The Race is ON [8th installment]

continued from Jan. 7th post............

At first, you just react. You are shocked and surprised in disbelief, but later anger sets in. It doesn't really just set in, it blows open the doors and windows. Could you imagine finding out that the people you trust and rely on are cashing-in on your demise? Cecil and his horrible wife Maggie, in their minds, had control of this elderly widow that has been living remotely, all alone, starved for attention, out of town, with no heirs to will her now valuable home and land. This was soon to belong to the Blatzs'. Tucson was growing very fast and property, just out of the city limits, that was once vast desert, end-less, was now the way of the future. Cecil and Maggie, themselves both retired and elderly, had their own comfortable chunk and soon would have Sally's ten acres with a house to cash in on. But why wait? There is hundreds of thousands of dollars in valued stock that will-be-soon theirs also. "Lets use it now, Who's to know? It's gonna be ours anyway. Why not!" It was an easy fortune for them, just keep everyone away. That shouldn't be too hard! Till the Burlyboys come along and mess it all up. Start poking around, asking questions, not doing as they are told.

The Boys have just one problem. They're going away on vacation for three weeks. They are going to Europe to one of the boys' niece's wedding in Sweden, and turning the trip into a longer vacation including Norway and Germany. " What do we do?" they turn to each other. "Lets get Dan and Corrine involved. We'll tell them what we know and see if they can help. Lets ask them." Dan had told the boys that he helped a woman in a similar situation once. They asked Dan and Corrine to come over and told the dreadful story with all it's depraved antics of the Blatzs, and how they feared for Sally's life. About the stock sales of which Sally had no clue. Of Cecil getting his name on all of Sally's accounts, about the redirecting of Sally's mail and cut phone lines. About the selling of their house and telling no one as they fear they're about to get caught. Dan and Corrine took the assignment with ease and wanted to help, they are both capable adults, and would be very important in the research. Corrine would take Sally to the tax preparer that Cecil took Sally's taxes to, since Sally had no copies. To see if Cecil claimed the profit on the sale of the sold stock or if he had Sally pay it. No one believed Cecil himself, would claim the sale, "surely he's smarter then that." An appointment was made with the Lawyer Sally had used to put Cecil on her will and they all agreed to go with Sally to take Cecil back off and put Sally's previous benefactors back on. Jay and his wife Annie were old friends that Cecil had managed to run-off. Jay had once took flying lessons from Sally's late husband Jack. They had remained friends until Cecil stepped in. The race was on to prove the Blatz's criminal intentions before the they flee the scene of their crimes, never to be seen or heard from again.

While the Burlyboys were in Europe, having a blast, they stayed in contact with Sally to made sure she was doing well. On one phone call Sally says in a somber tone "you were right". The Burlyboy on the phone with her asked "what do you mean.?" Sally responds with "I didn't believe you guys at first." "What?" "I was just going along with you guys on this. I really didn't think Cecil would do this!" If you didn't believe us why did you help us? he asked. "I was going along for the companionship. Cecil and Maggie don't have me over very often. I get lonely out here," She whispers over the phone. "Then why do you believe us now?" he asked. "Corrine and I went and got copies of my taxes and Cecil did put the capital gains on my taxes. He used some of the profit from selling my stock to pay the taxes, so I wouldn't get suspicious. We now have proof."

...........to be continued