Wings of Deception (40 page)

This was going to be the hard part
.
Jacks did not really understand it himself but he wanted the detectives to know everything.  “
Asa
felt that he did not have long to live and as his closest relative and heir, he wanted to transfer all his wealth and power to me. At least that is what he made me believe.”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean and I know this is going to sound crazy, but I believe there was more to it than that. I now believe he wanted to take over my body. Wait! Before you say anything, let me finish.” 

He put his hand up when he saw both men
about to
interrupt
.

“I know this is hard to swallow. I am not sure I
believe it
myself
.
I am more and more persuaded that this is a
weird
situation. I really believe the ritual that was interrupted by my friends
,
was one that left
Asa
dead
. I also
believe that Garrett took my place
in a sacrificial
transference
. The man I knew as
Asa
is gone
,
but the spirit that was in his body is now in Garrett’s. This thing, whatever you want to call it, is not happy with me. He probably feels like I cheated him or something
.
I don’t know. I do know those girls are in danger and we must find them quickly!”

Purcell
was jotting in his notebook as Jacks was talking
. W
hen he was through
,
he looked at him and stated, “I think you are right
. T
his is not the first time something like this ever happened. Cults, devil worshipers, you name it
,
and they are
all
out there. I want to be honest with you on this, since you have been so with us. The likelihood of us finding these women
alive
is not very good. We have numerous cases of bodies found that have been used as sacrifices.
Even more are reported missing and never found.
”

Jacks held his head with his hands in dismay. If he was the reason for Honey and Shelia’s deaths, he could never forgive himself.

Purcell tried to give him some hope though. “I did not say this would happen
.
I am just saying it is a high possibility. We are going to do everything we can to find them. What we need
,
is something that we do not have yet. Something you might be able to add to what the others told us.
Now
.
I want you to start at the beginning and tell us
everything
. Even
what you may think is
un
important.

Jacks lay back remembering the day Garrett walked into his office with the offer of a senate seat
and
began
his
story.

Two hours later
,
the detectives left his room
. H
e immediately got himself up and dressed
. W
ithout anyone seeing him,
he
managed to leave the hospital. He had spilled his guts to the detectives
. N
ow he would do what he had to
, to
find Honey and Sheila. He started
by
calling Dwight
,
telling him to stay where he was in case the girls showed up back home. Though Dwight was reluctant to do this, he said he would
,
if Jacks would promise to keep him informed.
Then he
went to Sang-mi’s.

Sang-mi was an icon in her neighborhood
. S
he knew everything and everybody
,
even some notorious underground people. She always told Jacks to stay within the law but it never hurt to befriend certain ones who did not.

When Jacks explained the whole story to her, there was no surprise on her face, just understanding. She insisted Jacks stay with her while she dug around to find out what she could about the men
Jacks was looking for. With his description of the house made of stone and the names he gave her, she disappeared for almost the entire night.

When she returned
,
it was just before daylight and Jacks was fast asleep. She woke him and revealed all that she had
learned
which was much more than he had
anticipated
. It was with great concern that she warned him against continuing on in his quest, for she feared the outcome
would be disastrous.
She was afraid for him
. W
hat she learned was that he was not fighting against
a man but an evil which was with great powers.

I appreciate your concern for me Sang-mi but I would not be me if I cared only about me. Those two women mean a lot to me
.
I can
’
t just leave them to his mercy. I will find them
. T
hey have a God
who
will help me. Thank you for all that you have told me
.
I
t will help me more than you can know.

“You no listen to Sang-mi. Sang-mi
know this God you speak of. His power is greater than the evil one’s.
Sang-mi do for you also
,
helps of the spirit world. Go
! B
ring back woman you give your heart to.”

Jacks was
already pulling on his clothes as she talked
. W
hen he was done, he hugged her to him and thanked her again for what she had done.

                                                                               THIRTY

“Hey! Where are you going? I said the
Rutherton
Hotel
. Y
ou are going the wrong way!”

The driver ignored Sheila’s admonishment and keep on driving, speeding up.

“I said
,
we are going the wrong way to get to the hotel!
Can you not hear?”

He turned around slightly
,
nodd
ing
and smiled at them
. It was then that
Honey recognized him.

“You were driving the car the other night when I went with Jacks to see
Asa
! What is going on? Stop this car and let us out
.
N
ow!”

“Sorry miss, no can do. I have orders to deliver you to the master.”

Sheila and Honey looked at each other in horror. Sheila sucked in her breath and said fiercely, “You stop this car right now
,
or you will be in more trouble than you know.
I don’t care what orders you have!”

She tried the door handle and it was locked. Honey did the same and
hers
too was locked. Now, they were afraid and if there had not been a window between them and the driver Sheila would have
gone
over the front seat and attacked the man
.
I
nstead she told Honey to call for help on her cell
. S
he had left hers at the hotel.

“Good idea!” Honey scrambled in her purse for her phone pulling it out
.
S
he quickly dialed 911. It did not ring so she redialed it.

“I can
not
get through Sheila! What is wrong with this thing?”

Sheila reached for it and looked closely. “There is no service
! H
ow can that be? I know there should be service here on a main road.
Here
.
K
eep watching it and trying it
.
I am going to try to talk to this idiot.”

Honey took the phone and kept
punching 911,
while Sheila implored the driver to let them go
. She had
no more success
than Honey
had
with the phone.

“Jeepers Honey, what are we going to do? What
c
ould those creeps want with us?”

“I have an idea that it may be payback for messing up
Asa’s
plan that night on the roof. We have to stay calm, no matter what and not act scared. Let’s pray.”

Sheila nodded
. S
he was
afraid
,
as she took Honey’s hand and they prayed.

“Father, we know that you have a plan for us
.
T
hat we are under your protection against all evil.
This evil that is trying to come upon us
,
we rebuke in the Holy name of Jesus.”

Then she started singing a song she dearly loved about having angels all around and Sheila joined in. The driver was uttering all kinds of filth but they drowned him out with their voices, declaring that they were surrounded with a host of Heavenly beings and under their protection.

Honey recognized the road that led to the gate of the stone house
. She
exclaimed, “Sheila, this is the road to
Asa’s
.
I am sure of it. Look, there is the gate! He has brought us to the stone house!
”

“Great! Now what do you think they intend to do with us. I have a feeling
this
is not a social visit. How creepy is this?” She remarked
,
as the car wound down the sinister drive to the massive stone front of the house.

Seeing it in the light of day, Honey was surprise
d
at how huge it really was. When the car stopped
,
she whispered for Sheila to follow her lead. Sheila nodded in response.

The driver got out but did not open their door; instead he disappeared for a while before reappearing with Garrett. But there was something strange about him as she watched him converse with the driver then with a direct look at them
,
turn and walk away.

“What is going on?” Sheila asked
.
Honey shook her head. “I have no idea, but do
n’t
worry
. W
e are going to get out of this and when we do, these people are in for it!”

The driver got back in the car and drove around the house to the backside
. T
here was an enormous area
and
a
weird sort of aircraft
in the middle.

“Okay
! N
ow I am getting freaked!”

Honey soothed her friend
.
“D
on’t
!
We have to keep our selves calm or we can
’
t think clearly. Please, try not
to
get excited.”

The taxi pulled up to the plane and two more men appeared. One opened Honey’s door
taking
her by the arm while
an
other did the same with Sheila. They were escorted
up
steps of
a
half moon
-
shaped airplane
and
into
a
space that held six
passenger
seats.
Windows circled the entire thing from one side to the other and neither woman had ever seen any airplane like it.

They were strapped into seats and
the two men stood
guard
until Garrett and another man
came on board
.
Garrett barely
glanced their way
,
taking
no interest in them until Sheila screamed out at him. “Garrett,
how dare you treat us like this?
I have no idea what you think you are doing
,
but it will not work. You won’t get away with kidnapping!
Are you out of your mind?
”

Garrett looked at her with eyes that revealed a loathing for her. “On the contrary, my dear, we will get away with it and have already.”