Page 17 of Jason's Justice
“I’m pretty sure, but yeah.”
“Why would you need it if you already have the videos from the cameras?” Marcia asked.
“Because in the course of Michael’s trial, some evidence that was submitted during Katherine’s trial, the video to be exact, mysteriously disappeared. Thankfully, when the cops gave me the flash drive of all the videos, I made copies.”
“Ah, so they could use the video in his trial.”
“Yes, and we just saw something, as well as heard, that will help in our favor. It will only be a matter of time before we can take him to court. I’m hoping to go after him in the next six months. Anything sooner than that could hurt our case.”
“Are you going to threaten Michael?” Pru asked.
“Threaten, why would we want to threaten him?” Jason asked in shock, then saw the concern on her face.
“Shit, that’s not what I mean. Maybe intimidate, no that’s the same as threaten.”
“Prudora,” Ryan spoke quietly as he took her hand in his. “Close your eyes, breathe deeply, hold it, let it out. Good, now repeat.” When she didn’t seem as stressed as before, he told her to open her eyes. “Talk to just me. What do you think they should do with Michael?”
“When it comes closer to arresting them, have someone important go to the prison where Michael is, and say something like, we know what your father did, and we’re going after him. Once he’s sharing this eight by ten cell with you, you can explain how it’s all your fault that he got caught.” She shook her head and shrugged. “Or something along those lines.”
“Ooh, I like that,” Jason said. “But I wouldn’t do that until after the arrests were made. I wouldn’t want Michael to be ableto contact his father to let him know we were coming after him. Maybe send someone to him and sort of gloat that Daddy would soon be joining him.”
“Question,” Cole said from the other side of the room. “I’m not up on the legal jargon, but I enjoy a good crime show on TV every once in a while. You don’t have to tell us, but with this new information you uncovered, could this Michael character ask for a lesser sentence if he cooperates?”
Jason shrugged, and shook his head. “It wouldn’t do him any good. He’s in a maximum-security prison for life. However, if he refuses to testify, I can subpoena him to testify. He has every right to plead the fifth, and if he does, then I will play for the entire court this conversation I’ve uncovered today.”
“Can you tell us what it was?” Duane asked.
“It’s Michael telling Stephanie about his father’s operation and how he started it, using his FBI connections. He named names, and including Babcock and Mason, there are a total of ten filthy FBI agents. I’m going to call you in tomorrow, Duane, to listen to it to see if you can give us any insight into these other eight people.”
“I’ll be happy to help in any way I can.”
“How well do you personally know Babcock and Mason?”
“I don’t.”
CHAPTER 8
“Excuse me?”
“I’ll tell you the same thing I’ve told everyone here, as well as, Jake Cogburn and Hank Patterson with Brotherhood Protectors.” He took the next thirty minutes to tell the people who didn’t know his story about how he was pushed out by the man he knew as Director Grayson. During his entire speech, both Jason and Ilsa took notes.
“I’m not saying my daughter is a liar, but had you seen the man you know as Grayson before you took Katherine to meet him?”
“Only once, it was at the retirement party for the director I had my entire career with the Bureau. I spent maybe ten minutes with him, but I was able to recognize him as Grayson when I took Katherine to meet with him.”
“Why did you do that?” Kevin asked. “Why meet with Grayson?”
“At the time, I thought he could help us to see why Babcock and Mason were after Katherine. It wasn’t until we saw them from the safety of my vehicle and Katherine freaked out that I realized Grayson and Babcock might be one and the same.”
“Where were you when this occurred?” Jason asked.
“Colorado Springs. We had taken Katherine there to purchase some more clothes. She was with Laurie the entire time they were in the mall. Caleb and I walked behind them, and went into the stores with them to make sure they stayed safe. Not once was she out of our sight.”
“What did you do when you returned here?”
“I wrote down what Katherine said, and I started to do research.”
“On?”
