“So, you’ve decided not to take that case, the one that brought you to Mitch. I’m so glad to hear that. It’s a stupid way for some people to get money if you ask me. Suing people for things that should never have made it to court in the first place.” Vinnie agreed. “Did they really think they should continue collecting from the government on children they were being paid to watch when they were no longer there? And now what? They want more? Stupid.”
“Yes. And the fact that Mitch had had enough and ran makes me wonder what happened to him. The Bruces said it was a loving and very religious home. They project a nice image of people down on their luck. I have to admit, though, there are things I felt there, but nothing I could put my finger on. Had it not been for my boss begging me to take the case, I wouldn’t have even considered it.” Her grandmother said her boss was a money grubbing fool anyway, and would sue his own mother if he thought he’d win. “You never did like him, but I think you might be right. And as for the house, I didn’t believe that either. There is an odor of drugs and that nasty smell of beer about them. And no matter how many times they brush their teeth, it’s in their skin and hair. I think even then I was thinking of leaving the firm. It’s...sort of my ticket out by doing it for him.”
“Amber says they’re suing you now as well.” Vinnie wasn’t worried about that either. She could pay them ten times what they were asking for and never see a difference in her lifestyle. Vinnie wasn’t going to pay them anything, not ever, but she could. She had money, a great deal of it, but had little to no use for it most of the time.
“I have been looking for someone to help you should you need it. And I’ve sent over Roger, my friend, to help Mitch out. He’s going to take the case for him. He said that Mr. Bennett has one for him as well, but I think Richard convinced them he has a great deal more experience in that department. And Roger is a shark when it comes to sniffing out shitty people.”
“I have sent over some help too. Not attorneys, mind you, but someone to keep an eye on the couple. They’re not very...they really should buy some curtains when this is done.” Vinnie laughed with her grandmother. “They have made it easy for the spies I’ve sent in to check on them.”
She thanked her grandmother. “Dad is around. He’s been seen with a couple of ghosts, I’ve heard. Not the kind I’d like to meet up with. And so is Millicent. She’s...she has been following me, but she’s not harmed me or tried to contact me. I think she’s avoiding Dad if you want to know the truth.” Her grandmother leaned back in her seat and asked her what he wanted. “He wants me dead, I guess. Not that I blame him all that much, but he didn’t get anything didn’t deserve. You know that as well as I do. Had he and Mom just had a little more care of what they were doing, he’d still be alive pestering us all.”
“No. And the fact you had the backing of the council has made your life easier as well by taking him out the way you did, I would imagine.” Vinnie told her it had. “Your mother, she’s thinking if she kills off your mate, then things will be all right. I think she’s wrong and she’s going to end up where your father is. Dead. Did she tell you she wants to move in here? That she thinks you owe her? What you could possibly owe her is beyond me.”
“I don’t know either, but yes, every time I talk to her I think there is something wrong with her. I mean....” Vinnie got up to pace and tried to think how to talk to her grandmother. “She’s been acting a little off lately. Have you seen it?”
“Your mother has always been a little off, Vinnie. You’re going to have to be much clearer in what you mean now. Why that woman didn’t do something before now about her finances is beyond me. Having money is essential and something you cannot do without. And her mate? It was almost as if she liked what he was doing, killing the humans to get us caught.” Vinnie had thought the same thing and had been a little shocked when her mom had nothing. Not even the house she was in was hers. Where the hell had they spent all the money she’d loaned them over the years? Of course Vinnie had never gotten it back, but she did help them a great deal.