Thank you everyone who has read and enjoyed this series. I have really enjoyed writing this tale. It has really taken me on an interesting journey. Chapter 6 is being written, and I will post it as soon as it is done. Thank you again for reading. Please vote and leave feedback.
Also,none of the events or people in this story are real. They are all figments of my imagination
A few years had passed since Robert Scott attacked and almost murdered Clementine Kingston. His lawyers were crafty, using maneuvers and plea bargains to help him escape prosecution; they'd managed to buy time to find a way hoping to help their client receive a minimum sentence of five years or less.
His lawyers insisted that his actions were not his fault. The fault lay with a faulty system that did not supervise the inmates properly. They used mental illness, as a defense,. The judge ordered psychiatric evaluations and Robert spent months in a mental hospital. Finally, they tried to strike a deal with federal officers and turn evidence on a major crime ring in order to receive amnesty from prosecution in this domestic abuse case.
Shaun talked to the district attorney, and she assured him that no deals would be made, but she couldn't guarantee him the same from the federal agencies. The FBI and CIA met with Robert's lawyers as well as the DA. After talking with them, they determined that the information he had was not needed, so they denied him amnesty.
He was furious. If he went to prison, that bitch and her brother were dead. He had people in place and if he got time, they both got a bullet. Eventually after all of the evaluations, meeting, and bargains, Robert Scott was presented to the grand jury to see of his crime against his girlfriend as well as numerous other offenses would go to trial. Robert smiled, all he needed was one vote against a trial and he'd walked. He had his people get in touch with the jury pool. So he knew at least three would vote in his favor.
To his surprise, when the jury entered, the three he'd targeted were not there. They called and told the judge they'd been threatened, so he excused them. Robert didn't know it, but that action sealed his fate.
As soon as the jury entered the judge spoke. He thanked the jury members for reporting, and charged them with listening to all of the evidence and making an informed decision. The district attorney presented his case. Robert's team offered a rebuttal. Soon it was time for the jury to indict. Robert had several charges including attempted murder, and battery; they charged him with all counts. He was going to trial. If his lawyers lost, he'd get life in prison.
Robert froze.
I should have never should have been indicted. That bitch and that white fucker she is screwing did this. That's OK, she can't testify if she's dead, right.
he fumed, incensed with rage as he glared at the judge in defiance. The judge ordered the guards to take him to his cell and Robert started to struggle. The guards were ready, and subdued him quickly.
The DA called Mr. MacGregor. She knew this was important to him as he considered Clemmie as part of his family. While she was on the phone she asked him to be vigilant, Robert might have someone try and hurt Clemmie, Darren, or someone close to then.
Shaun froze and thanked her for the warning. He then called and increased the guards at his home. He called Clemmie and told her to not go to her apartment but got straight to his home. He did the same with Darren, Kevin, and Gianni. Michal was at Pembridge, but he called and warned him as well. Until he found out if a threat was viable, he'd protect his family.
Darren had said it was a war. In a war you had to kill or be killed. Shaun was not a murderer, but he knew people who were. He never thought he'd take Hector Gustov up on his offer that he'd made him over twenty years ago, but if that's what it took to end this threat, he'd make the call.
Sitting in his home office Shaun dialed a long forgotten number. Before the phone could ring, someone hung up the phone. Shaun looked up into the face of his house keeper and friend, Mrs. King. She stopped him. "Shaun, you are not a murderer. Look, we've known each other for years. If you call Hector, he'll own a piece of you. Don't do it.'" She spoke firmly.
Shaun looked at her. She was the housekeeper. If he was an elitist, he'd remind her of her station, but she wasn't just a housekeeper, she was his friend. When he was struggling, she helped him as much as he helped her. The only reason she was a housekeeper now was because she wouldn't let him take care of her. She wanted to work.
Still neither he, Delia or even Michal saw her as less than family. That what Deloris King was, family.
"He has a hit on them Deloris, They have gone through enough, and it needs to end." He explained wearily.
"I hate him, too. But if you do this, you'll be just like him. Shaun, tell them. Please, tell what you know and see what they want to do." She pleaded.
"Darren will try to go after him and you know Kevin, Michal, and Gianni will follow. Deloris he might kill them. The thought of them being hurt is too much. I can't.." he stopped.
"Cant what?" Delia walked in catching the two of them in deep conversation. "Deloris, what's going on?" she asked, fear gripping her heart.
"Nothing, baby, nothing," Shaun lied, but Deloris wouldn't be quiet,
"Delia, he wants to out a hit out on Robert, Robert has put one on Clemmie and Darren, or so he was told, so Shaun wants to have him killed." Deloris explained.
Shaun glared at his friend. She stared back. "You can hate me all you want, but you are not a murderer." She hissed.
"Thank you, Deloris, Please leave, I need to talk with my husband.." Delia added dismissing her friend.
"Yes ma'am" she mumbled as she walked out.
"Delia, don't" Shaun whispered. "He almost killed her. I won't let him have a second go at her Delia. If Darren, Clemmie, Kevin, any of them are hurt by this bastard again, it's my fault. If he's dead they are safe."
Delia cried. She'd never seen her husband so torn. But she knew he loved those two young people. She did too, but this guy was in jail, what could he do to them.
"Shaun, he's in jail. He won't be out anytime soon. They are safe." She assured him as she wrapped her arms around him only to realize he was trembling in fear.
"He was in jail the last time, too. He managed to escape." Shaun reminded her.
"Shaun" she whispered grabbing his cheeks, she made him focus on her. "I love you. I need you. They need you. Don't do anything foolish that will take you from us."
He heard her plea and paused. He vowed to protect them, and protect them he would. So Shaun took a deep breath and thanked his Delia for helping him regain his perspective. He also needed to thank Deloris for stopping him from making the biggest mistake of his life.
"You're right baby. I know what I can do." He called Hector. Hector Gustov respected MacGregor. He had a vested interest in this case, but he was actually tired of his egotistical employee. After talking with his old friend, he decided it was time to cut his losses. Robert Scott was no longer an asset, but now a liability.
Darren had finished school and had a secure a position at Autotech Pro. In two months, Darren was one of the top repair men at the office. He knew Robert trial was fast approaching and he hoped he wasn't crazy enough to go after Clemmie again.
Shaun stopped by the office to talk to Darren, because he wanted to see if he would agree to his plan. Until this trial with Robert ended, he wanted him and Clemmie to leave the country, No one would know where and that way Robert could not get to them.
Darren took his lunch break to talk to his mentor, and he saw the worry in his eyes. "Mr. MacGregor, we can send Clemmie, but I won't run from him. Robert is a coward. He will talk noise, but in the end he'll cave." Darren exhaled. He attacked Clemmie because she was smaller, weaker. He has no friends, no more money. Once he realizes that, you'll see that his threats are like rocks inside an empty can. Just noise."
After talking to Darren, Shaun felt better, but as a precaution he hired extra security to look out for Clemmie.
Robert sat in jail and tried to figure out who to call first. No one would answer him. No one seemed to remember him. He was too tainted. He never should have attacked the woman. When they broke him out before, he was warned to just leave the city and stay away from the girl. But Robert was a pompous idiot and thought he was above the law. Clemmie was his and she made him look like a fool. He had to teach her a lesson.
Once his benefactor learned of his newest scheme to have someone kill the girl and her brother, they felt he was a liability and unstable. He couldn't be trusted. They were also informed of his meeting wth federal agents. One day his lawyers met with him and in clear concise terms explained, that they would contuinue to represent him, but his revenge plot against the girl and her brother had to end.
Robert was pissed. It was obvious the old man had gotten to them. They were weak. Maybe the bitch was fucking him too. He'd call his boys and tomorrow with no witnesses, he'd soon be free.
Robert asked one of the guards to get the word out, and soon his benefactors learned of his nefarious scheme. It was then that they walked away. Robert Scott no longer had their protection. Everyone knew this except Robert.
The next several days were critical, and he realized he hadn't seen any of his legal team. He demanded to see his lawyers, no one came. Two days later, he inherited an over worked public defender. He fired him immediately. Soon he demanded to speak to his original attorneys, only to be informed that they had been recused from his case. Robert knew then that he was done. They were through with him. It was all her fault. That damn girl had ruined his life. He wished he had killed her.
A few days later, he met his new lawyer, a young kid that was so young and inexperienced he walked in with just a folder in his hand. He had no more money, no more boys, and no more hope. He could go to court and be found guilty or confess and ask for mercy.
Years after attacking a woman he now despised, Robert Scott changed his insanity plea to guilty. Thinking he'd get fifteen to twenty years, Robert was shocked when the judge gave him forty consecutive years for battery, attempted, murder, and conspiracy to commit murder. When he decided to have Clemmie and Darren killed, the other inmates, turned on him and additional charges were added. Robert stood frozen as he realized he'd spend the rest of his natural life in prison.
