After breakfast Andie and I met with Mr. and Mrs. Louis in my office to go over the plan they had worked up for Xavier's bedroom. Mr. Louis also gave me a list of supplies they would need to complete the job.
Then we headed on over to Skyler and Chloe's apartment so that they could get started .Mrs Louis immediately set up a three D printer and Mr. Louis started drilling holes into the floor I didn't ask them any questions about that and just left them to do their work.
While Andie and I ran into Juneau to pick up the supplies on the list that Mr.Louis gave me. Which I didn't mind doing at all even in the pouring rain.
Because the need to take the box trailer just gave me an excuse to drive Skyler's new Chevy 2500 HD duramax diesel pick- up truck.
A ninety thousand dollar ride that I've been itching to take for a spin every since he drove it off the lot last week.
And let me tell you, I wasn't disappointed in it's performance. It pulled like a team of mules with the ride of a brand new Cadillac and we made good time. Pulling into the parking lot of the home improvement store a little past 9:00.
Mr. Louis had already called ahead and placed the order so our stuff was already stacked on a trolley when we stepped inside . All I had to do was take my order number to the service desk and pay for the stuff while two men loaded it into the trailer.
So we got in line behind an older man with a stack of papers in his hand. I heard the man ask the lady behind the desk if he could place one of the papers on the stores bulletin board.
Which isn't an uncommon thing to do in Juneau. People post all kinds of things on all the stores bulletin boards around town. Things like land or pets for sale or services like house cleaning and power washing just all Kinda stuff.
Curious to see what the man was posting I glanced over his shoulder and seen it was a missing person flyer. With none other than Stan's face on it . There was even an award offered for information leading to his whereabouts.
Well, that definitely peaked my curiosity so I tuned my ears into what the man was telling the lady behind the counter.
Just to find out that the man in front of me was Stan's father, Stan Sr. And now old Stan the scumbag has officially become a missing person.
Then I heard Stan Sr. tell the lady behind the desk that he was afraid that Stan the scumbag might have gotten hurt accidentally while trout fishing alone in a mountain stream up above Randolph mining camp.
The lady immediately glanced over at me apparently recognizing my face from the billboard out by the airport advertising my mining services.
Then if I had any doubts about her knowing who I was the lady said." Mr. Randolph is right behind you, perhaps he can tell you if anyone has reported any accidents out that way."
Causing Stan Sr. to twirl around and face me.
"Mr. Randolph?" He ask " are you one of the Randolph's that lives out on Randolph Road in that big log house?"
" Yes sir, I am," I said, sticking my hand out and introducing myself "Zack Randolph, how can I help you?" I ask politely.
"This is my son" Stan Sr. muttered sticking the flyer out towards me." I haven't heard from him in four or five days. But the last time I spoke to him he said he was going fishing up North of your house. And I was wondering if someone might have seen him up there. Or perhaps he might have had a fall or something and hurt himself or rendered himself unconscious . Any information you can think of might be helpful."
Glancing at the flyer I shook my head "I haven't heard off anyone say anything about seeing a stranger around and I hasn't heard any talk about anyone getting hurt out in the woods either. But I'll take one of your flyers and if I do hear something, I'll let you know." I lied, and kinda felt bad for Stan's dad because he really sounded heartbroken .
But that doesn't change the fact that Stan's a piece of shit and deserves the punishment that he's getting.
" Thank you Mr. Randolph, I appreciate your kindness." Stan Sr. said sincerely, handing the flyer over to me as he stepped to the side so that I could pay the lady behind the counter.
" No need to think me sir, I'm sorry that I couldn't be of any help ." I murmured, wondering what Stan Sr. Would think about his son's attempt to take a little boy away from his parents because of selfish greed.
But I didn't let myself dwell on it too long and payed the lady. Stuffed my wallet back into my pocket and left the store with the flyer in my hand.
On the way out I seen Stan Sr. tacking his flyer up on the bulletin board by the front door. I gave him a nod and sent a little prayer up towards heavens asking what ever divine ditty he prays to will help heal his grief and except that his son is never coming back.
Then I got into Skyler's truck and headed back towards the Pack house .When Andie ask me, "Do you think the authorities will come snooping around with their investigation?"
" It doesn't matter if they do. The bodies from the cave have all been disposed of in a manner that nothing will ever be found of them ever again. And as far as Stan is concerned we can always knock him out and send him off with Skyler and Chloe deep inside the Amazon Rain Forest until the authorities leave." I said jokingly.
But Andie spun her head around to face me with a suggested that I had never heard of before."Why not just have Chloe use a clocking spell to conceal Stan or better yet the whole Dungeon."
"She can do that?" I ask intrigued by this new bit of information.
" Sure she can, she can make anything disappear even the cave. But I don't believe that would be a wise decision since it's already been recognized on goggle earth as a natural formation. But the razor wire and the dungeon entrance wouldn't be a problem at all." She murmured, with a wave her hand.
However the mentioning of satellite imaging got me to thinking. " Sweetheart, I called out , handing Andie my phone "pull up the satellite image of 9500 North Randolph Road " then I waited until the image of the pack house was in view and continued " Now move east of the Pack house all the way to the first mountain and let me see what's on the image." I said, taking my phone back when she zoomed in on the mountain.
I could see that the image clearly showed the tall chain link fence with the razor wire strung over the top. But the entrance to the cave wasn't visible in the image the overhead rock formations had it hidden. The image looked like we were protecting the mountain for some unknown reason.
This was something that I could work with if Chloe could actually hide the entrance of the dungeon with a spell from the eyes of human law enforcement.
"Sweetheart, how much do you know about this clocking spell?" I ask, with a plan already in mind just as soon as Chloe and Skyler returned from LA.
Andie shrugged"Not much,all I know is that Chloe can make things disappear but she told me it was just an illusion.However it is a very, very convincing one It can even fool our dad's." Andie snickered, making me wonder what she and Chloe did to fool two Pure Blooded werewolves.
But that's a conversation for another time as for now I had a different question that I needed to ask " Sweetheart, do you think that Chloe can make the cave entrance disappear and make it look like it was never there to begin with."
" Sure" Andie said with certainty, "Why, what's your plan ?" She ask curiously.
"I was thinking about something simple that can be implemented with in a few minutes. I'm not sure how long it would take Chloe to cast her spell. But I was thinking that I could do something like putting a simple caution falling rocks sign on the fence. I think that would do the trick of explaining why there was a fence around the bottom of a mountain.It wouldn't look suspicious or out of place because we use those signs all the time here in Alaska. See there's one there "I pointed out as we passed a yellow caution sign on the side of the road.
"That's a good idea, after we deliver this stuff to Mr. and Mrs. Louis we can put the sign up so that it's already in place if we need it." Andie agreed, actually reaching her hand out to hold my hand.
Which I didn't hesitate to take, my girl was becoming more and more comfortable with me every day and I loved it.