Treacherous Secrets novel Chapter 46

"Jesus," Harold said and let out a heavy sigh. "Let's call in backup. This could get ugly." Janice quickly put a call in to dispatch. "We have a hostage situation," she told them and gave them the address. "Send the closest uniforms you have right away, no sirens."

Janice peeked in the window again. "The dad is making Damon write something, pretty much forcing his hand. Oh fuck! It looks like they are going to make Damon shoot Frank."He looked at Janice, "You ready to go Hollywood?"

Janice rolled her eyes. She hated it when he called busting into a house going Hollywood. "Let's do this. And try not to get me killed."

"Sure, you try not to get me killed, either."

They moved to the front door. "Ted," Janice said. "Go around back and make sure no one leaves out the back."

"Got it," Ted said and ran around the side of the condo."On three," Harold said, pulling his gun into position. He set himself up to get a good kick at the door. He looked at Janice and mouthed, One, two and then, on three, kicked in the door."Drop the gun," Janice yelled pointing her gun at the man who was trying to force the gun into Damon's hand."What the..." Cecelia's father said, turning to see Janice pointing her gun at him.

The man paused for just a second and then let go of Damon, who let go of the gun.Cecelia turned and ran toward the back of the house with Harold chasing after her. Ted was ready and grabbed her as she ran out the back door. Harold quickly cuffed her and pulled her back into the house. He pushed her down on the couch. The sound of doors slamming resounded as backup arrived. The uniformed police officers immediately rushed into the house with weapons drawn.

"Cuff him," Janice said, pointing to the large man. Harold had moved to Frank Chase and helped Damon sit Frank's chair upright and untie him. Damon ripped the duct tape off Frank's mouth. "Oh my God," Frank cried. "They were going to make you shoot me."

Damon looked up at Janice, "She killed Kenton and she was going to kill us."

"Why?" Harold asked.

"She said that Kenton worked for her and her father, but he'd gotten greedy and started fooling around with Frank. She was going to make our murders look like a murder/suicide so she could get my money," Frank said with tears rolling down his face.Janice walked toward Cecelia. "Cecelia Chase, you are under the arrest for the murder of Kenton Jenkins and the attempted murder of Damon Butler and Frank Chase.

"You'll never convict me. I'm crazy!" Cecelia screamed.

"Fine," Janice turned to a uniformed officer. "Make sure they both get their rights read to them and everything is by the book.

The officer nodded, "Yes, Ma'am."

Janice went back to Harold and looked at Damon and Frank, who were hugging each other. "So, whatchya think about my hunch?"

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