{"id":2508,"date":"2023-11-24T01:24:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T01:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=2508"},"modified":"2023-10-17T11:18:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T11:18:44","slug":"chap-53-in-vancouver-a-new-posse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/andydawkins.com\/?p=2508","title":{"rendered":"Chap. 53 – In Vancouver, a New Posse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chapter 53<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Vancouver, a New Posse is in Town!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     On the evening of Tuesday, December 20, at about the same time that Gordy and Jane were meeting by the Vancouver seawall (in Gordy\u2019s failed attempt to extricate Jane from her terrorist role), Super-Sleuth Susie and her newly<\/em> deputized<\/em> posse<\/em> were, after a 24-hour straight-through drive, checking into the Hotel Vancouver, just blocks from the seawall.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Working for the hotel, Joey was able to get favorable rates, but it surprised the hell out of  him to see there were three<\/em> others<\/em> in addition to his mom.  He knew his mom was hot on the pursuit of Dougherty and Furbush \u2013 but actually forming a<\/em> posse<\/em> to nail them was way beyond the mom he knew growing up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cLet me introduce Heck and Billy,\u201d Susie said to Joey before Joey could ask any questions.  “Heck is a buddy of mine from the Chat & Chew. We hope to recruit Heck to run for Sheriff back in Boulder \u2013 he hasn\u2019t announced yet.  He actually has a decent resume as a conservation officer for the Montana Department of Wild-Life.  Heck figures if he can get in on busting up the sex ring, he\u2019ll win in a landslide. Heck and Billy know everything I know, but Joey, what\u2019s the latest? . . .  Does Shadya know we\u2019re working on getting him a lawyer?  . . . Is Shadya really willing to nail Furbush? . . . Nail Dougherty? . . . “<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Susie continued with the introductions pointing to Eloise, “You know Eloise, your teacher – whom we got elected to the school board. Don\u2019t know when you last saw Eloise, maybe at our house last year, but she\u2019s in on this too!  Says she wants to stay on the School Board, but I think she\u2019s a candidate for Congress, if – with your help – we end up busting Dougherty and Furbush. We need your help, Joey.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cWhoa,\u201d Joey said.  \u201cOkay, okay, I\u2019m glad you\u2019re out here, Misters . .? . . .  (pause) . . . sorry I didn\u2019t catch your last names.  Ms. Johnson, nice to see you again.  [\u2018Ms. Johnson\u2019 would be Eloise Johnson, his high school history teacher.]   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cListen, Mom,\u201d Joey continued.  \u201cYes, let\u2019s make a plan, but first, I\u2019m sticking with only one room – for you all.  I can get you into the Queen Victoria Suite, sleeps four, two bedrooms, two bathrooms, the best view of Vancouver Island in this whole place \u2013 you know, they call this hotel \u2018The Castle in the City.\u2019  Wait \u2018til you see your room.\u201d  Joey then proceeded to book them the room, walked them to the elevator, and punching the button for the 17th<\/sup> floor, said, \u201cI\u2019ll be up in a few minutes.  I want to hear all about this plan you say you\u2019ve already worked-up.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     The Queen Victoria Suite was about the nicest room any of the four had ever stayed in \u2013 very modernized, yet nineteenth century lavish, with antique beds, satin pillows, bedposts and canopies.  Later, when they were outside looking up from the street, they saw they occupied one of eight towers, with gargoyle-like ornamentation, that topped off the \u201cCastle in the City.\u2019  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     When Joey came up, he said, \u201cShadya knows you\u2019re trying to find him a lawyer.  He really wants to make a deal to save his ass.  But I can\u2019t get him to talk unless he sees a lawyer first.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cWe\u2019re working on that,\u201d Susie said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cWhat\u2019s all this Shadya guy told you?\u201d Heck asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cWell, that he was business partners with Abdul.  Knows all about the local prostitution scene.  He was one of the \u2018go-to\u2019 guys the bellman uses \u2013 or at least use to use \u2013 when a high-roller wanted some action.  And he says, with the right deal, he\u2019ll finger Furbush and Dougherty \u2013 that\u2019s how he knows them – as part of the smuggling ring bringing young girls in to be prostituted.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cDo you think, even without a lawyer, he would give us the names of some others that might talk? Do the implicating for him?\u201d Susie asked, and continued: \u201cI\u2019ve got a list of names from Ken, that movie-maker guy I told you about, of folks here in town who were in on the movie, and might know Shadya or Abdul, and might . . . “<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cMight work,\u201d Joey offered.  \u201cI\u2019ve kinda got this Shadya guy figured-out \u2013 he\u2019s running scared right now \u2013 thinks someone\u2019s gonna finger him as the main man importing young Thai girls using the bait and switch promise of modeling careers.  Or worse, someone\u2019s gonna come after him and he\u2019ll meet Abdul\u2019s fate.  If one of these guys on the list could potentially implicate Furbush or Dougherty, without Shadya having to do it, he might give up the name, with or without a lawyer.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

     Heck broke back in: \u201cBetter than showing that list to Shadya, let\u2019s first check out these names ourselves and see if any one of them knows Shadya, and could put the screws to Shadya. That should get Shadya to cave.  Once the rest<\/em> of<\/em> the deputies<\/em> arrive, we can cover the list in less than a day.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cRest of the deputies?\u201d Joey asked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cOhh, I forgot to tell you,\u201d Susie answered for Heck, \u201cI\u2019m about to call your sister to come join us . . . maybe bring some of her friends\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cYou\u2019re kidding me . . . Mom!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cYep, I\u2019ve organized a posse<\/em> extraordinaire<\/em> to bring these guys to justice.  We might not be officially deputized, but Heck calls us \u201chis deputies.\u201d  We\u2019ll be minimum six strong once your sister gets here, including you, of course.  Between us, we can get to every name on the list in a matter of hours.  Skip said to make sure we use Ken\u2019s name, Ken Vardaman. These people on the list know Ken from doing this movie that’s friendly to the Somali community – and will want to help all they can.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“That’s the plan to get Shadya to talk,” Susie finished. “Now Heck, tell Joey our plan to bust the sex-trafficking operation!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cWell Joey,\u201d Heck started, \u201cI\u2019m not so sure I really wanna do this, but your mom says there\u2019s a way to pull this off without much danger, and claims I won\u2019t get arrested \u2013 says we\u2019ve got a lawyer in the posse  . . . so I guess I\u2019m willing to give it a try . . . pose as an older man looking for an underage girl to have sex with . . .\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201c I\u2019ve even a better idea!\u201d  Heck\u2019s partner, Billy, interrupted.  \u201cAsk Shadya to put Heck on to the best place to go to get a young Thai girl \u2013 Shadya giving Heck the name of a place – just that alone won\u2019t get Shadya in trouble.  I bet he\u2019ll do it with or without already having his lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

     \u201cAll right, Joey said, \u201cI\u2019ve already asked for the next two days off.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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