Page 47 of Caleb's Cause
“Yes. The only thing I need to complete is grading the area, and bringing in the grass seed where it needs to be. I should be done by Thursday next week. On Friday, we’re moving the equipment over to the new ranch.”
Erin nodded and turned back to Hank. “You’re welcome to stay. We can give you all a tour so you can see how safe Broken is.”
“What’s broken?”
“A ranch within a ranch. Before we show you the area, you’ll have to come in to my office so I can give you a visual.”
“How much space are we talking about?”
Erin grinned and everyone saw Hank shudder. “Erin’s Way is three thousand acres, New Double is thirteen hundred, and the new ranch is five thousand.”
“Acres?”
“Yes, but you might want to know this.”
“What’s that?”
“There is no way to get to Broken from the outside. You have to go past here, Erin’s Way, or in from Broken Two. If you’re not familiar with the area, there is no way for anyone to get to Broken. Because of the wedding, I didn’t want any clients here, so we don’t have any extra people wandering around. I can hold off getting them in here until Katherine is safe, and the only way that will be is when Grayson, Babcock, whatever his name is, is behind bars.”
“Are you saying you’re landlocked here?”
“I am.”
“What lawyer are you looking into?” Katherine asked. “Not that I know of any, for my case, I used my mother’s boss.”
“Yes, and we’ll be working with him. I’m talking with someone that is high up on the food chain.”
“What’s that mean?” Caleb asked.
Duane stepped forward and looked directly at Clark. “Delta team, what do you remember of Jason Black?” At their scowls, confused looks, and shakes of their heads, he looked at Hank with a grin.
“Lawyer, DOD.” They still looked confused and he nodded. “Operation Gold Rush.” That got a response from them, and they jumped to their feet.
“Are you shitting me?” Ryan demanded. “You got Black to help with this?”
“Yes, through my connections with the FBI, I went out of the state of California. Both Hank and I have high ranking friends in DC. Our connections put us in Black’s sights. He reached out to us. He’s in the process of retiring from the DOD. He knows what we do, and while still in DC, he’s going to be doing some research. I’m not saying this is going to be completed overnight, or next week. It’s going to take time.”
“Get all our ducks in a row, then slowly pick them off one by one?” Katherine asked, and shrugged when the others turned to look at her. “What? We get our ducks in a row, and then we can go after that asshole and lay our cards on the table, one-by-one we pick off his lies with our documented proof.” She looked at Duane with a scowl. “Do you have copies of my court case?”
“Yes,” Hank answered. “We’re finding that some documents aren’t adding up, there are things changed and thankfully, when your lawyer did your case he made three copies of everything. He stored them around the city, and I have a copy of everything at my office in Montana. When Black can get free, he’ll go over everything.”
“Are you saying the asshole fudged official documents?”
“Yes.”
“Wait, what’s DOD?” Caleb asked.
“Department of Defense,” Ryan answered. “It means that he works for the military. He’s one of the highest-ranking lawyers in the country.”
“Ah, so he can oversee the FBI?”
“Correct.” They all nodded, and with nothing more to say at the time, they broke to grab some lunch, and it was Erin that took Hank to her office and showed him the map on the wall where everything was divided.
“You’re okay to have Katherine stay here?” he asked at one point.
“Yes, you’ll understand when you tour, but if need be, we can even go get a camper and put her across the road at the other ranch.”
It was hours later, when Hank and the men returned to Erin’s Way that he was satisfied that Katherine would be safe right where she was, and he even took Erin up on the offer to stay in the bunktels. However, they opted to go home, get their partners, and any children to come back to be there for the wedding the following weekend.
