“What about these men?The ones you say are on the compound in Nebraska?Should I contact law enforcement there?” asked the Sheriff.
“No.Please don’t.We don’t want another situation like the one in Texas.We’re going to shut them down but we have to do it our way,” said Dex.
“No offense, sir, but we’ve heard what your way is and it doesn’t feel like anything remotely legal.”
“I assure you, no one will give a damn if what we do to these men is legal.Are there any signs of the girls they were allegedly going to give to these men?” he asked.
“Yes.One of the deputies found them,” he said pointing to a large van with four young women inside.Matt, Devin, and JB walked toward the van standing a safe distance from the women so as not to frighten them.
They were all relatively young, although appeared to be over the age of eighteen.It didn’t matter.They were in thin cotton slips, no shoes, their face and hands dirty.
“We’d like to ask you a few questions,” said Matt.“We won’t hurt you.We want to find these men.”
“I hope you cut their dicks off,” said one of the girls.She had flaming red hair and enormous blue eyes, almost too large for her small face.Her nails were chipped, the peach nail polish nearly gone.
“Believe me, it’s on my list of tactics to use,” said Matt.“How did they get you out here?”
“We were all asked to interview for a job on a large ranch.We’ve had experience working in animal shelters, zoos, that sort of thing.I’m in my final year of school to become a veterinarian.”
“Did you all come out here together?” he asked.
“They said the road out here was rough and they’d have someone pick us up and take us back.We were all stupid enough to believe that,” she frowned.
“Did they hurt you?” he asked gently.She swallowed, shaking her head.
“No, but it was made clear that was their intention.We were going to be given to the ranch guests to do with as they wished.We could either cooperate or they’d tie us to the beds.When the man over there found us, we were trying to dig out of the cellar.”
Matt nodded, giving a grin at the young women.
“You’re all very brave and the kind of women we’ve all married.Strong, intelligent, and fighters.Good for you,” he said.“We’re going to leave you our contact information.If you need help while this is playing out, just call us.”
“Thanks,” she said taking the sheet of paper.“I’m Blake.That’s Lula, Oona, and Pia.She’s an exchange student from Spain.I doubt she’s going to hang around for the trial.She wants to go home.”
“We can make sure she gets home,” said Matt.“We’ll have our legal team help her to give her deposition and any testimony ahead of whatever trial might be coming.”
“You act as though there may not be a trial?” she frowned.JB stared at the woman and then stepped closer, speaking softly.
“Blake, if we have our way, I can assure you there will be no one left to put on trial when we’re done.”
“I heard that!” said the sheriff.Matt turned to him and glared at him.
“No, you didn’t.”
CHAPTER SIXTEEN
“Who was that?” gasped Mike.“Who the hell were those men?”
“I don’t know,” said George.“I have no clue but everything is gone.Everything!We have to get back to the compound and get it all locked down.”
“George, maybe it’s time.Maybe it’s time we did what we’ve planned to do all these years.”
George made the call to his wife, who was standing next to Mike Miller’s wife.He could hear her through the phone already screaming orders at her own children, as well as others.By the time they’d made the laborious, nearly five-hour drive, they arrived at the trucks completely loaded with all their belongings.
“George, why are we leaving?” asked Maggie.
“Because they found us.They found out everything!The land in the Dakota’s has been seized, the animals taken.We’ve got nothing left up there.We have to move on.”
“George, how?How could they have found out?” asked Mrs. Miller.Her first name was Florence but she hated the name and demanded to always be called Mrs. Miller.
