would assume Veronica was gay because she was friends with Beth.  This would absolutely ruin her!!  How could she ever hope to be President of the United States if this ever came out!
?
!
?
!  This redneck loser that Veronica had turned into a proper lady repaid her with this!?!  No, Beth wasn
’
t going to destroy everything
Veronica had worked so hard for
.  No she wasn
’
t!  Veronica knew exactly how to fix things.  Veronica began to scream.

             
“
Help!!!
”
Veronica screamed. 
“
Help me!!!  She
’
s raping me!!!  She
’
s trying to make me gay!!!
”
 
Beth had watched her friend turn a violet shade of red and then Veronica began this insane screaming.  Didn
’
t Veronica understand?  Beth
had told Veronica beca
use she
trusted her, and now Veronica was screaming nonsense about
turning her gay?  Did Veronica have any clue w
hat Beth had shared with her; h
er most intimate secret?  Beth tried to calm Veronica.  Beth shushed Veronica and tried to put her hand over Veronica
’
s mouth to quite her.  As Beth did this, she saw an evil look come into Veronica
’
s eyes.  Veronica smashed her mouth against Beth
’
s hand and started mumbling into it. 
If Beth didn
’
t know better
,
it would seem like Veronica was making it look like Beth was trying to silence her; permanently.
  Then, to Beth
’
s surprise, Veronica grabbed Beth
’
s wrist.  Veronica slammed Beth
’
s hand up against her
breast.  If someone were to come into the room, it would look like Beth was sexually assaulting Veronica.  What Beth didn
’
t know
,
was Jason was just entering the room.

             
Jason had heard Veronica
’
s screams and came around the corner.  He swore
he heard Veronica scream
she was being raped.  He had to look
twice at the scene he was witnessing
.  Beth had one hand over Veronica
’
s face trying to keep Veronica quiet, and Beth
’
s other hand was on Veronica
’
s breast.  Beth was trying to assault, or even rape
,
Veronica!!  Jason grabbed a rock and ran toward them.  When he got behind Beth
,
he never said a word.  He swung the rock, hitting Beth in the head.  Beth fell like a lump of bricks.  Veronica dropped to the ground
,
gasping.

             
“
Jason!!
”
 
Veronica was crying. 
“
Jason
,
she was going to rape me!!
”
 
Veronica ran up and hugged Jason.  She smiled into his jacket.  She dropped the smile and looked back up at Jason with her best terrified look. 
“
Jason, we have to get rid of the body.
”
 
Jason looked down in horror.  Veronica took control of the situation. 

             
“
Jason, it
’
s simple.  Pick her up, and push her through the boards.  She
’
ll land on her back down there, and any injuries will look like she picked them up in the fall.
”
 
Jason looked dumbfounded.  She ran her hand up his arm. 
“
Jason, you have to do this
.  D
on
’
t worry.  I
’
ll protect you.  No one will find out.
”
 
Jason nodded, and pic
ked up Beth
’
s lifeless body
.  He wa
lked over to the boarded up mine shaft
.  He threw her off his shoulders so she would go through the boards back first. 

             
As Beth crashed through the boards, Jason heard someone screaming,
“
NOOOO!!!
”
and felt something hit him in the back.  If Jason hadn
’
t been so muscular from his years of playing football, he might have joined Beth going
over the railing
.  As it was, his legs buckled and he dropped to the ground.  Fists were pounding on Jason
’
s back. 

As thi
s was
going on, around the corner of
the cavern
came the group of Colt, Tom, Leroy and Amy.  They were shocked to see Veronica on the ground weeping. 
They were also surprised to see David George on Jason
’
s back, beating on him with all his might.  Veronica ran to the group.

“
She tried to . . .
”
  
Veronica sobbed, and collected
herself
. 
“
Beth tried to rape me and now David has attacked Jason!
”
 
Veronica stumbled away from the fight and the fell to the ground. The group gathered around her.  While that was going on, Jason finally managed to throw the assaulter off of him. 

             
Jason looked up and for the first time noticed it was David George.  David began to circle Jason, neither one really paying any attention to their surroundings.  Jason had about had it.  First Beth had been assaulting his girl, and then t
his little trailer park punk
attacked him.  Jason lost it.  He took both of his hands and shoved David right in
the middle of
his chest.  It was then Jason realized they were standing right in front of the broken boards.  Jason watched in horror as David went over the edge, just like David
’
s sister did not two minutes earlier.  Jason heard a sick thud from the bottom of the shaft. 

Veronica whipped her head around when she heard the noise; everyone was looking at the hole and Jason.  Veronica had to fight back an evil smile that flashed across her face.  Jason fell to the ground and began to sob.  In less than five minutes
,
Jason had killed two people. 

The group was stunned.  Veronica took control.

“
Everyone, I need you to give us a few minutes.  Please don
’
t say a word to anyone about what happened here.  We could get into a lot of trouble
.  D
o you understand?
”
 
Everyone nodded. 
“
We
’
ll all get together in a little bit and figure out what to do.
”
 
The group took off.  Veronica came up to Jason and held him.

             
“
Jason,
”
she whispered. 
“
Jason, you need to collect yourself.
”
 
Jason looked up into Veronica
’
s eyes, still sobbing.  Veronica continued. 
“
I
’
m sorry about Beth and
David, but they attacked us.  Look
,
I thought the world of both of them, but they were going to grow up to be junkies or deadbeats
just
like their mother.  You saved them from that.  Don
’
t forget who they were and what they were trying to do to me.  I helped them, and they repaid me by trying to rape me.
”
 
Jason nodded.   Veronica kissed him softly on the lips. 
“
Jason, I need you to go talk to everyone.  Have them meet back here in two hours.  I
’
ll take care of everything, ok?
”
 
Jason nodded.  Veronica kissed him again and Jason took off.  Veronica knew what she had to do.

             
Veronica stood outside of the George
’
s home
.  She looked through the window of the
trailer.  There was
David
’
s and Beth
’
s mother
asleep or passed out, Veronica couldn
’
t tell which, on the couch.  Veronica tried the fron
t door, and it
opened.  Veronica walked into the kitchen and started opening up cupboard doors.  She found a bottle of vodka and walked outside.  Veronica poured the vodka out of the bottle into some shrubbery behind the trailer.  She started sobbing a little to make tears come to her eyes.  She walked up to the door and started knocking. After thirty seconds or so, she started banging on the door.