Lyon
Chapter 95

I called Drake as soon as I got back in my truck after placing the can in the Ziploc bag I had hidden in my pocket; I came prepared.

“Drake I’ve got that chick’s fingerprints on a can. Can you do something with it so we can find out who the hell she is?”

“How the hell did you do that? Never mind I don’t want to know. I’m at your parents, come on over.”

“What are you doing there, don’t you work?”

“Off-day and Tina is over here doing something or the other with your mom. We didn’t tell them about last night though so don’t say anything.”

Shit, I really didn’t want to deal with Daniel and his shit. When I got to the house, the three men were in their usual spot, gambling as usual. Dad had his pipe going, as was to be expected, and the place smelt like nothing but weed.

“Can’t you arrest him or something?”

“It’s out of my hands now son, they made it legal.”

“Dad put that shit out, how can you concentrate on anything when you’re always high?”

“Weed doesn’t make you high boy, it makes you nice.”

“Whatever.” Why do I even bother?

“So Drake, you think we can lift the prints off this thing?” I passed him the can in the bag. Daniel had a coughing fit for some damn reason and I knew he was going to have some shit to say as soon as he was done choking. Dumbass.

“You do know these things take a while right? It’s not like I can just run it down to the station and get results in an hour. We don’t have those type of resources here where I can just put it in a national database, and that’s what you’re going to need. I have to send it to the state lab and since it’s not priority, they might not even do it, not to mention it’s the holidays.”

“Figure it out.”

“What makes you think this person is up to something boy? Maybe she just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

“Oh yeah? You willing to risk your daughter in law and granddaughter’s lives on it?”

“Boy, why do you always expect the worse? It’s Xmas relax. Here have a hit, it might mellow you out.”

Mellow fucker, I ought to chuck him out the chair.

“Dad stay out of it, listen I have a bad feeling about this. Nothing about it makes any sense. What was she doing on my driveway? Now she has f*****g amnesia, uh-uh I don’t trust this shit.” I turned my attention back to the man with the badge, the only one who could be of any help as far as I could see.

“I’ll see what I can do, but I’m not making any promises. My guys are on it and of course I’m staying on top of it.” Drake studied the cards in his hands like we were discussing the weather.

“Boy, you’ve lost your damn mind, why don’t you relax? Ever since the baby, you’ve been a loose-canon, seeing danger around every corner.”

“Dad, you’re full of shit, I don’t see mom running the streets at night in her car alone either. And don’t forget when we were kids and you wanted to leash us.”

“You kids were terrors, I had to find some way to keep your asses where I could keep an eye on you.”

“Daniel you had your kids on a leash?” Cy laughed and shook his head.

“Their mother won’t let me but I thought it was a pretty good idea. It’s not like it was going to scar them or anything, plus it was a pretty good way to keep the three of them together in one place when we went out anywhere together as a family.”

“Thank heavens he wasn’t smoking back then or who knows what he would’ve come up with then.” I had to think. If Drake couldn’t help me I was going to have to figure something else out.

My gut told me I didn’t have weeks to wait around to find out who this woman was or what the f**k she was doing here. Damn, I hope I don’t have to off anyone before Xmas, f**k.

I heard footsteps coming down the hallway and knew we were about to be invaded by the women at last. Mom was first in the room looking chic in her cashmere sweater and slacks, not a hair out of place and full makeup on.

Women are nuts; her two henchmen soon followed looking pretty much the same and I could tell by the looks on their faces that they’d been up to something. Then again when aren’t they up to something? I should probably cut dad some slack because if I had to deal with Elena and her shit I’d probably over medicate too.

“Colton what are you doing here in the middle of a work day everything okay?” She and her entourage came into the room all smiles. I glanced at Char but she didn’t have her crazy look on so nothing there I guess.

“We’re working on something.”

“Is this about the girl that Kat ran over last night?”

F**k, Kat and her big a*s mouth must’ve told them. How could I have overlooked that shit?

I’d decided not to tell mom last night after all because the last thing I needed was her in the middle of this shit. She’d just get her gang involved and it would become a three ring circus.

Plus like Kat she seems to have drank the happy juice and I could just imagine the two of them ganging up on me about it being the holidays and how we had to take care of this person, the f**k I will. There was no way around it now that the cat was out of the bag so all I could do was sigh.

“Yeah, we’re trying to figure out who she is.”

“We’re on it.” The three women nodded in unison.

“What? What does that mean?” I had a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach that look she gave me did not bode well. That was her ‘I’m about to meddle in your shit’ look.

“All of you need to hit the pipe and calm down you’re making a mountain out of a mole hill. What do you wanna bet this turns out to be nothing?”

I ignored Daniel and his shit and focused on the three women. “What do you mean you’ve got it?”

“Well according to Katarina this girl can’t remember anything. No one has come forward to claim her so we’ve decided to go see about her; maybe we can learn something. Char’s going to see if she picks up on anything.”

Dad started humming the theme from the twilight zone and twirling his finger around. It was unnerving to realize we had something in common on this one.

“You hush Daniel you know darn well Char has a gift; now as for this girl if she’s an innocent then it won’t be fair to leave her there alone like that at the holidays. And if she’s guilty of something then we’ll be a buffer of sorts this way you and Katarina won’t have to deal with her directly. Kat’s not in any trouble because of the accident right Drake?”

“No it’s been ruled an accident for now, she wasn’t seriously hurt apparently except for the amnesia.”

“Which is about the only thing you can’t prove one way or the other.”

See Tina has some sense after all she’s not just a pain in my a*s. I’m not sure about them getting involved though but I know better than to try to stop them, Elena dances to the beat of her own drum.

“So what do you three plan on doing? Why don’t you just leave police work to the cops?”

“Oh come off it Drake we’re not going to interrogate her, it’s like Elena said it’s the baby’s first holiday and if Katarina’s focused on this she won’t be able to enjoy it so we’re just gonna do our part to ease the load so to speak.”

“And Char’s gonna put the whammy on her.” The pothead was at it again, I was hoping one of them would brain him with something but mom just kissed him and sat on the arm of his chair.

The conversation got heated as to who should do what and how the women should go about whatever the hell it was they were doing. I still wasn’t too sure about letting them loose but what the hell at least if Kat knew they were on it she wouldn’t run my a*s.

“Mom you still haven’t told me exactly what it is that you plan on doing.”

“We don’t know yet son, we have to go meet her first then we’ll see which way the wind blows.”

“Well I’m going to put her up somewhere in the meantime other than that I’m not sure what else we can do.”

“That’s a great idea.”

“That’s very nice of you Colton you’ve always been such a good boy.” Char pinched my damn cheek like I was twelve. That was my cue.

“I have to get back home to my girls let me know what’s going on and mom here take some cash I’m sure she’s going to need some things.”

“Okay son we’ll take her shopping for the necessities and try to spruce up the place for the holiday. Kat said you don’t trust this girl but just in case it would be nice to have done this for her. Poor thing I can’t imagine being in her shoes right now.”

Uh huh, I’m still not buying it no matter what anyone says.

“I’ll take the can Drake I might know someone who can get this shit done sooner.” F*****g cops.

“Don’t break any laws son I would hate to have to arrest my son in law.”

“Uh huh.” I left them to work out their shit and headed back to the house, I think maybe I’ll stay close to home until I figure this shit out in my head.

This couldn’t have happened at a worst time, the shop was busier than it had ever been, it was Xmas and everyone was going in six different directions, at once. I wish I could relax and take this thing the way everyone else seemed to be, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that something was really wrong.