Lara's Story

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Lara's Story

Part Two

By Chris

Early the next morning, Gena awoke to the smell of fresh coffee and the smell of waffles cooking. Gena made a stop in the bathroom to pee, brush her teeth and then she found herself brushing out her hair. She was about to put some lip gloss on before she caught herself. She put it back on the sink counter and then turned to go to the kitchen.

"I thought I told you that you didn't have to cook breakfast." Gena said as she entered the kitchen.

"You did, I just wasn't listening to you when you said it." Lara said flashing Gena a smile as she turned to face her.

Gena tried not to smile back but she couldn't help herself. That brought forth a bigger smile from Lara. "So you found the waffle iron." Gena said as she took a sip of her coffee.

"Yea, I haven't had waffles in forever. Nana used to make them for me every morning and then let me put all the maple syrup on them that I wanted." Lara said as a sad smile came over her face.

"Well I don't think that I got any maple syrup." Gena told her and she was actually sad that she didn't.

"No but you got maple flavoring and that is all I need to make maple syrup." Lara said.

"I do and you can?" Gena stated.

"Yep, Nana taught me that too. All you got to do is heat some sugar water and then add the flavoring. It'll be ready in a second." Lara said as she stirred the sugar water and then added the maple flavoring.

Gena sat down at the table and watched Lara as she cooked and talked about her Nana and how she had taught her to cook and also about life. As they sat and ate, Gena listened quietly, just letting Lara talk about something other than laundering drug money. It seemed to help her relax being able to talk and Gena didn't mind listening to her talk. However time ran out and Lara had to go take her shower as Gena got ready for another day of work. Gena was just putting her police belt on when Lara appeared at her door wearing just her panties and bra.

"You got another pair of sweats that I can wear. Those were comfortable yesterday." Lara asked as she just stood there.

Gena had to stare at Lara for a second as Lara appeared so fucking sexy to her even in those plain looking panties and bra. "Yea, I think I got another pair or two," Gena said smiling at her.

She went over to her closet sliding back the door. She moved to the back where she had several pairs of police training sweats that she had collected over the years. "How would you like to have these?" Gena asked showing them to Lara.

"For me?" Lara asked with a surprised look on her face.

"Sure, I can get plenty of them really cheap," Gena told her filling Lara's arms with the sweats. She lied just a little there, she could get plenty of them but they weren't really cheap but Lara didn't have to know that.

"No one has ever given me anything before." Lara said as tears began to fall down her cheeks. She then ran over to Gena giving her a hug as she cried.

"Honey, they're just stupid sweats, they're nothing." Gena said but from Lara's reaction, she knew that these sweats represented something much more.

"I don't care; they're wonderful, thank you." Lara said as she slowly pulled back with the tears still running down her cheeks.

Gena reached over and used her fingers to wipe the tears from Lara's cheeks. "Here take these and go get dressed. We got to run." Gena told her pushing the sweats into Lara's arms then turning her toward the door and pushing her toward it.

"Thanks," Lara said stopping at the door, catching Gena wiping a tear from her own eyes, something she didn't want Lara to see. She was supposed to be a tough cop and not one who cries over stupid and emotional things.

This was the third day that Lara got drilled and today they were concentrating on what she knew of her father's drug operation. As it turned out, she really didn't know much. She was allowed to handle the finances but nothing else. However this is when Agent Stone showed that he did have a useful talent and could be kind when it served his purposes. He would ask a question and then gently probe Lara's mind as she came up with things that she didn't realize that she knew. While she was limited to her room and kitchen, it didn't mean that was the only places that she went. She did sneak out at night and sneak around the house to see what was going on. And it was those times that Agent Stone was able to get more from Lara and what her father and brother were doing. They went at a slower pace as they took their time. The director was there for most of the day but he was also coming in and out of the room. He had this serious look to his face and at times Kurt went with him. Then there was the time that Gena went out for their lunch that she saw the Director, Kurt and the Sheriff talking. It appeared to be a very serious conversation and Gena knew that something big was going to go down because of all of what Lara knew, but then she knew that already.

It was during the afternoon session that they had Lara describe the people that she had seen at the house. That way they could maybe figure out who was in the drug trade with her family. Most of the people that she had seen were just some of the people from town wanting donations for their causes. Since her father owned half the town, everyone went to him when they needed something. Then Lara began so describe one of late night ventures into one of the parts of the house that she wasn't allowed that she dropped the biggest bomb of the day. She had no clue that she had done so until all three of the DEA people and Kurt's eyes went wide and their jaws dropped. Gena had to include herself in this as she was just as surprised as they were.

She was up near her father's office when three older gentlemen came out of her father's office, all three laughing and more importantly they were stuffing thick envelopes of money into their jacket pockets. As she described the men, everyone's attention was drawn to Lara and she began to get concerned and had this worried look on her face.

"Who were these men?" Lara asked Gena.

Gena first looked at Kurt who gave his approval with a nod of his head. "Lara you are describing the police chief and two of his deputies from Concord County. And by saying what I think you are saying then the three main men who are supposed to be busting your father are actually protecting him and are on the take. You just fingered three bad cops." Gena told her.

"Oh fuck!" Lara said as her hand went to her mouth. "I know I am going to be killed now."

"No, it means that you are going to help us get three bad cops busted and put into prison." The director said.

"Can you prove that they got money from him?" Agent Simpson asked.

"Sure it's in the computer, you got that info," Lara told them.

"Show us," Agent Stone told her.

Lara got her computer and her fingers went to work, it only took her a few minutes to find what she was looking for, "See here it is," Lara said as she showed Agent Simpson what she had looked up.

"How do we know that Curly, Moe and Shemp are them?" Agent Stone asked and then it hit Gena and she laughed.

"What's so funny officer?" The director asked showing that he was a bit pissed at her.

Gena had to make herself stop laughing before she said, "Curly, Moe, and Shemp..." Then the paused as everyone looked at her. Finally she said, "The Three Stooges, it has to be the three cops."

"Oh..." The director said and then he smiled as did the others.

"Did your father tell you to enter them that way?" Gena asked taking over the questions for the first time as she hated dirty cops.

"Not directly but Buck told me the morning after I saw them to make that entry and for how much. And then the last day of every month I had to make the same entry." Lara told her.

Then everyone looked either at their watch or phone and they each discovered the same thing, that day was the last day of the month. "Get our agents to keep an eye out for our Three Stooges tonight." The Director said to Agent Simpson who then rushed out of the room.

"You got people watching the house?" Lara asked with a worried look on her face.

"Yes we do, we put them there yesterday," The director told her.

"They'll be seen..." Lara said and she looked like she was about to piss in her pants from being so scared.

"Not these agents, they're trained to observe while not being seen. I promise you that none of your family has a clue that they are there. I put the best we have there. I don't want to screw this up any more than you don't want us to screw this up." He assured her.

"Okay," Lara said feeling a bit relieved but not a lot. So Gena gave her a reassuring smile and then the questioning went on as they had Lara point out every payment made to them. A few minutes later Agent Simpson came back in and he whispered something into the Director's ear who nodded his approval. Gena figured that the three cops were now having every dime they ever spent being checked versus what they were paid. The three cops were in deep shit, they just didn't know it yet.

They seemed to concentrate on the cops for most of the day before they went to the people that she met when she went down to Florida to make a pickup of drugs. She gave them the names that she knew them by and their descriptions. She also went into detail as to where she met them. Gena was impressed by Lara's ability to remember even the small details about the places. The DEA Agents and Director did stop the questioning a little earlier that evening allowing them to be home by nine.

"I'm going to jump into the shower and then you can if you want or if you want to go on to bed, that is fine. I know you must be tired after answering questions all day long." Gena told her as they entered her house.

"Yea, I don't know why I am so tired; I have just sat all day." Lara said but Gena could hear the tiredness in her voice.

"Lara, you're doing more than sitting. You're having to think and remember things you probably would rather forget. That is very hard and will wear you out. So you deserve to be tired." Gena told her with a kind voice putting her hand on Lara's forearm and giving it a squeeze.

"Thanks," Lara said with a soft smile showing that she was grateful to Gena for feeling for her.

"Why don't you grab a Mountain Dew from the fridge, maybe that will perk you up and I will be back in a jiffy." Gena told her.

Lara gave her a smile and headed for the kitchen and Gena turned to head for the shower she was so looking forward to. She wanted to take her time in the shower but she figured that Lara would want to take a shower so she shortened the shower much to her own displeasure. She put on a clean pair of panties a gown before heading to the living room.

She was about to tell Lara that the shower was free when she saw Lara lying on the couch. Her Mountain Dew was sitting on the table with maybe one sip taken out of it. "Poor thing," Gena said softly as she turned around to go get a gown for Lara.

Gena got the gown that Lara had worn the previous night bringing it to the living room with a pillow and blanket from the bed Lara was using. She hadn't planned on having to undress Lara again but since she had already done it once, she couldn't see out of a way from doing it again. She just hated thinking about Lara having to sleep in clothes that she had been in all day. She went to the couch, picking up Lara's feet and sitting down, placing Lara's feet in her lap. She slipped the old tennis shoes from Lara's feet, leaving the socks. She then turned slightly so that she could reach up to Lara's waist. "Lift up honey," Gena told her.

It took a moment for Gena's request to reach the sleepy girl's brain but she finally raised her hips so that Gena could get her sweat pants pulled down and then off. Gena started to reach up to Lara's wrists when her eyes happen upon Lara's panties. They appeared to be an older pair that fit tightly around her body. The crotch of the panties was pressed against Lara's pussy and Gena could see the lips pressed against the thin cotton material. "Damn you girl!" Gena said quietly to herself and she felt irritated at both herself for the stirrings that she was feeling and also at Lara for making her feel that way.

She then pulled up on Lara's arms getting her to sit up. This caused Lara to open her eyes slightly and she gave Gena a sweet smile. Gena could not help herself but to smile back and then Lara's eyes closed as she fell back asleep. Gena kept smiling though she wanted to stop as she pulled Lara's sweat top off. She got the gown pulling it over Lara's head and got her arms into the arm holes a little easier this time. She pulled the gown down to Lara's waist before unhooking Lara's bra so that she could get it off of her. It was then that she realized that she forgot to get the straps off of Lara's shoulders before she put the gown on her. So she reached up the sleeve grasping the strap. She was glad that she had picked out a sleeveless gown. She pulled the strap down and around Lara's elbow hoping that she wasn't hurting Lara but she just murmured something unintelligible before settling down again. Land then reached to the other side taking the strap and slowly pulling the bra through the arm hole. She dropped the bra onto her coffee table before starting to ease Lara back down on the couch.

Lara in her sleepy state had other thoughts as she put her arms around Gena and pulling herself in tight into Gena's body. Gena was unsure as to what to do when Lara placed her head on Gena's shoulder and nuzzling her face into Gena's neck. Gena wanted to push Lara away but the hug felt so good and it seemed to Gena that Lara needed to be hugged. Gena's mind went back to what Lara had told her of her childhood and how she had grown up without anyone to hold her. So Gena did what she knew she shouldn't do, she put her arms to Lara's back and tenderly caressed her as she slept.

Lara let out a contented sigh as Gena held her. And as Gena held this young woman, she felt the tears begin to fall from her eyes. She could feel her heart go out for Lara and as much as she wanted to keep from feeling anything for Lara, she knew she was growing close to her. Gena began to gently rock Lara as she held her. Time seemed to disappear for Gena as she held Lara wanting her to feel safe and protected for the first time in her life. Gena wasn't sure how much time had passed before she noticed that Lara's hands were no longer holding her as tightly. Gena eased Lara back down on the couch placing her head softly on the pillow that she had brought. Lara let out another sigh as she turned onto her side away from Gena.

Gena placed her hand on Lara's shoulder giving it a squeeze before getting up. She placed the sheet and blanket that she had gotten on top of Lara, tucking her in. She stood there looking at Lara sleeping for a moment before heading back to her bedroom for some sleep that she needed badly.

This time when Gena woke up, she wasn't surprised to be smelling bacon and eggs being fried and the faint smell of freshly brewed coffee. She knew that fussing at Lara for cooking wouldn't do much good so she just got up heading to the bathroom and then into the kitchen.

"Morning, it smells good." Gena said seeing Lara in her gown working away at the stove.

"Thank you, it'll be ready in just a minute." Lara said flashing Gena a big smile before going back to her bacon.

"Do you always get up early?" Gena asked as she took a sip of her coffee.

"Well actually I normally stay awake most of the night when I know everyone is asleep and then sleep during the day unless I know my father would need to see me. But when I have to make the drug runs, I go back to sleeping at night and driving during the day. So I get used to getting up early to get on the road." Lara told her.

"Well I was wondering how you were always beating me up every morning," Gena told her.

"Plus I wanted to beat you up so I made myself think that when I go to sleep and I seemed to be able to beat you up." Lara said flashing Gena another big smile like she was getting one over on Gena and she was.

"I bet with your mind, you could do anything you want," Gena told her. "And I want you to promise that you will go to school when you get to wherever you are sent to, you need to get a formal education."

Gena saw Lara's shoulders slump when she mention about Lara being sent off. "I will if..."

"There is no if's... you'll be hidden well and your father will never find you." Gena told her.

"Okay..." Lara said somewhat sadly, then she brightened up as she said, "Breakfast's ready."

When they arrived at the station and had entered the interrogation room, the DEA agents with their director were already there along with Kurt. There was also another man with them. He was very muscular and had this serious, determined look on his face. Gena knew immediately that this man was part of a DEA SWAT team and the schematic on the table confirmed this.

"Young lady, we have a drawing of your home here and we want to go over with it with you this morning." The new man asked of Lara as he leaned over the drawing on the table.

"My name is Lara, what's your name?" Lara asked and Gena had to smile at her. "And it is my father's house, not mine. I don't have a home."

The man straightened up looking at Lara with a studious glare. There was a long pause before the man's face broke into a big smile. "Lara my name is Samuel but most people call me Sam or that Fucking Prick, you may call me either one."

Lara smiled, "Sam will do fine, so what do you want to know about my father's house?"

"Everything, where the furniture is located, where your brothers and father are during the mornings and where their bodyguards are." Sam told her.

"Are you going in and arresting them?" Lara asked.

"Yes we are but don't ask me when, I won't tell you." Sam said kindly.

"Okay, just don't let them get away." Lara asked her.

"Oh I won't I promise you. That is why my men call me the Prick because I am a Prick when we've got a got a job to do." Sam told her and that made Lara smile just a little and Gena felt a little better about things.

"Okay then I guess I had better tell you everything about my father's house," Lara told him.

"That would help us do our job," Sam said with a smile but then his face turned serious as "The Prick" began to come out of him. Although he was nice to Lara, he did drill her on everything that she knew about the house. Lara started out with the main pieces of furniture before going to the smaller pieces where she had a bit more trouble. Gena didn't know why this was becoming so hard until she began to picture her own house and she discovered that while she knew where everything was, putting it in a precise point was a bit more difficult. She began to appreciate the difficult task that Lara had, and Lara's father's house was very large with many rooms. Some of those rooms, Lara had snuck into but rooms like her father's office she had been into only once or twice. And it was those rooms that Sam wanted the most detail of. Sam had her go over the house several times making corrections as Lara remembered more on each trip through the house. Gena could see that this day was just as hard on Lara as the previous days were, if not more so. When they were going over the books, Lara was at home, she knew the accounts frontwards and backwards. But in the house that she lived, she barely knew as she spent most of her life in the kitchen and her little bedroom, if you could call it that. Once Sam was satisfied with the layout of the house, he went into the movements of Lara's family and also the help that came in and cleaned and cooked.

Gena could see what Sam was after and she hoped that Lara could provide him with the answers that Sam was looking for which was a way into the house without alerting the people inside. The house had a very sophisticated security system that Lara knew little about. However she seemed to know just enough for Sam to get an idea as to what type of system it was and thus he could find a way around it as that was his job.

When Gena went out of the room to get a few things done and to order their lunch, she saw more and more of Sam's people arriving. She was surprised to also see a couple of women among the group. But after studying these women, she came to the conclusion that they were just as big a prick as Sam could be. She was glad that these women were on her side and she wouldn't have to be arresting them some day. She considered herself to be tough but these ladies looked tougher than she was.

"I guess I got what I need gentleman," Sam said to the DEA agents, and then he turned to Lara, "Thank you for your help Lara, you were great and I appreciate you being patient with me."

"You're welcome," Lara said and then she smiled, "and you're not as big a prick as you make yourself out to be."

"Well don't tell any of my people that, let's let that be our little secret." Sam said making Lara smile.

Sam started to turn when Lara spoke, "Remember you promised?"

"I remember... and I never break a promise." Sam said with a smile but then his face turned serious as he became the real prick he was as he walked out of the room.

"So what else you want to know?" Lara asked looking at the two DEA agents and the Director who were getting out of their seats.

"We're done for the moment but we'll need you again soon." The director said then he went out of the room with Agent Stone and Simpson following close behind.

"So you need to know anything more?" Lara asked Kurt as he started for the door.

"No, not at the moment honey, you just sit tight for a minute." Then he directed his attention to Gena, "Come with me."

"Yes sir." Gena said then she said to Lara, "Just sit tight and relax, I'll or someone will be back for you in a moment."

"You come back... okay?" Lara said as she looked at Gena with those sad eyes.

"I'll try..." Was all that Gena could say. She knew that something was about to go down and she didn't know what part she would be playing.

Gena saw that the station now had several young fit DEA agents roaming around and she saw that they had taken over the conference room. Gena saw Kurt and the Sheriff entering the sheriff's office so that is where she went.

When she entered the room, she saw that there was a middle aged woman dressed in a business suit also in the room. She stopped just inside of the door not knowing if she should have gone in but then Kurt motioned for her to come on into the room, which she did, closing the door behind of her.

"Gena, this is Shannon Wilfred, she is from the State Bureau of Investigation. She has been listening in to the interviews of Lara." Kurt said to her.

"Yes sir," Gena said as she got up to shake Shannon's hand.

"The DEA has jurisdiction over Lara's father and brothers however I have convinced them that Concord's sheriff and his two deputies are mine. I don't like bad cops and I plan on making examples of them. What I want to know from you is if you trust Lara and what she is telling us?" She asked.

"Yes I do, she has more to fear from her father than anything that you or the DEA can do to her." Gena told her.

"That is the feeling that I'm getting from her too. Do you think that the payments that she saw given were to our three cops?" Shannon asked her.

"I've only met the sheriff from Concord a couple of times but her description of the men she saw fits him and his two deputies to a T." Gena told her wondering why Shannon was asking her this and she wondered if they had found anything on the cops that they could use from their personal bank accounts. So Gena had to ask, "Did you find anything on them that matched what Lara is saying?"

"Oh we found some interesting things that I am interested in hearing their explanation." Shannon said without a smile.

"I wouldn't mind being in on that bust." Gena said wanting to bust them just as much as Shannon obviously did.

"We need you for another job Gena," The sheriff told her and she knew what it was going to be. "Lara has seemed to develop a trust in you and we are going to have to use that trust when everyone goes to trial. She's going to have to testify against her family and she needs someone on her side. You seemed to be the one she trusts."

"What about my job, I need to get back to it." Gena protested even though she knew that it wasn't going to do her any good to do so.

"You're job is to protect Lara for the time being, this is too important for everyone. She needs to be protected and more importantly needs to feel safe. That is your job for the time being. Do we understand each other?" The sheriff asked.

"Yes sir, we do." Gena said knowing that her fate was sealed. "When is this all going down?"

"Tomorrow morning, since Lara is due to return then, we can't wait any longer or they'll know something is up. And we don't think that Lara is capable of going back into that house." Shannon stated.

"No... she would run and run as far and as fast as she could. She knows her father will find her but she would make it a little harder for him to do so." Gena admitted.

"That's about the way we have all figured it and to tell you the truth, I would run too." Kurt said.

"So what do I do with her tomorrow?" Gena asked.

"Keep her at your home, we'll have some of our people watching your house not that I think there will be any problem. The DEA has an army here waiting to move in, I don't think there is any chance of them getting away or calling for help." Shannon said.

"How they going to do that?" Gena wanted to know as it was her ass on the line if something happened to Lara.

"They're going to cut the phone lines and jam their cell phones." Shannon told her.

"Think we can get one of those jamming devices?" Gena asked half serious and half kidding.

"I wouldn't mind having one of those myself." Shannon said finally breaking into a smile.

"Go on and get her out of here." The sheriff told her.

"Okay," Gena said getting up and going to the door before stopping. "Anyway I can listen into what is going on?"

The sheriff and Kurt looked at Shannon who stood there for a moment before speaking, "If I was a nosy bitch, I'd be listening to channel thirteen and eighteen about six in the morning."

"I think that description fits me perfectly." Gena said with a smile then she opened the door and went out.

"So where we going?" Lara asked as they got into Gena's personal car.

"To my house, but first we got to stop at the grocery store but don't tell anyone. I'm supposed to take you straight home." Gena told her.

"Cool, I've never been grocery shopping." Lara said excitedly.

"I wish I could get that excited about grocery shopping," Gena said in a deadpan voice.

"I'm sorry; it's just that I never got to do anything..." Lara said with a frown.

Gena was just starting to back out when she stopped as she looked at Lara and she realized that she had hurt Lara's feelings. "No I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking there, it's just that grocery shopping has always been a chore for me and I forgot about how you would feel about doing the simple things in life that I have always taken for granted." Gena told her as she placed her hand on Lara's arm to show that she was being serious and she was sorry for the way she had said what she said.

"It's okay," Lara said as she gave her a soft smile thus accepting Gena's apology.

"You know, I might just enjoy this shopping trip," Gena said with a smile.

"You don't have to say that," Lara told her.

"Oh no, I'm serious. Just seeing your face light up at all the choices will be fun to see." Gena said giving Lara's arm another squeeze before starting to back out again.

Once she got out on the road, Gena could see that Lara was still frowning so she figured that she still had some making up to do and she knew just how to do that and that was to be honest with her. "You know why I hate to grocery shop?"

"No..." Lara said not looking over at Gena.

"Because I get inside the store and either nothing looks good and I can't figure out what to buy or I go there hungry and everything looks good and I still don't know what to buy." Gena told her with a little laugh.

"So you end up hating to go..." Lara said and this time Gena saw that she did look over at her.

"Yep, I never know what to do so I buy the same things I always buy, so today I will let you help me chose what to buy," Gena told her.

"What if I pick out something you don't like?" Lara asked a bit worried but Gena could see that she had Lara's interest back.

"As long as you don't pick out peas and lima beans then you're pretty safe." Gena told her.

"I like peas but lima beans are yucky." Lara said with a giggle.

"Well if you want to get some peas, I don't have to eat them," Gena told her.

"No, I like them but I don't love them so I can live just fine without them," Lara told her.

"So what do you like to eat?" Gena asked of her to get the conversation going and get Lara to talk about something other than what she had been talking about for the past four days.

Lara didn't have to hesitate to think about what she liked, she began immediately naming off they type of foods that she liked. She also emphasized that she could make all these things. Nana had taught her a lot about cooking and Lara said she enjoyed spending time in the kitchen cooking. It was something that she could do and do well. It was also something that she knew how to do that was legal and that she laughed at making Gena laugh with her.

When they got to the store, she turned off the car and then turned to Lara. "Stay in the car a minute, I'll be right back."

"What's going on?" Lara asked with a worried look on her face.

"Nothing to worry about I just want to talk to our escorts," Gena said.

"What escorts?" Lara asked turning around to look out the back window.

"Just relax, I'll tell you when I get back." Gena assured her, and then she got out before Lara could ask any more questions.

Gena saw that Lara was watching her every move as she went back to talk to the man and woman sitting in the car that parked right behind of them. She only talked for a moment before she came back up to her car and walking in front of it. "Well you coming?" Gena asked raising her arms and smiling at Lara.

Lara hurried out and Gena used her remote to lock the doors. "So why do we have escorts, we never had any before?"

"We didn't?" Gena asked her as she raised her eyebrows.

"Did we?" Lara asked as she was obviously confused.

"We haven't had anyone follow us home that I know of however I suspect that there has been a couple of DEA agents watching the house at night. They aren't taking any chances with you." Gena told her.

"They're taking my father down tomorrow aren't they?" Lara asked as they entered the store.

"Let's talk about it when we get home, I don't want anyone to overhear us talking. Let's just talk about food or gossip as we shop." Gena told her giving her a big smile.

"But I don't know any gossip," Lara complained.

"Make it up, that is what gossip is after all," Gena told her giving her a wink.

"How do you make up gossip?" Lara asked still unsure.

"Mmmm... okay let's start with Agent Stone; he has a wedding ring on, let start with him." Gena said as she got a shopping cart. "You know I heard that he was having an affair..."

"He is?" Lara asked. "How do you know that?"

"I don't know, I am making it up." Gena said smiling and she saw that Lara was getting frustrated so she helped her out. "Now you say, yes he is I saw him the other night at the dinner with a woman that wasn't his wife."

"Oh okay," Lara said still a bit unsure about this game.

"Oh you did, what did she look like?" Gena asked.

Lara hesitated for a second and then she said in an unsure voice, "She was this young blond with big breasts..."

"Oh I love it, just what were they doing?" Gena asked with a big grin.

"He had his hands all over her and was kissing her right there in the middle of the dinner, it was disgusting." Lara told her now that she had figured out the game.

"That cad! I can't believe he would do such a thing with his wife eight months pregnant with their third child." Gena said in mock shock that made Lara giggle.

"Oh I know, it was sickening, I wanted to go over there and tell him to go home to his wife!" Lara said trying to be serious but now she was giggling too much.

They then began to shop as they made up their gossip and after they got through tearing poor Agent Stone apart, Agent Simpson was next only he was a cross dresser who loved to wear his wives panties around the house. Then the Director of the DEA was having an affair with the First Lady. By the time they got through, their basket was full and Gena noticed that Lara had picked out a lot of things to make Latin dishes so she knew what she would be eating for a while.

When they got back in the car, Gena said, "And that is how you make grocery shopping fun. It's a lot nicer going with someone to talk to."

"I haven't laughed so much in my life, I love going shopping with you," Lara told her as she was grinning from ear to ear.

"Well I enjoyed it too; I haven't laughed that much in a long time too. I'm going to have to take you every time I have to go shopping." Gena said without thinking.

"I'll go too," Lara said excitedly.

"Well maybe you will be here long enough for us to go again." Gena told her hating to put a damper on things but she had to inject some reality into the situation. Lara would be moved soon and she wouldn't know where or what her new name would be.

"Yea," Lara said with her voice showing her sadness. "Well what do you want me to cook for supper?"

"You know you don't have to cook every meal," Gena told her.

"I know but I like to cook," Lara told her.

"Well I'll make you a deal; you pick what to cook only I have to help you." Gena told her.

"That'll be fun," Lara said then she described a number of dishes, checking them out with Gena before deciding on one to cook.

"How about we take a shower and then put on our nightgowns before starting to cook, I want to get out of this uniform." Gena suggested as they entered the house.

"Will those guys that were following us be coming in?" Lara asked with a bit of worry showing on her face.

"No their job is to cover the outside the house. I would say that they'll be driving around the neighborhood all night checking for cars that look out of place. We won't be seeing them if they're doing their job right." Gena told her.

"Okay, you go first and I'll get things started then show you what to do as I shower." Lara told her.

"Oh okay..." Gena said as that wasn't exactly what she meant for them to do when she said she would help with the cooking but Lara had already started to put the groceries away and Gena saw that she had been dismissed. Gena had to smile at the turn of events as she went back toward her bedroom.

Gena found a clean gown for herself and one for Lara to put on after her shower. She then stripped out of her clothes before going to the bathroom to shower. She wondered what the next day would bring and she hoped that everything went well and no one slipped through the net that the DEA was laying down. She really didn't want for Lara to have to fear for her life but even if they arrested everyone, there would always be that fear for Lara. She felt for the poor girl always feeling fear from the day she was born to the day she died. That was no way to live but there wasn't anything she could do about that. All she could do was to protect her for as long as she was here. After that, she would just have to worry never knowing if Lara was safe. But making Lara laugh so much as they shopped did make her feel good, at least she got Lara to laugh at something for a change.

"It's all yours" Gena told Lara as she entered the kitchen smelling the aroma of the food and she felt her stomach growl.

"Let me finish this then I'll go take a quick shower," Lara told her as she was spooning some sauce into a glass baking dish.

"No, you will tell me what to do and I'll finish up as you take a long shower," Gena told her.

"You sure?" Lara asked.

"I'm very sure, I may not cook much but I can cook, so tell me what to do and I'll finish it for you," Gena told her.

"Okay," Lara said with a smile. She told Gena what she needed for her to do and Gena could see that she wanted to stay and finish it herself, so Gena had to turn Lara around by her shoulders and push her toward the door with Lara protesting but going all the same.

While Gena hadn't ever fixed this particular dish, she knew enough and with Lara's instructions, she knew she wouldn't fuck it up. Once she had that finished and placed into the oven, she made them a salad to go along with their main dish.

About the time that Lara came back into the kitchen with her fresh clean gown and her black hair freshly washed and hanging down her back, Gena was taking the baking dish out of the oven as it just had to brown and melt the cheese as the chicken that was in the dish, Lara had already cooked.

"You look human again," Gena told her as she put the dish on top of the stove.

"Thank you, I feel human again too," Lara said smiling.

"So how did I do?" Gena asked as Lara came over to look at their masterpiece.

"You did it perfectly, it looks great," Lara told her.

"It smells great too and I am starving," Gena told her.

"Me too, I love this dish, it is one of my favorites that Nana taught me." Lara told her.

"What is it called?" Gena asked her.

Lara paused for a moment before she frowned, "I don't know, she never told me that, I don't think. I just know how to make it."

"Well then we'll call it Lara's Latin Chicken Cheese Casserole." Gena told her and that made Lara smile.

"Okay but the next one I make, we have to name after you as I know how to cook them but not what their names are." Lara said with a laugh.

"Deal," Gena told her, "Now let's eat!"

"Let's," Lara echoed as she went to get two plates to dish some of it out for both of them.

"So do you want to go into the living room to eat, which is usually where I end up watching TV." Gena asked as she came up to Lara to hold the plates.

"Ah... can we eat here at the table." Lara suggested.

"Sure, anywhere you want." Gena told her.

"It's just that I never got to sit in the dining at the table and eat with other people, it was always in the kitchen or in my room." Lara said.

"Oh..." Gena said feeling bad for Lara once again which was becoming a habit. "We can eat all our meals here then but you know I don't really have a dining room, the table is here in the kitchen as this is a small house."

"You're wrong about that you know." Lara said with a smile as she took her plate going to the table and sitting down.

"Okay, I'll bite, how am I wrong?" Gena asked as she sat down to Lara's right side at the round kitchen table.

Lara smiled broadly as she took a sip of Mountain Dew then once she had sat it down on the table, she said very seriously, "When we cook it is the kitchen and when we eat it is the dining room."

Gena sat there for a moment studying Lara and she had to admit that she had a great imagination but then again that is all she had growing up as company, "I do believe that you're right. And I think we have a very nice dining room upon which to eat."

Lara just grinned at her, "Yes we do." Then Lara's face turned serious "So is it going down tomorrow?"

"Let's have a fun meal and then I promise I will tell you everything that I know." Gena told her and then she said with another smile, "So ask me another question and I promise to answer it."

"Mmmm..." Lara said as she ate and bite of her salad then she asked, "So when did you get this house, it's nice, I like it."

Gena saw an opening to talk about something nice and get them through supper, "I actually got lucky on that one. This house was owned by a young couple who unfortunately decided to make some quick money by making meth. They of course got hooked on their own product and they got busted. The house had to be cleaned out to get all the chemicals out of it. Then the bank was left with an old house that they couldn't sell. You see this neighborhood had sort of got taken over by the criminal element. There were mostly older families living here and they were too scared to say anything. We tried to clean it up but it was hard as we have such a small force and this is a big county." Gena said.

"So you came in here on your white horse and cleaned the place up." Lara said with a bright smile on her face.

Gena laughed a little and said, "Well no not exactly like that. I wanted my own home and I saw this house one day on one of my patrols. I went to the bank asking what they wanted for it. The manager spat out a high price and I just had to laugh and then I thanked him and started to get up. I figured that I was the only one asking about the price and I was calling his bluff."

"And he was bluffing wasn't he..." Lara suggested.

"Oh yes, he was trying to make a big profit for the bank. When he saw his only prospect starting to walk out, he immediately began to lower the price. Once he got it down to where I could start to afford it, we began to bargain. After about four hours, I had him down at his rock bottom price. I think it was what the bank could afford to lose on the house. Then I let him talk him into giving me a personal loan so I could fix up the house which once we signed the paperwork, he folded that loan into the house loan." Gena told her.

"So how did you clean up the neighborhood?" Lara asked now all interested in her story.

"Just be patient my impatient friend." Gena said with a smile making Lara giggle. "I knew a guy that did clean ups for meth houses so I had him come back in and re- clean the house. I then had a bare house so I began to look at bargain places to find enough furniture to fill the house however I did get a very expensive heat pump with a filtering system to keep the air clean. And I slowly began to fix the place up." Gena told her.

"Well you have done a great job." Lara told her.

"There's still lots to be done but it is coming along." Gena replied.

"It is but how..." Lara started to say before Gena put her finger to Lara's lips making Lara giggle.

"That was the easiest thing of all." Gena told her with a teasing smile.

"Which was?" Lara asked impatiently.

"I talked the sheriff into letting me bring a patrol car home with me if I paid for the gas. Then I made sure to park it out front so that everyone could see it. I then began to take a walk in my uniform when I got home. I visited all the other houses getting to know them, skipping the few houses where I knew drugs were being sold. Needless to say their business dropped off to the point that they had to move on. I mean no one is going to go buy drugs when there is a cop car down the street." Gena said smiling.

"So your white horse was a cop car." Lara said.

"Yep and once the bad element had moved out, more families began to come back. It was safe to live here again." Gena told her.

"That is great; you were the hero on the white horse. You just didn't have to have a show down in the middle of the street." Lara said smiling.

"That is a good thing, if I had to win a quick draw contest, I'd probably shoot myself in the foot." Gena said with a laugh making Lara laugh.

"I would for sure. I don't like guns, I have seen too many around the house and I don't like that. I just hope that everything goes smoothly tomorrow." Lara said.

Gena knew she had put off telling Lara what she knew and they were about done eating anyway so she said, "I do too, that is why they are going in early and going after those cops at the same time."

"What if my father calls out for help?" Lara asked, "I know he and my brothers won't give up easily." Lara told her.

"He won't be able too, the phone lines are being cut and the cell phones jammed." Gena told her.

"Can they do that?" Lara asked.

"Yes they can and they are going to, they've gotten everything approved by a federal judge." Gena said but she could see the worry on Lara's face. "And you know that they got that prick leading them and I bet he really is a prick when a job has to be done."

"Yea, I know that Sam can be a prick, you can see it in his eyes but he has a soft heart, you can see that too. He is a lot like you." Lara said.

"What, you mean I'm a prick?" Gena said as she raised her eyebrows.

"Oh no I didn't mean that...," Lara was saying when Gena let out a laugh.

"I know what you mean; I was just playing with you." Gena said putting her hand on Lara's forearm and giving it a squeeze.

"You do have a big heart; you have helped me when you could have just thrown me in the cell and forgotten about me." Lara said as she gave Gena a shy yet sad smile.

"You're the exception to the rule, most everyone else I have and will just throw into the cell." Gena said wanting to make sure that Lara understood that she would always be a cop first.

"I know that too, but you helped me and that is all I care about." Lara told her.

"If you're done with your dinner, why don't we go to the living room and watch a movie or something. We both need a couple of hours of relaxation." Gena said as she got up taking hers and Lara's plate to the sink to rinse them off.

"What types of movies do you like to watch?" Gena asked and as soon as she said it she knew what the answer would be.

"I never have watched any movies; I didn't have a TV in my room." Lara told her confirming what Gena sort of figured.

"What about when you were making a run to Florida, did you watch one on the TV in your room?" Gena asked.

"No I liked to get out and roam around. I never got to see anything at home so I went out and see what I could see," Lara told her.

"Well I can understand you doing that. I can't say I wouldn't do the same," Gena told her.

"But I would like to see one and then maybe one day go to a theater and see one." Lara told her as they rinsed off the dishes and put them into the dish washer.

"So what type of movie would you like to see, a drama, comedy, romance or what?" Gena asked her.

"Something to make me laugh," Lara said quickly.

"I think I can find something to make you do that." Gena said giving her a smile as she began to think over what movie she wanted to pick out as she had several that were very funny.

Gena came up with several choices that she told Lara about them as they made their way to the living room. She gave Lara several of the DVD's for her to look them over and she picked out an animated movie that Gena thought that she would enjoy. She put it into the player then went over to sit down on one end of the couch which was one of the few things that she had gotten new. She wanted something nice to sit upon as she relaxed in the evenings. Lara sat on the other end and Gena was telling her some of what the movie was about however as soon as the movie popped up, she saw Lara's eyes become glued to the TV screen.

As the movie played, she watched Lara as much as she did the movie. It was so much fun just to see Lara laugh and appear not to have a care in the world. Gena knew that this was something that Lara needed after a hard stress filled week. The bad part was the worst was yet to come as once her father was arrested, Lara would have to testify against him and Gena wasn't sure that Lara was strong enough to do that. But for this moment, Lara was having fun. When the movie ended, Lara wanted to watch it again, Gena offered to put another movie on but Lara was set on watching this one. So Gena put it on and was pleasantly surprised that Lara laughed as much the second time around as she did the first time.

"I don't know about you but I'm ready for some sleep," Gena said to Lara as the movie ended.

Lara tried to fight off a yawn but in the end she couldn't, "I guess I am too," She said with a sleepy smile.

"At least I got you to change into your gown so I don't have to dress you for bed," Gena said laughing a bit as she got up.

"So that's why you had us dress in our gowns so early," Lara said giving her a shy smile.

"Yep, there was a method to my madness," Gena said laughing.

"I can see that," Lara said with a little laugh and a smile yet Gena could see sadness in that smile.

"You get a good night's sleep okay; don't worry about tomorrow until tomorrow," Gena told her.

"I'll try..." Lara told her.

"It'll work out," Gena tried to assure her but she wasn't so sure about that herself. She knew that Sam would have everything covered but that didn't mean that someone wouldn't slip through his net no matter how secure that net was.

What time are they moving in?" Lara asked.

"About six AM I think." Gena told her.

"Okay, I'll see you in the morning." Lara told her and she gave Gena a smile as she walked toward the spare bedroom.

Gena stood there watching Lara go and she said a silent prayer that everything would go smoothly tomorrow. She knew that Lara had suffered enough but that didn't mean that there wouldn't be more suffering to come. Gena turned off the lights and went on to bed. She set her alarm for four-thirty as she wanted to be up long before Lara and also be ready for what was to come. She had to be prepared for anything that might come.

Gena had a little trouble going to sleep as she couldn't stop herself from going over in her mind what may happen and what could go wrong. She could only hope that Lara would be able to sleep though she doubted that would be the case. She figured that Lara was tossing and turning just like she was. However she was able to finally drift off and get some sleep.

When her alarm went off and she got the sleep out of her head, she wasn't too surprised to smell coffee and also smell pancakes being made. She got up and went to the bathroom before heading to the kitchen. She found that Lara was already dressed in a pair of her old sweat suits as she stood by the stove.

"That smells great," Gena said as she entered the kitchen.

"Thank you, I decided on pancakes this morning but they're not turning out as well as I had hoped. I'm either making them too big or too small." Lara said with a frown on her face.

"You know what?" Gena asked her.

"What?" Lara turned to ask as Gena took her first sip of coffee of the day.

"I bet either one will taste great if you make some more of that maple syrup of yours," Gena said with a smile and a wink.

"I think I can do that," Lara said giving her a big smile.

"Good then we'll have a great breakfast," Gena told her.

"You want to make the syrup?" Lara asked her.

"Sure I would love to, but I don't want to ruin it so watch me carefully." Gena said bringing her coffee over to the stove.

"I will, I promise," Lara told her then she told her what to do as she finished making the pancakes. They worked side by side cooking and talking mostly about the maple syrup but also about the movie that they had watched the previous night. And as they ate, Lara asked about what other comedies that Gena had and which one they would watch next. At five-thirty, Gena went to get dressed into a pair of jeans and blouse. She also got her gun out as she wanted it available in case they had to split and she would have to hide Lara before the DEA could come and get her and take her to a safe place. She got her police radio and went to the kitchen where Lara was finishing putting the breakfast dishes into the dish washer.

"Is it time?" Lara asked seeing both the radio and gun.

"I'm afraid so." Gena said as she turned on the radio. She put the gun by the coffee maker leaving it there as she got her cup of coffee and coming to the table and sitting down to Lara's right side at the table.

"Do you think Sam can get my father and brothers?" Lara asked.

"I do." Gena said putting her hand on Lara's shoulder and giving it a squeeze.

"Good, I believe that he can to," Lara said but Gena could see that Lara was trying to make herself believe that but not completely succeeding.

Gena had the radio on the channel of the DEA knowing that was where the action was going to be. There was not much talking at first as the DEA agents were moving into position. Then she heard one of the agents saying that the cook was arriving at the gate. The action then began, just after the gate opened, they got the maid out of her truck and replaced her with several agents. They both listened carefully as the agents moved in. There was a lot of talking as the agents moved around the house covering all the exits that Lara had pointed out. The female agent that was now dressed as the mail entered the house, saying that it was clear. Nothing happened for a couple of moments leaving both Gena and Lara wondering what was happening. Time seemed to stop as the seconds creped by. Gena was getting more nervous as those seconds ticked off and she could see how tense and stressed that Lara was.

Then the silence in the room was broken as an agent came on in a surprisingly calm voice saying that shots had been fired. Gena could hear that it sounded like a war as there were guns going off one after the other through the radio.

"Oh god!" Gena heard Lara gasp then she saw that she was crying. Gena slid up against Lara pulling her into her arms as she cried and they both listened to numerous agents hollering through the radio positioning themselves to safe areas as they returned fire. There would be guns going off then silence before more guns going off. It seemed like the battle was going on for hours but only about fifteen minutes passed before they heard Sam come on the radio to cease fire. There was silence for a moment then Sam called for a couple of ambulances to come to the house, there were a couple of agents with minor injuries.

"What about my brothers and father?" Lara asked as she pulled away from Gena.

"I don't know," Was the only reply Gena could give her.

There was a lot of talk going on but Gena couldn't really tell just what was going on. She wanted them to mention something about Lara's family but nothing was coming across the radio that is until Sam asked for the coroner to come to the house. Lara looked at Gena who could only shrug her shoulders. There was nothing more about what had happened for a while, just Sam getting things in order and securing the house. Gena was dying to know what was happening and she could see the stress in Lara's face. Gena got up to refill her coffee cup and get Lara a Mountain Dew. Just as she sat down, Gena's cell phone rang scaring the hell out of both of them.

Gena put her hand to her heart giving Lara a smile as she was doing much the same thing. Gena picked up the phone, opening it and seeing that it was the sheriff. She had no more than said "Hello" when the sheriff started to talk. From that point on, all she got in was several "Yes Sir's," and no more. She could see Lara leaning over trying to hear what was being said but Gena didn't let her. She needed to tell Lara in her own words what had happened, the sheriff was a good man and a good sheriff but he did lack any bed side manner. So Gena just listened and tried to remember everything that he was telling her. She ended the conversation with "Yes Sir, we're leaving now." Then she hung up.

"Oh god, they got away didn't they, they're coming after me aren't they!" Lara screeched as she jumped up sending her chair back a few feet.

Gena saw that Lara was about to go into a full blown panic attack so she went to her pulling Lara into her arms holding her squirming body tightly.

"Stop holding me, I've got to get out of here!" Lara cried out to her.

"No you don't Lara, your brothers and your father are dead." Gena said forcefully. She didn't want to tell Lara that way but she was afraid that she was about to lose Lara both physically and mentally.

"What?" Lara said as she began to calm down.

Gena held Lara a moment more until she felt her begin to calm down, she then eased back but kept a tight grip on Lara's arms. "I don't know all the details but it seems one of your brothers spotted the agents and started to fire at them. That is what started it and when it was all done, your brothers, your father and several of their body guards were dead. I'm sorry to have to tell you."

"I'm glad that they are dead!" Lara said with venom in her voice and eyes.

"I figured that you would be but there is something that they need for you to do." Gena told her.

"What's that?" Lara asked pulling away from Gena.

"They need for you to identify their bodies." Gena said and she paused to let that sink in before going on, "They also have gotten to your father's computer and it is encrypted like yours was and they want you to unlock it. Would you do that for them?" Gena asked not telling her that she really didn't have a choice in either matter, it was something that she was going to have to do. She just wanted Lara to feel like she had an option.

"Sure I can do that," Lara said. "Are they all shot up?"

"I don't know honey, I'll be with you and we'll make it as quick as possible." Gena told her.

"Then I guess we had better get going, you told the sheriff that we were on our way." Lara told her.

Gena smiled, "I guess I did and we don't want to make a liar out of me do we?"

"Nope," Lara said smiling however it was a forced smile at best.

Gena got her gun putting it in her purse before pouring herself a cup of coffee into her travel mug. She had Lara grab her Mountain Dew and they were out the door. Lara asked her to go over everything that the sheriff had told her on the phone as they went on their way. Once Gena had told her what little she did know, Lara turned her head toward the passenger window and she became silent. Gena didn't know if it was better to talk or just let Lara be, in the end, she decided that Lara needed some time to take it all in and prepare herself for what was come. Once they entered into Concord County, Gena got Lara to direct her toward her father's house.

"Why you slowing down, the house is another couple of miles down the road." Lara asked once Gena got on the street that Lara's father lived.

"We need to meet someone first," Gena told her.

"Why?" Lara of course asked.

"I don't know, I was just told to meet up with a DEA agent who is waiting for us." Gena told her.

"Oh," Lara replied as she went back to looking out the passenger window.

Gena went on another quarter mile before she saw a van stopped by the side of the road. It was in an area with no houses, but woods on each side of this upscale neighborhood. "Stay here a minute." Gena told Lara as she stopped the car in behind of the plain white van.

Lara surprised her by not arguing. She got on out of the car going up to the female agent. Gena talked to her a moment before going back and tapping on Lara's window. "It looks like we are going to become DEA agents for the day." Gena told her once the window came down.

"Why is that?" Lara asked as she got out.

"So we won't look out of place. There is a hundred DEA agents crawling all over your father's house, two more won't seen out of place. However two women, one dressed in jeans and the other a sweat suit, people would notice."

Lara smiled, "I guess that makes sense."

"Yea, come on, we got people waiting on us." Gena told her as they went to the van.

There inside of the van, Gena found two pair of slacks and two blouses that matched what the female agent was wearing, as well as two pair of women's shoes. Gena picked them up finding that one set was close to what she worn and as she looked at the other; she saw that it would fit Lara. "I think they were ready for us." Gena told Lara as she handed over her clothes.

"I bet Sam was ready for anything." Lara said.

"Probably so, or he just wanted to cover all his bases." Gena said figuring that the Director had planned on having to use Lara at some point during the operation. They both striped down to their bras and panties, and then began to get dressed in the uniforms provided for them.

"I don't know what they are going to ask you to do but it is important for you to try your best to do what they want." Gena cautioned her.

"Haven't I done that so far?" Lara asked.

"Yes you have." Gena replied knowing that she had hurt Lara's feelings just a bit. "I'm sorry for implying anything; it's just that as hard as it has been for you this week, I'm afraid that today will be even harder."

"I can face anything as long as I know my father and brothers are dead." Lara said harshly.

"I know you can honey, you've already face more hardships than any person should face in a lifetime." Gena said putting her arm around Lara's shoulder and giving her a little hug.

They heard a knock on the back of the van door and then the female agent saying, "Are you finished dressing?"

"Almost, we'll be out in a second." Gena said to the agent and then to Lara, "Let's hurry; we got a lot of people waiting on us."

"Yea," Lara said.

They quickly put their blouses on, tucking them into their slacks as they went out of the van. "Come on, give me your keys, I'll drive." The female agent told Gena.

"I don't think any of the DEA agents ever smile, their all business and so stiff." Lara whispered to Gena.

"That's part of our training, they do surgery to remove our ability to smile and then they do psychological training to remove our sense of humor." The female agent said with a straight face.

Gena looked over at Lara whose jaw had dropped and she had to burst out laughing. The agent then started to laugh and Lara knew that she had been had. She pouted at them both for a second and then she too began to laugh. "I'm sorry about what I said," Lara told the agent.

"It's okay, sometimes we do tend to be too stiff but I guess it comes with the job. You know what we do can be dangerous, like today." The agent said.

"I'm sorry about that; did any of your friends get hurt bad?" Lara asked.

"Nah, Larry got a cut on the head from a piece of the granitic steps. And Ernie got hit in the thigh by a bullet but he'll be fine. The rest was just a few scrapes." She said.

"That's good then." Lara said, "What is your name anyway?"

"Hillary," She said.

"Well it is nice to meet you and you do have a sense of humor," Lara told her.

"Don't tell Sam that, he'll have me back to undergo another session of psychological training." Hillary said giving Lara a wink making her laugh. "Come on, let's get in and get going or Sam will really have my ass."

"Then let's get this over with." Lara said as Gena held the front passenger door open for her. Then Gena got into the back as Hillary got into the driver's seat of Gena's car.

"So what happened when you entered the house?" Lara asked of Hillary.

Gena saw Hillary look at her through the rearview mirror. "She knows more about what was going on than anyone. She is why we are here; I don't think her knowing what happened will be a problem. She'll figure out enough on her own when we get there. She might as well know what really happened." Gena told Hillary.

"Everything was going smoothly and we were getting inside of the house, when one of your brothers came out of the kitchen and saw us. I think he thought that we were from whatever Latin drug cartel that they were dealing with as he said, "You fucking spics aren't taking over from us! Then he pulled a gun from his robe." Hillary told them.

"That had to be Buck; he always thought that someone was going to take over. He was a hothead, the bastard." Lara spat out.

"Well Sam told him to drop his gun but instead he hid in behind the couch and began to fire." Hillary said, "Then your father and brother came out of their bedrooms with their guns drawn and their bodyguards were close behind. That was when all hell broke loose and the firing began. If your brother hadn't drawn his gun, no one would have gotten hurt."

"That's not my brothers or father's way. They were on top and had planned on remaining that way. They probably figured that they could kill you all and start over in another place." Lara told them.

"I guess, but it didn't have to happen that way," Hillary said with a sigh.

"Yea it did. That was the only way it could go down," Lara told Hillary.

"I guess," Hillary said before she went on to tell them how they tried to get them to drop their guns even when they saw that they were outnumbered but once they started to fire, they weren't going to stop until they either got out of there alive or died trying. The DEA agents had pretty much gotten into position and were able to get behind something to protect them. Then it was a matter of maneuvering around until they could get a good shot off. They tried to just wound them but they keep firing even after being wounded so the DEA agents didn't have much of a choice but to keep firing until Lara's family and their bodyguards were either dead or dying.

By the time Hillary was finished, she was pulling into the driveway of a rather large house. "I guess crime does pay." Gena couldn't help but to say.

"Until you end up dead," Hillary reminded her.

"True," Gena said keeping quiet from then until Hillary pulled in behind one of the government vehicles in the driveway. Gena got on out and opening the door for Lara who hesitated for a moment before getting out of the car.

"I never wanted to ever come back here again." Lara said in such a soft voice that Gena barely heard her.

"I'll be right by your side the whole time." Gena said. "There's no one that can hurt you inside of that house."

"I know," Lara said but still she hesitated so Gena took her elbow and began to ease her toward Hillary who was waiting for them.

As they walked up the walkway and onto the steps, Gena saw DEA agents moving in and out of the house. They entered through the large double doors that were open. They entered into a large room that had the smell of guns having been fired and the smell of blood and death. Gena was looking around the large house and she didn't notice the covered body until she felt Lara stopping.

Before she could say anything, Agent Stone appeared from nowhere to stand in front of them. "I'm glad that you're here." He said to them both and then he said to Lara, this time using some compassion in his voice, "We need for you to identify your brothers and father, and then we need for you to come to your father's office."

"Okay," Lara said softly and she hesitated for a second before letting Gena move her toward the body that was partially hidden behind the couch. Once they were there, one of the agents standing there slowly moved the sheet back uncovering the man's face.

"That's Buck." Lara said quietly.

Agent Stone nodded to the agent and Buck was covered back up. Agent Stone then took them to the wide marble covered stairway, leading them to the top where several bodies were covered. Another agent uncovered the head of a body a few steps from the stairway, "That's Johnny," Lara said just as softly.

They were then taken in the opposite direct going past a couple of larger men who Gena figured were the bodyguards. They were stopped in front of another body, this one a little smaller than the rest. The sheet was moved back however Lara didn't say anything. She stood there for a long moment then she got down on one knee. Gena wasn't sure what Lara was doing, it almost appeared that she was morning for the older man laying there. Then like lightening striking the ground, Lara's right hand moved back and she swung, slapping the dead man as hard as she could across his face. The sound of Lara's handing hitting the dead man's face echoed through the house. "How does that feel you fucking bastard!"

Lara's hand came back again as she said, "Call me a bitch one more time, I dare you!" Gena then jumped and grabbed Lara pulling her up before Lara could swing again.

"I believe that there is no doubt that this is her father." Gena told the agents as she pulled a crying Lara to her chest.

"The bastard will never hit you again and there will be no one ever calling you a bitch." Gena told Lara as she cried in her arms.

End of Part Two.

To be continued...

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