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“Yeah, with my parents, they move quickly to get things done.”

“Sounds like us,” Andy said.

“You bet. That’s what makes us a dream team at anything we do.”

Hopingto get more of the truth this time from the co-conspirators in the faux kidnapping case, they finally arrived in White Bear and headed to the jail to further question Denny, Wendell, and Helen.

Roger waved at them. “They’re all sitting pretty in lockup.”

“It’s time to do some more interviewing.” Monica was eager to learn what she could and hopefully get to the truth. “Then we’re taking off to have lunch with Andy’s family.” She told the officer waiting to see who she wanted to speak with, “If you can bring Denny to an interview first, that would be great.”

Roger said, “Wendell was checked out. He’s okay. So is Helen.”

“Good. We don’t want them to get out of being questioned again.” Monica entered the interview room down the hall, where Denny was escorted.

Andy went with her to listen in.

“You would think you had talked to me enough by now.” Denny sat back in his chair, looking relaxed without a care in the world.

She started the recorder and read him his rights again. “Okay, so you say Helen oversaw the whole plan of kidnapping her because she told you Pierre had money, and it would be a great way to get hold of it. While I talked to her in the car, she said it was your plan.”

“No way in hell.”

“She said that you intimidated her, angry she had hooked up with Pierre and had money, and the only way you would go along with her being with him was if she forked over some of Pierre’s money in this pretend kidnapping scheme of yours.” Monica threw that out for him to mull over, though nothing she said was true.

She wondered if Helen had gotten involved with Pierre because she had realized he had money. Then Monica wondered how they had hooked up. Was it similar to how she and Pierre met at a coffee shop? Or had Helen come onto him?

“That’s a damn lie,” Denny said.

“Who is the jury going to believe? You have abused her before, and she has a court order to make you stay away from her. So you see the problem?”

Denny rubbed his chin, sweat beading on his forehead and dribbling down his cheeks. “She’s the one who came up with the idea, but after I struck Pierre, he told me his plan for the money. It was a win-win situation. He would get access to money that he couldn’t otherwise.”

The situation wasn’t looking good for Pierre.

After that, she had Denny returned to lock up and asked to see Helen. But Helen said nothing but, “No comment.”

When Monica had Helen removed from the interview room and brought in Wendell, he said the same thing, as if he and Helen had colluded in refusing to comment.

After they left the jailhouse,Andy and Monica had lunch with his family. Everyone hugged her as if welcoming her permanently into the family.

“Monica has already spoken to her parents, and we wanted to tell the rest of the family that we’re mating,” Andy said as the meals were served at the long table.

Everyone broke into cheers.

Genevieve got up from her chair and walked over to hug Monica again. “We’re so glad you're mating Andy.

“I’m happy to join the family.” Monica hugged her back.

Genevieve retook her seat. “Everyone has been hoping for this.”

Monica smiled, glad she was being welcomed in such a lovely manner.

Andy rubbed her back lightly, always the gallant hero, showing how much he cared about her. “Alicia’s prediction came true.”

“And Andy got the woman, like I predicted,” Ben said.

Monica still couldn’t believe that Alicia had envisioned she and Andy would get together like they did. “I was glad Andy was there for me when I needed him the most. And now, I need him in a loving, mated way.”