“Fine by me then,” Joseph snarling. Being held back by several of the hospital security staff, he struggles futility but shouting all the same; “As god is my witness I have no children!”
Samson still in his police uniform, now torn, after coming off duty looks at his father; “If I wasn’t on duty, you’d be arrested for assaulting a police officer. Remember that when trying to explain to mom why you refuse to let her see me.”
Samson turns around to see Samantha; calming down he looks at her, “Let’s go find Frances.”
Samantha just nods and both try to leave the waiting room only to be stopped by the wer-mer security guard who first witnessed the altercation. Both Samantha and Samson stare at him; daring him to try and stop them. Not interested in being mauled by both a were-feline and a were-dog; the security guard reluctantly lets them both pass, rushing to assists his comrades in holding Joseph Carter back from chasing down his son and doing something stupid.
“I never expected my father to be that hostile,” Samson comments as he tries to pick up his sisters scent; “I guess he’s gone deeper into his religious beliefs since mom fell ill.”
“I never met the man until just now,” Samantha answers also trying to pick up her life partner’s scent; “Frances never talked about him much. Not after that incident when she first changed.”
Samantha was referring to the moment when France’s parents about to get her to become a were-dog were shocked and horrified that she shifted into a were-feline instead. With her father enraged, he kicked the fourteen year old girl out of his house, disowning her outright. It was the kind act of Samantha’s family taking in France’s that helped her deal and cope with the sudden upheaval in her life.
“Is what Frances said true,” Samantha asking; “Your parents are originally Amish?”
“All the way from Pennsylvania,” Samson answers finally pickup his sisters scent; “Frances isn’t far now. But going back to your question, yes mom and dad where Amish. We left the community shortly after she was born and wound up here. Dad had a deft hand in wood working so he was able to get a job as a carpenter. Mom kept house and what not.”
Following their noses; they tracked Frances to the one place neither thought she would try to seek refuge in; the hospital’s chapel. Entering they are greeted with the site of a small room that tried its best to cater to all faiths. They see Frances sitting in a chair crying. Sitting down next to her; they both their best try and comfort her. Frances seeing Samantha, she hugs her as Samson just sits quietly waiting to be acknowledged.
*****
Alyssa Cooper awakens to cold water falling on her; groggily getting up she sees she was placed in the shower. “Could have taken my clothes off instead of letting them get ruined cousin,” Alyssa mutters. She gets out of the shower after turning it off and stripping her clothes off. Standing naked in the small cabin washroom; With everything on display from her large breasts to the blond pubic hair leading a trial to her sex, Alyssa looks for a towel to dry off. Not seeing any, she hears her cousin who is in the kitchen/living area shout.
“Towel’s on the bed. Dry off, get dressed and get in here.”
Alyssa cringed; her cousin was still here and had no intention of leaving until they talked. Knowing that she did not stand a chance if she tried to run off; her cousin would only chase her down and possibly maul her out of anger, Alyssa grudgingly dried off and put on some dry clothes.
Sheriff Douglas Cooper was sitting at the simple table sipping a coffee. Seeing his cousin finally emerge from the bedroom he simply points for her to take a seat. Alyssa sits down looking at the sheriff as he silently stares at her. Putting his coffee down Douglas finally speaks up.
“You fucked up big time cousin. And I don’t have the pull to get you out of it.”
“Fucked up how,” Alyssa doing her best to deflect the conversation.”
“Don’t start with me cousin,” Sheriff Cooper leaning forward; “Brian Walker told me everything this morning. Reconfirming the sexual rendezvous you two had; the Sunday morning meeting. Brian showed me the text message you sent on his phone.” Sheriff cooper places the same phone on the table, “a phone I still have in my possession. He also told me how he was a self-taught computer hacker and told you of his plan to declare his father dead over the internet. Imagine my surprise when you asked him to declare Martin Stovall dead.”
Sheriff Cooper pauses to look at his cousin. Seeing her clearly give herself away with a facial expression he has seen countless times when interrogation suspects; Douglas Cooper knew the kid was telling the truth. “Now for the next question; And this one, you better give me an answer to. On Thursday night; when you and Brian met up at your hotel room; who was your female friend?”
“I don’t know who you’re talking about,” Alyssa lying.
“Cousin I may not be a professional poker player; but that doesn’t mean I cannot read facial expressions to determine if you are lying or not, “Sheriff looking at Alyssa. “So I ask you again, who was your friend that you pimped Brain Walker out to!”
Alyssa stares at her cousin; refusing to name her she just crosses her arms and does her best to stare her cousin the sheriff down.
“Well since you won’t tell me,” Sheriff Cooper getting up; “I’m sure Brian will once I sit him down with his mother. Getting behind Alyssa he grabs her; forcing her up and places hand cuffs on her.
“So your arresting me without charge,” Alyssa finally speaking up.
“No,” Sheriff Cooper answering; “I’m arresting you for trespassing as well as breaking and entering. This is my cabin and I never gave you permission to be here.”
Alyssa scoffs, “you have no jurisdiction her cousin; we are outside of Moon Lake.”
“The road to get here maybe,” Douglas grinning; “but the cabin is clearly fifty feet inside the town’s limits. I have all the jurisdiction I need to arrest you.”
Sheriff Cooper proceeds to Mirandize his cousin as he escorts her to his cruiser. Placing her in the back seat, he does his best to re-secure the front door he kicked in earlier. Heading back to his cruiser he places a call to dispatch to have them send over a tow truck to impound Alyssa current rental all the while as he drive back into the town through the meandering dirt road leading to the highway that will lead him back to Moon Lake.