Page 29 of Kevin's Destiny

“Did you see anyone at Broken Two? Or RRR?”

“No one at Broken Two. People were in the distance working at RRR. Why?”

“My son, Caleb works at Broken Two.”

“The physical therapist and chiropractor?”

“Yes. He’s been here for almost a year. I’ve been here for about two weeks already.”

“Okay.” She finished her meal, then sat back and cradled a fresh cup of coffee to her chest.

“I’ve been divorced for almost two years now. I’m not lying when I say I had a rough marriage. I’m not making any excuses, it is what it is. However, I can honestly say that Karen is exactly where she needs to be right now.”

“Pardon me?”

“When we get to the office tomorrow, the office we will be sharing, I can give you a case number. Since you’re former FBI, I’m sure you can access it.”

“What case?”

“Karen is sitting in a women’s prison in the state of Washington. She’s been there for almost two years. About a month ago, she killed another inmate.” He held up his hand and shook his head. “It was investigated, and the DA doesn’t think he’s going to charge her.”

“Why the hell not? No offense, Kevin, but what the fuck?”

“Yeah, see, Karen was an entitled bitch that thought because I worked for Seattle PD, she was above the law. My marriage had been dead for years, I was just too lazy to sever ties to it.” He shook his head as he refilled his mug and settled back. “Truthfully, I was too beat down by her to want to face the hassle. I never cheated on her, but to escape her entitled bitchiness, I worked.”

“What changed?”

“Her brother.”

“How?”

“He was a SEAL, on a mission, he and his team were captured, tortured, and it was bad. The Navy contacted us saying he was MIA. Karen, being the entitled bitch she was, immediately started mentally and verbally spending his death benefits.”

“I take it that he wasn’t dead?”

“No, he and other teammates were held captive for twenty days before another SEAL team rescued them. He spent at least a month in the hospital because of his injuries. I can’t tell you everything that he encountered, it’s not my story, and I don’t know it all, only that it was bad. I did see the scars on his body, and actually changed some of his bandages.” He shook his head at her. “They also removed one of his eyes.”

“Shit.”

“Yes, anyway, the Navy failed to inform us that he had been rescued. He arrived at the police station, and I’ll be the first to admit that I cried like a baby when I saw him. He was rough around the edges, not at all like the man you’ll meet next Sunday, but a shell of his former self.”

“Why would I be meeting him next Sunday?”

“Because he works over at Broken Wheel. See, most of the men over there are all former SEAL teammates.”

“Ah, got it. What else?”

“When I saw him, I brought him home with me. Karen was there with these god-awful design books where she was mentally spending his death benefits to redo the house. The second she saw her own brother, she never asked how he was, never acknowledged that he was alive. She immediately started screaming that he had ruined everything for her.”

“Damn, that’s cold.”

“Yes, well, she was arrested after she physically attacked Ryan. Though she hadn’t ever been arrested before, there was a file with several complaints against her. They added up when she went to court. Things happened at the court hearing that she had to stay in jail for thirty days. She got out, was arrested again, then had to do sixty days.” He shook his head and looked down at his cup. He didn’t look at her as he continued.

“While she was out on bail, she saw me eating lunch with a colleague.” He looked up then, and directly at Yvonne. “I was a Homicide Detective with Seattle PD. I was having lunch with the Assistant DA, discussing a case. Karen saw us through the window. It took a couple of weeks, but one night when the DA was walking to her car, Karen tried to run her over. She dove just in time, but she was able to get the license plate number. The ADA ended up breaking her ankle, had to have surgery, and when I got to the hospital, the first thing she told me was that she was going to press charges against my wife. I told her that she would be stupid not to.”

“Christ, let me guess, because she attempted to run this other woman over, while on bail, her bail was revoked.”

“Yes, and when she went to trial for the attempted murder charge, the ADA was second chair. She tried to be the lead, but her boss said it wouldn’t look good for her to prosecute Karen. One of the main factors brought into that trial were the numerous complaints the neighbors had made against Karen. The were accepted as a pattern of her behavior.”