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The Black Orchid Club:
Keli was enjoying the time she was spending with her uncles. They had some work to do, so Keli toured the club itself. It was still morning and the club wouldn’t open until noon time. She saw where the employees changed and where her uncles had a room set up for visiting bands.
While Keli is walking around enjoying how her uncle's club is set up. Her cellphone beeps informing her that several emails have arrived. She looks at the emails that she received and notices one of them is from the same law firm that has been coming after her about the inheritance she received from Mr. Knight.
She started reading the email and couldn’t believe that she was being taken to court again over the inheritance. This time she was being accused of causing Mr. Knight’s death by giving him the wrong medication. She knew that was false because she kept a journal of every medication, she gave Mr. Knight and what time she gave it.
The lawyer she had on retainer was good, but it was costing her money. She looks up towards her uncle’s office and wonders if they could help her. She knew they had a way of making people leave them alone.
She didn’t know very well, because she had been out in St. Louise going to school and working. She knew her mother wanted to get away from Augusta for a reason. What it was, her mother never told her.
She puts her cell phone back in her pocket and heads back upstairs to her uncle’s office. She knocks before she enters, just in case they are on the phone. As she walked in, she was glad she did knock, because her uncle Trevor was talking on the office phone to someone.
She walks over and sits down in one of the leather chairs in front of her uncle Taylor’s desk. She knew he was balancing the books. She knew her uncle Taylor handled the books and her uncle Trevor ran the club and made sure everything was running smoothly.
Taylor noticed something was on his and Trevor’s niece. He wonders what is bothering her “What’s wrong, Keli?”
Keli took a deep breath before she spoke. “Mr. Knight’s relatives are suing me again. They are accusing me of giving him the wrong medication and I know I didn’t because I kept a log of everything, I gave him and what time I gave him the drug.”
“When did you just find out about the lawsuit?” Taylor looks at his niece.
“A few minutes ago, while I was exploring downstairs.” Keli pulls out her cell phone and shows her uncle the email.
Taylor accepts Keli’s cell phone and reads the email. He hands the cell phone back to his niece.
“Will your lawyer be able to handle this lawsuit?” Taylor hopes his niece has a lawyer.
“Yes sir, it's expensive and I can’t access the money Mr. Knight left while the lawsuit is going on.”
“Don’t worry about the money sweetie. Also, I’m going to get our lawyer on this as well. He’s a shark and takes no prisoners.”
“Thank you, Uncle Taylor.”
“You’re welcome, sweetie.” Taylor knew Keli had a nice soul and didn’t need this hassle.
Back at Trevor and Taylor’s Place:
Katlain was wondering what steps she needed to take next. She knew Katherine would be safe with her cousins and niece. But she still had her husband's funeral to deal with. While she was watching the news, a story about two truck drivers dying caught her attention. According to the story, their rigs blew up while they were on the highway. She knew it took a lot to blow up a diesel engine.
Diesel wasn’t as volatile as gasoline. The newscaster was withholding the names of the truckers who were killed from their trucks exploding. There was also a new story about several warehouses and a church in Tennessee that caught fire. The reporter suggested that initial reports are suggesting that it might be arson.
They found bodies at the church and are having a difficult time identifying who they are. According to the news report, two of the bodies were children. Katlian picks her cell phone up and calls the local police department to investigate the fire.
She BS’s the detective she is talking to. Because she knew if they were like any of the detectives she worked with. They won’t release very much details about what happened.
What information she manages to get from the detective working on the case, she records. After she gets off the phone with the detective. She inputs the address into her laptop along with the two warehouses and all three line up with the destination that her husband stopped at. She sits back and just looks at the information.
“What were you doing there, sweetie?” Katlian looks at the information and tries to think like her husband. Also, she wanted to know who the attacker was she encountered at her garage.
She needed more information and there were only three people she knew who might be able to help. One of them was in the penitentiary here in Georgia. The other person was in the supermax in Colorado and the last person, was free, but no one knew where he was.
She could use her police clearance to visit the penitentiary. But she needed to find someone to watch her daughter before she went to the penitentiary. She’ll ask her cousins tonight when she sees them when they get home.
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