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“Wow.”Helen the bitch. “Okay, well, I’ll be right back.” Monica needed to talk with Lionel and Andy.

When she left the interview room, Andy joined her. “You know damn well he planned to take you down when he was chasing after you.”

“Yeah, and I was lucky to have you as my backup, or Teague might have. He had much longer legs, but I was waiting for just the right moment to cold cock him with my gun. But I might not have knocked him out all the way, so I was glad you zip-tied his wrists right away. I hate to ask, was the gun Lionel had on him yours?”

Andy’s ears were tinged a little red. “Yeah.”

“Good. Then you’ve got it back, though it will be used as evidence in the upcoming trial. At least we know he’s no longer able to use it in the commission of a crime. So from what Teague says, Pierre oversaw the kidnapping.”

“And Helen was responsible for having your brake lines cut.”

“Yeah, that was a surprise and a half.” Monica got on her phone, called her boss, and told him what she’d learned from Teague. “I will speak to Lionel next to see if he verifies what Teague said.”

“Let me know as soon as possible so that I can relay the word to the other agents in the field.”

“I will, sir.” They ended the call, and she hugged Andy. “This case is a nightmare and a half.”

“But at least we have two villains locked up, including Harvey, though he hadn’t been in on the kidnapping case.”

“We just need to get the rest of them.” Then, they walked to the next interview room, where she went in to talk to Lionel, and Andy watched through the viewing window.

Lionel was leaning back in the chair, arms folded across his chest, looking nonchalant.

She sat opposite him, started the recording, and read Lionel his rights. “Okay, so Teague told me about everyone’s involvement in the case.”

“Shit,” Lionel said, his indifference changing immediately to one of concern.

“We’ve got Trooper MacMathan’s gun back; we have a body cam of your involvement at the cabin and how you tried to kill him. We have a body cam of you trying to kill us with his gun just an hour ago behind Eloise’s house.”

“If you know so much, why question me?” Lionel lifted his hands as if punctuating the question.

“Denny said you were the mastermind of the whole operation.”

“No way in hell. Pierre was.”

She didn’t know what to think. “How much money did you get?”

“Five thousand. I’m sure Teague already told you that.”

“He did, but they didn’t split the money equally. Two million dollars? Not a very equitable share, I wouldn’t think.”

“Two million, no way.”

“I don’t get why Eloise and Denny were hooking up at her house when he was hooking up with Helen at the cabin.”

“What?”

“Having sex. I mean, if she were a hostage. Helen, that is.”

“Of course, she was a hostage. As mad as Denny was that you handcuffed us and we couldn’t get free until I managed to lift thecouch, he was even madder that you thought she was a liar and in on the whole scheme. That was until he thought he could use it to his advantage.”

“Aww, but she told Teague to cut my brake lines, so why would she do that? I’m sure you and Wendell watched him while he did it. He said both of you stayed in the vehicle.”

“Damn it, Teague,”Lionel said under his breath.

“Why would Helen have consensual sex with Denny?” Monica asked, shifting gears and not understanding the dynamics between them.

“She loved the bastard even if she didn’t mean anything to him. She was just a means to an end when he learned she was dating Moneybags Pierre. And Pierre went along with the plan. Pierre didn’t care about Helen either. But he needed money, and the scheme was perfect.”