Entry# 10: Taking a Step Away from the Edge Part 1.....

OMAR

AJ said that she didn't care what happened to Ol' boy.  Well I did.  Not in the way that you think.  It was time to go back to what was supposed to be the original plan.   I had managed to track down five of the women he had screwed over and told them that I was able to get their money back but not their valuables.  I explained to them what happened to AJ and how we planned to turn him in to the authorities, but I needed their help to make sure that he got put away for a long time.  Well, that was before AJ had gone rouge.   I had rented a motel room about an hour away from his house and the women were going to meet me there so that I not only would I give them their money back,  they would also get some type of closure in this situation.  They weren't scheduled to come for another hour so it gave me just enough time to prepare for their arrival.

As I drove, I began to wonder what in the hell AJ saw in this dude.  He smelled like a loser never mind the fact that he carried himself like one.  I shook my head.  She sure knew how to pick them.  I have told AJ time and time again the right one will come along.  Knowing her she will be done with on-line dating for good.  Just then I heard a thumping noise coming from the trunk.  I tried to ignore it but it wouldn't stop.  I looked around to make sure that no other cars were headed my way and pulled over to the side of the road.  I got out of the car and popped the trunk open.  Ol' boy looked at me and screamed, "I gotta piss man!"

"I thought you pissed on yourself already?"  I asked as I looked the dude in the eyes.   They were looking shiftier than usual.  Just then, he swung his head as if to head butt me but misjudged the distance between us and fell out of the trunk.  I shook my head while I laughed. 

"Damn you are stupid,"  I kicked him in the gut and then grabbed him.  "Get your ass back in the trunk.  I'm ready to be done with this shit."  I shoved him into the trunk and slammed the lid shut.  I jumped back into the driver's seat and looked at my GPS.  The motel was about 10 miles away.  I don't know what he thought he was going to accomplish by trying to head butt me but clearly he didn't think his little plan all the way through.  I was ready to finalize this situation as it was a long and exhausting day.  AJ certainly didn't make it any easier for me but I couldn't just leave my girl hanging.

I drove into the motel parking lot and pulled up in front of the door of the room that I had reserved.  Whenever I had a job that required such a place, I used this motel because there weren't any security cameras which was perfect.  The manager and I had an understanding.  I paid in cash, he asked no questions and as far as he was concerned, I did not exist.  I looked around to make sure no one was outside and looked at the windows where most of the rooms appeared to be dark.  I popped the trunk and grabbled ol' boy and quickly headed to the room.  I opened the door and switched on the lights. 

"What the fuck?" He asked.  Dude was referring to the video camera staged in front of a chair. 

I shoved him in the chair and said "Sit your ass down and shut the hell up."  My head was still pounding and I really didn't want to hear his mouth at the moment.  I walked over to the closet and pulled out a duffel bag and dumped the contents on the bed.  It was stacks of cash and medical supplies.  Ol' boys eyes got really big. 

"I bet you still are wondering what happened to the money in your bank account?"  I laughed at the expression on his face.

"How did you..." Dude started to talk and I cut him off.

"It doesn't matter.  The fact is that you don't have the money anymore and it's going back where it belongs."   Again, ol' boy looked confused. 

I went into the bathroom and grabbed some washcloths and towels.  I opened a bottle of rubbing alcohol and poured some on the wash cloth.  I needed to clean up the dude's face cuz it was bloody as hell and I needed him to be easily identified.  I walked over to ol' boy and grabbed him by the chin.

"What are you about to do with that?"  He asked.

I responded by placing the soaked wash cloth on his face and wiped away the blood from the cuts he had.  Dude hollered.  I laughed.  I knew that the rubbing alcohol was going to sting like hell.  I continued to wipe away the sweat and blood from his face until it was all gone.  His face was still slightly swollen but I really didn't care.  He was still recognizable.

"You gotta look pretty for the camera," I said sarcastically.

"What kind of sick shit is this?"  He asked.

Just then there was a knock at the door.  I looked at my watch.  No one was supposed to show up for another 15 minutes.  I pulled out my gun and kept it trained on the dude in case he decided to do something stupid again as I walked over to the door.  I looked into the peep hole and saw that it was one of the five women I had contacted.  I swung the door open.  The brother may have been dumb or maybe his wife was even dumber but at least they had good taste in women as Cassandra was very attractive.

The woman looked somewhat nervous.  "Hi, I'm Cassandra, are you Smith?"  I nodded my head yes and motioned for her to come inside.  I gave the women one of my aliases.  The less they knew about me, the better.  I closed the door and watched ol' boy look as if he was going to piss in his pants again.  Cassandra looked at me as if to ask what happened to him.

"Do you have the list that I asked you to write?"  Cassandra nodded as she pulled the list out of her pocket and handed it to me.  At the very top of the list was the amount of two thousand dollars.  I walked over to the bed and counted the money out and then handed it to her.  I walked over to the video camera and turned it on.  I pulled out my pocket knife and walked over to the dude.  His eyes got really big when he saw the knife.

"Calm down," I said.  "I'm going to cut the zip tie off of your wrists.  One funny move and I'll break them."

I cut the zip ties off and in one swift move, I zip tied his legs to the chair.  The plan was to have him confess all that he stole from these women but I couldn't have him looking like he was forced to do it.  It was AJ's insurance policy should she ever need it in the future.  I took the piece of paper that Cassandra gave to me and handed it to ol' boy.

"What the hell am I supposed to do with this?"  He asked.

While looking at Cassandra, I said, "Confess.  You are going to start from the beginning and tell the whole story as to how you conned these women into giving you money.  How you stole their credit card information and went on shopping sprees.  You are going to talk about your whole operation and I am going to record it.  You see, you are going to reap what you sow and look into the faces of women you have conned.  You are going to wish you never even thought about this idea of yours and it will all be recorded. Act a fool in the future and I promise you this video will come back to haunt you."

Cassandra cleared her throat.  "I really just wanted my money back.   I don't want any trouble I just want to walk away from this whole nightmare."

My instincts told me that the dude knew where Cassandra lived.  "Cassandra, you don't have to worry about hearing from or seeing this dude ever again in life.  I promise you that he will never contact you again.  He knows what will happen if he does."

"Okay, as soon as he is done confessing, I'm gone," she said.

I walked over to the camera and zoomed in on his face.  Right before I hit the record button gave him his instructions.  He had to state his name, date of birth and home address.  He had to talk about the scam that he created, how he conned Cassandra and ran up her credit cards and conned her out of her money.  When he was done, I stopped the camera.

"You can tell that he has no remorse for his actions," Cassandra observed.

"Of course he doesn't.  At least not for what he did.  He is sorry that he got caught though."  I turned to ol' boy.  "I noticed that you didn't mention your wife."

"Wife?"  Cassandra asked.  She then turned to the dude.  "You have a wife?" 

She began walking closer to him.  I braced myself in case I had to step in.  She then spat in his face and then slapped him.  I saw ol' boys fist ball up as if he was going to lunge at Cassandra.  I quickly stepped in between them and shot him a look that said, I wish you would.

"I think you are right, you should go," I said.

Just then there was another knock at the door.  I walked over and look through the peep hole and saw four other women standing outside.  I opened the door and ushered them in.  Before I could even get a word in, Cassandra spoke up.

"He has a wife.  He conned us and has the nerve to be married!"  She said.  The four women looked at each other and then looked at ol' boy.  Right then and there I knew this was not going to be pretty.  At least not for him anyway.  The next thing I knew, all five women were surrounding ol' boy.  The tall thick sister named Jeanetta shoved him so hard that he fell over with the chair onto the floor.  I shook my head because the confession idea had gone out of the window.  One by one the women had their say and I finally intervened and asked them for their lists.  I divided the money into the amounts that was stolen from them and then stepped into the middle of the circle they had formed around ol' boy.

"Ladies," I said has I handed them back their money.   "I think that we are done here for tonight.  Here is your money.   I promise that you will never hear from this dude ever again.  Before I could stop her, Jeanetta punched ol' boy in the face and kicked him in his shins before she finally left the room.  Once the women left, I had to move onto plan C. I shook my head because these damn women kept letting their emotions get in the way. 

I put the zip ties back on ol' boy's wrists and lead him to the car to his usual seat.  I popped the trunk and without hesitation he jumped right back in.  I smirked at his reaction.  He knew the deal.  I sat down in the driver seat of the car and rubbed my temple.  AJ said that she didn't care what happened to him and I didn't either.    He was beat up pretty bad and I knew that he was hanging on by a thread at this point.  Between me and the women, I don't know who put a hurtin' on him more. 

I decided trying to move forward with turning him in was never going to work.  I didn't want to risk AJ  getting into trouble.  I then remembered that there was an abandoned farmhouse about twenty miles from the hotel.  Until I decided how this was going to end, I was going to need to leave ol' boy there.  It was a snake and rat infested building, and ol' boy deserved nothing but the best.   I started the car and drove straight to the farmhouse.  It was dark so I left my headlights on when I got out of the car.  I popped open the trunk and turned on the flashlight I had in the back of the car.  Ol' boy finally had passed out.   This was not the best scenario as he was now dead weight I now had to carry but I had no choice.  I hoisted him over my shoulder and walked to the old tattered door of the farmhouse.
 
I kicked the door open and surveyed the room with my flashlight.  I saw few rats scurrying around and then spotted a chair.  I sat the dude in the chair and left him there.  I decided to come back in the morning.  His hands were tied so he wasn't going anywhere and even if he did, he wouldn't go far.  I didn't want to kill ol' boy because technically, he didn't do any physical harm to anyone so there was no need to go to that extreme.

As I walked back to the car, I acknowledged that he had been tortured enough.  It was right then and there I decided that I was done.  I grabbed a bottle of water and headed back to the farmhouse.  I poured the water on ol' boys face and slapped him around until he woke up.  He squinted as I shined the flashlight in his face.

"Wake up," I said. 

"Where am I?"  he asked groggily. 

"That's for you to figure out.  The road ends here for me."  I took the flash light and pointed it upward on my face.  "You see my face?   If you never want to see it again, then make sure you do not contact AJ or any of those other women ever again.  If I even sense that you are thinking about scamming women or that you are thinking of pay back for AJ, you won't even be alive to regret it.  Am I making myself clear?"

He nodded.  "Remember, I know about your whole family and I know where your mother and brother live and I will know every movement you and your wife will make moving forward.  I will know when you are going to take a shit before you do.  So don't try me."

I began walking away when he called after me.

"Ay man!  Where you goin'?  You just gon' leav me here?"

"Fuck you and find your own way home."  I continued walking and headed to the car.   It was at that 

moment that my headache started to subside.  My work was done.  I knew that it was going to be days before he would be able to get back to society.  He had no way of contacting anyone to come and get him.  I didn't give two shits what happened to him next.  I knew that he would not be a problem in the future.  He was a punk as bitch who was too scared to even tell his wife the truth about what went on with him and these women in the bedroom.   As I was driving home, I was about to call AJ when the phone rang. 

"What up?"  I answered.

"I need you to meet me back at the house," AJ responded.

"You're still at the house?"  I asked.

"Yeah, I need your help.  I have a situation."

"I'm on my way."  I didn't bother to ask what the situation was.  It didn't' matter.  It was clear that this whole ordeal was still not over......