Hoodwinked Part 2

Chapter 223-1

Hoodwinked

Part 2

 

Kirk had just reached the door unlocking it as Mr. Tate said. “Wait minute boys maybe we can work some sort of deal or a comprise.”

Kirk said. “Not unless it includes a formal apology to the Philips family and the new High Priestess personally from you first regardless if you say you weren’t the one that had given the order to have me and my family and friends killed, painting a target on our backs. I am talking individually now and in front of the church so no one will take action against us.”

Kirk opened the door counting until he had opened the door all the way since Mr. Tate didn’t say anything. He still didn’t say anything as we started to leave his office. He said. “Wait, I’ll do it. But on one condition.” Kirk and I returned as he closed the door and Kirk retook his seat beside me as I sat in my fancy wheelchair. Mr. Tate steepled his fingers then eyed us. “My condition is that if I make the apology as you have requested that you boys will spend the entire weekend with me at my estate just you two and no one else.”

Kirk shook his head no and got up to leave. I said asking Mr. Tate. “Why just us?”

Mr. Tate said. “Kirk knows why because in good conscience I can not invite his mother spend the weekend with us due to the fact she isn’t a member of the true church and wouldn’t feel comfortable about the things we would talk about or do at my estate. Considering she is a die-hard member of the LDS church. She would have a nuclear meltdown if she caught you boys having sex in any form.”

Which was true she would have, but that was before she had converted to nudism and has learned everything about us and Mr. Tate, but we weren’t going to tell him that, or the fact we really wanted to be invited to his estate? Plus the fact we could get the time off work to do it as well as permission by our parents to miss two days of school as well as spend the entire weekend at his large estate. We wanted him to sweat and work it out for himself and take advantage of it.

Kirk retook his seat said. “Ok, I am listening. But as you know the Philip boys and their father is a member of our church, there is no reason they can’t be there; or both Nate’s husbands and their wives. Plus as I told you we both have to work tonight and Friday and Saturday plus we would be missing two days of school. Nate works as a bookkeeper for Mr. Stringum as well as his Head Chef Mr. Philips. Friday and Saturdays are very big days for us. It would not be fair if we left them short-handed when we have agreed to work for them, considering my three best friends have stated that they have no intention of clearing their debt as I have already mentioned why.”

Mr. Tate drummed his fingers as the wheels were turning in his head. He said. “Suppose that I can get your friends to fulfill their agreement, and I am able to find enough help that you boys wouldn’t have to work the rest of this week, and still get paid school too we could work around. If I could do that would we have ourselves a deal? I’ll even through in private dinner at the nicest restaurant I can find and extend invention my treat to all Nate’s friends and family including the Philips boys and their Dad. Plus I will invite Stringum and his wife the new High Priestess so that I may give them a formal apology and I will do as you ask in front of the entire church on Sunday. Providing only you two boys spend the entire weekend with me at my estate.”

Kirk said. “How about this sir, you include the Philip boys and their father to spend the weekend with us and include Mr. Stringum and his wife. To show good faith that apology you are going to make is sincere. It is one thing to say you’re sorry; it is another to prove that you really are. As I have stated we were told you were the one that gave the order because we have befriended the Phillips boys and the new High Priestess. By showing them the respect they deserve. You could come out smelling like roses.

“Considering no one else in the church has yet to do so; putting you at the top of the list of those that want to align themselves with no doubt the richest man and people with the most influences. You, sir, would least get a foot in the door, being first to issue an public apology and take them in whereas everyone has shunned them, because of the order that has been issued stating you wanted us all dead for aligning ourselves with them.

“It was you sir that suggested that Nate and I become lovers. Then issued the order that I should kill the Phillips family and Greg and Eli so I could take their place as first husband take their wives so I could be the father of their children and sacrifice my firstborn according to laws governed by us in show of respect and thanks to our true God Lucifer and his savor Mormo may he live forever in our hearts and souls.” Having us say the mantra. “Blessed be to our God Lucifer and his savor Mormo.”

Kirk reached into his backpack and pulled out a large vanilla envelope that someone had dropped off to him as we were making preparation to knock down all five houses and moving the families. It had Mr. Tate signature on it and several of his friends which neither of us knew personally he said handing it to him.

“I have a copy of the written order right here with your signature and crest seal on it; knowing full well that if I did so I would be breaking church law that states due to my age and status without the permission of the 9s, the Holy Queen or the Holy Prophets, and without the sacred rites bestowed on me; giving me the right to become assassin and soldier of the church. My life would be forfeited for breaking church law.”

Mr. Tate pretended to look it over as he took his time reading it, trying to get himself out of it, said. “It does look like my signature and my seal, but trust me I never gave the order and your right if you had followed through with it. You would have broken church law. Whoever gave you this order knew that. Which states they are making a move to realign the houses by taking you out of the equation because no one’s going to care about one boy and family so poor that they would be doing the church a favor? In the eyes of the church and our true god stating you were found unworthy of his blessings.

“Yet the jokes on them because you are not poor; in fact, you are among one of the most riches families we have here in Heber and in our congregation. You should have told me that Kirk. That your mother had won the Publisher Clearing House Sweepstakes the moment she had been notified. I could have protected you and your family.”

Kirk said. “And if I had done so sir I would be breaking a promise to my mother and people would be standing in line at our house to get a slice of the pie for just being associated with us.

“My mother wanted to see who her true friends were including you Mr. Tate as we had reached out to all our friends that our homes were falling apart around us to the point if take look at these pictures I have brought with me and signed statement from the safety inspector who was contacted by the men replacing or Furnaces that the house was beyond fixing and was being condemned. She tried calling you, but you weren’t around or weren’t picking up the phone.” He quickly pulled out the pictures showing how bad things were as well as a signed copy of what the inspector found and the order to vacate the home that was now condemned unfit to live in.

Kirk said as looked through the pictures and read the statements, his face blank of any emotion which stated he really didn’t care, then he handed everything back said if only he would have known as showed some play acting emotions. Thinking we were going to believe he was actually sorry knowing he was only inviting us because Kirk and I were rich and I mean really rich. So he thinks.

Kirk placed everything backing to his backpack except for the execution order and the copy of the statement signed by the inspector and the long list of problems. We had made copies of that one and everything else. “We had no place to go, we had no money, and the Sweepstakes money was untouchable until sometime next week or the next so my Mom could fill out the paperwork stating she had agreed to accept the prize as well as the taxes that she would have to pay for it.

“No one from our church would help us, instead I had received that document with your name on it, and my friends and their parents informed me that we no longer their friends and can no longer be associated with me because my mother and I have aligned ourselves with the very people that were willing to help. My mother made one phone call to Nate’s home and Mr. Earl who happened to be there because everyone else was down at the grand opening of their stores. Who used to be a Bishop before he and his family moved here so they could be close to the true church?

“Wanting to raise his kids in it; came down with Mr. Vincent and they called my mother’s Bishop, Bishop Bradbury. He called his friend the bank manager and told him the problem that we were destitute. But we had just won the sweepstakes, yet it would be at least a week or so before we saw the money. Yet we needed help now, not in a few weeks or a month. Thanks to Nate’s Dad and Mr. Vincent and Mr. Earl they gave us and all our neighbors a place to stay, where we would be protected against the people that were about to harm us; until we could build us a new home and our friends that have been neighbors for years.

“My mother kept calling you and you never answered. All my friends and their parents in the church refused to help because of the order that was issued wanting nothing to do with us. The only ones willing to help were the members in my mother LDS ward, and Nate’s family and friends. We soon got another letter stating that because they were helping us. We would be all considered traders to the church and will be investigated and be punished for crimes against the church. For helping me and my family and our neighbors without permission first for the council of 9s and the magistrates like yourself.

“If wasn’t for the Holy Queen and her husband the High Bishop and the High Judge Mr. Grays and four members of the 9s that they were close too, plus the new High Priestess. The members would have killed us that very night. My mother was in tears as she kept calling for your help. Yet we got nothing, said that message had been delivered, but there was nothing that said you would come to our aid. She stopped calling as they refused to answer the phone.

“So no Mr. Tate; I believe they all deserve a public apology from you personally. I don’t care if you didn’t sign the order, it still has your name on it and your signature and your seal stating that if I do not take it upon myself to resolve the issue I and my family would be sacrificed. Some choice, death by disobeying or death for obeying the order issued to me.

“Nate and I would love to spend the weekend with you so he can see that you really are someone me, my mother and my brother look up too, but with everything, we have had gone through since last Sunday. Not in good conscience could we except your invention until you sir make restitution and accept the fact it’s not going to happen until you make this problem go away. If wasn’t for Nate and his family and friends we would be on the streets with no home, dead… either frozen to death or our throats cut by our church members.

“It was me that told my mother to thank you for the service rendered praying that it was just oversight or a mistake. The donation was also given to help us when tax time came, according to Mr. Vincent and Stringum’s accountant. That by donating to the schools and humanitarian needs regarding our neighbors, we would get most if not all of it back when tax time comes and my mother is making finical portfolio so we can invest our money and live off the interests with the help of Nate’s family and friends that buy and sell investments proprieties and companies.

“Within a year or so we could be added to the list of most riches billionaires. She would have asked you if you knew someone that needed help or would give her a list of companies that are looking for financial backers, but after what has happened lately she has decided that you are not the man who she thought you were. Until you have proven yourself differently. I am to cut my ties with you and everyone that has refused to help us in our time of need. Good day sir.”

Kirk and I begin to leave he called after us telling him we could count on him. Kirk turned on a dime said. “Words are cheap Mr. Tate. Action isn’t. So far all you have given us is words. My mother and I are tired of hearing the word sorry when there are people out there willing to kill us.”

Kirk said asking me; “movie or should we just go, gym class, since we only have 20 minutes.”

I said. “Gym class, do you think he took the bait?”

Kirk said. “If he is dumb enough he will.” Tony and Jenny caught up to us asking how it went, Kirk said. “We should know soon, considering school gets out in an hour and a half then we shall see where it takes us.”

Tony asked the magic question we were all thinking. Why does he want just Kirk and me so badly? Kirk cringed. “I may have forgotten to mention one little detail about Mr. Tate.”

Tony said. “Yea what’s that?”

Kirk said. “He really makes his bread and butter or is considered a porn star producer, selling kiddy porn?”

Everyone stop in the middle of the hallway, Tony said. “You got to be kidding me?”

Kirk said. “I didn’t mention it because I didn’t want my mother to know that my brother and I and my three best friends have been in several magazines and videos of his, besides it isn’t anything we haven’t done before except it being on film.”

“The truth is my father was killed because he was about to expose him. He used the satanic church and the LDS church and his positions to cover it up and to help find young boys, either blackmailing their parents or buying children from local orphanages. I don’t have any proof that other than the fact he likes to watch as he films us having sex. The other is speculation, but the odd thing is, many of the boys once they reach a certain age seemed to disappear. They don’t seldom make it to their 18 birthday depending on how young they look and how many copies and magazines he can sell using them.

“When I and my friends asked our parents about the missing boys, he said he sent them to a boarding school or training camp to be trained as honor guards, he had stated that the old Queen has asked for them. I haven’t been to his estate in long while and neither has my brother since my father was killed to keep my mother from getting suspicious or anyone else.

“I am only guessing that is the reason because he doesn’t have anything to blackmail Nate or his family and friends with. Now that I have joined the ranks of the rich and famous like Nate has. He’s thinking he can sell more using our notoriety. That’s why he told me I knew why he wasn’t inviting my Mom over to his house. He wanted to keep it a secret.”

Tony said. “Just great, not only do we have psychopathic killer on our hands we have sick’o. If you will excuse me and Jenny we will not be going to gym class, Instead I need to make sure we have honor guards tonight and make contact with our task-force to make sure we can take this a*****e down if we find the evidence we needed to arrest him or my favorite, kill the a*s hole after we got everything out of him. If not and he fights us tooth and nail which I am hoping, and send him straight to hell. In any case, you are not allowed to leave the gym class until our team arrives.

“I don’t care what you have to do… you do not leave Coach Brady’s side, until Jenny and I come back. Better yet I am calling Landon to take you all home, where I know it is the safest place on the planet.”

He had us follow him to the gym class, knowing that he Principle Higgins or his clerks asked any question and found out that we were leaving the school; he would inform Mr. Tate that we could be wise to him. He sent Jenny to fetch the rest of my friends and my brother Jared as well as Eli and our wives, considering she couldn’t go inside the boy’s locker room. Once inside we made our way to Coach Brady’s office finding him sitting at his desk looking over the sports roster.

Tony didn’t knock as he simply went in opening the door for me and Kirk, he said. “What’s up, guys?” Watching Tony close the blinds and locking the door.

Tony quickly said. “We have serious problem coach,” He quickly explained as Coach Brady face paled as he eyed us. Once Tony had explained Coach said. “I guess that means we either lock them in a room today or send them home. But you should know the parking lot is wired with cameras to alert Mr. Higgins if anyone walks out the front or back doors and if he knows. I would bet our friend Mr. Tate knows. The wrestling room is free today, we can do a training session in there if you want until school gets out and will give you time to put a team together.

“You can have the room if you would like I’ll see to it that your inside man sweeps the room for hidden cameras and listening devices; with that fancy gizmo that can detect anything.” He gave me a wink which stated the gizmo was my friend Jeff. “As you know we have already found several here inside the locker rooms and the showers. We had thought it was the boys and some of the girls wanting a private peek show. Yet what you have just told me, it’s more likely that Mr. Tate has been doing all the watching, and possibly Mr. Higgins.”

I cringed as I made an S.O.S call, not knowing after my last conversation with Jeff if he would come. Jeff was there in heartbeat Tony said for us to get changed, as I linked with Jeff as he gave me a military salute. I knew that he had most likely has been listening in our conversation as he said. “Its show time boys, smile for the camera;” even though the only ones that could hear him or see him was me and Tony.

Tony growled. “Just great a comedian.”

Jeff rubbed his hands together saying; “one bad guy on toast coming right up.” He followed Tony out the door picking up a little black box that looked like something out of a sci-fi movie. That resembled a GIGO counter that picks up radio waves and grabbed a metal sliver briefcase and put on his lap and opened it with a variety of tools. He told Couch to send Eli and Greg and Chad in the moment they were changed, but for me and Kirk not leave the gym until he had my friends cleared the room; getting another salute with eye, eye captain sir.

Kirk and I went into the locker room to change. I had yet to tell him about Jeff as he asked me what Tony meant, I shrugged my shoulders said. “He was just teasing me about something I said a long time ago.”

 

Kirk said. “It’s about your little extra help from the unexplainable?” I nodded he looked towards the door.

Tony said. “You little bugger. Where in the hell did you come from?” He wrote it down on a notebook and continued to let Jeff sweep the locker room. He had already swept the office personally, but Jeff found two cameras and a listening device. Jeff said that he had already taken care of those as a favor to us.

Tony said. “Thanks, so why haven’t you said anything for the last few days?” Knowing he looked crazy talking to himself. But Coach covered it; as he followed Tony around the locker room.

Jeff said. “Because you didn’t need me, I already explained to you I’ll help once you have done most the work on your own. I promised the kid and Stringum that he would be safe at all times. That and I had promised you and Stringum I would prevent anyone from listening on any of our conversations. I want that guy worst then you do. I can’t tell you how bad my fellow friends want him. He’s going to pay for his crimes, he going to meet the devil personally. Now shut up and be quiet, we have work to do and I can only do so much. It takes everything I got just find these bugs, they are warded with a protection spell and laced with poison if you touch it without my help or the antidote.

“Which I have Stringum and Dr. Sars making as we speak, so when we remove these devices you boys can do it safely. All I am doing is shorting them out so they can’t hear anything or see anything; they right now trying to figure out why they watching Baywatch or the Love Boat on their monitors.”

Tony laughed. “That’s got to be the best joke I have ever heard.”