Chapter 20

Jemma's Pov:

"Michael quit being a stubborn ass! You're staying home and that's final." I huffed getting annoyed with the moron. We'd been arguing over the same thing for the last 20 minutes.

"I'm fine. Besides what'll you do without me all day?" He gulped hard and I kinda wanted to gag.

"Please tell me you didn't just throw up in your mouth and swallow it?"

He didn't answer so I just continued.

"Baby you've been puking for the last 2 hours. You have a stomach bug and need your rest. I'll be fine without you for the day. Besides I'll be in and out all day. I'm going to go drop off the tapes to Donald and he'll probably be pulling me out sometime to talk to me. So back in bed." I said with my hands on my hips.

"Fine I'll stay home from school. I don't want you doing this alone though. So give me 5 minutes and I'll go with you to the Sherriff's Department." He stood up and swayed a bit.

"Michael you cant even stand up without turning green. Just park it and I'll tell you how everything goes when I get home."

"I'm Fine" He said trying to step around me to go get dressed.

"Ughh I swear you have got to be the most pig headed-"

He cut me off "Yeah, yeah I'm stubborn. So are you." He sighed and sat back down. "This is a big thing to go through and I just want to support you. I don't want you feeling like you're in this alone."

I sat next to him and grabbed his hand. "I know you want to help, but just knowing that you care is enough for me. I can handle this. I just want you to get rested and feel better. So please just lay back down and I'll see you after school"

I tucked him in and kissed his forehead.

"You sure you'll be okay?"

I laughed "Sex-Nip stop worrying and get some rest. I love you." I said walking out of our room

I'd waited until Donald showed up then went into his office and told him basically everything that has happened over the last few years. I summarized it and then pulled out the stack of dvds all the proof was on.

I left him to watch it and got stopped by Jane on my way out. She pulled me into a tight hug.

"Sweetie, you're dad called me last night to tell me he wasn't gonna make it in today. He didn't go into a lot of details but I got the gist of it. If you need anything at all, call me. Day or night."

I walked into the front office in the middle of 2nd period. I handed the attendance lady my slip saying I was at the Sherriff's Office on official business and I was excused and given a slip to get into class.

School passed by excruciatingly slow. Tina and Robby Pop tried to cheer me up by dancing and singing in the middle of the cafeteria. They sang Best friend by Toybox and Robby Pop actually did the worm across our table.

By the end of that little show I was crackin up. Robby was dancing suggestively on top of the table and Lisa and May were throwing dollar bills at him. Tina had started to grab random guys from different tables and dancing with them.

Only it was like crazy over the top goofy dancing. Like doing the robot and booty bouncing them. My favorite was when she jumped up on our table with Robby Pop and they did the Sprinkler together. Ha I love my dorks!

When we got to Michael's class I was feeling better, but school really wasn't the same without Michael here. I took my phone out and texted him.

Miss ya Sex-Nip. Hope you're feeling better. xoxo Jems

"You know the rules Jemma. Hand it over and you can get it back after class." Michael said pointing to my phone with a smirk.

"What are you doing here?" Popped out before I could stop it.

His smirk widened "I teach here." He quipped.

I laughed "Yeah but I thought-" Tina elbowed me in the ribs shutting me up.

"Yeah I'm sure you all heard there was a substitute today but I was feeling better so I'm afraid my afternoon classes aren't as lucky and you're stuck with me." He smoothly covered my little almost slip up.

Class rolled on and the bell rang. I hung back to get my phone and gripe at him for not staying in bed.

"You should be home resting"

He laughed "I took some nausea pills and rested all morning. I'm all better so relax mom"

"You're so funny.... wait on second thought you're not.... I'm not mothering you. I'm acting like a concerned fiancé you big doof!" I muttered swatting his arm for teasing me.

He laughed and pulled me onto his lap.

"I know Sweetheart. You're just so cute when you get all irritated and flustered." He kissed my lips lightly then pulled back to look at me. "How was everything?"

I shifted on his lap to get comfortable. "Umm long story short It was okay. I gave Donald all the stuff and a quick run through of everything. I told Sully and he's really happy you talked some sense into my thick head. His words, not mine. So now I'm just waiting to see what happens and if Donald needs to follow up with me."

He opened his mouth to say something but his class phone rang. He picked it up. "Hello"

He listened for a bit "Yes sir. She is. Yeah. No. Okay. My room is fine."

He hung up and met my eyes. "They've arrested your mother. Donald and Jane found her in bed with Betty" He made a face of total disgust.

"Are you flippin kidding me? Ughh that woman really will sleep with anything that breathes."

He lifted me up and set me on top of his desk. He leaned back and cleared his throat. "Donald, Sully and Jane will be here in a second to fill you in on some things."

I nodded my head. Digesting the fact that it was happening so quickly.

There was a knock and Michael got up to unlock the door. He ushered everyone in. I had moved to the other side of Michael's desk and leaned on it.

"Hey guys, long time no see." I joked trying to lighten the obvious tension radiating off everyone Michael included.

None of them cracked a smile. Donald began to talk in his formal cop tone. "Jemma we're here to inform you that..."

He paused and Jane stepped in "Terri was arrested and charged with battery, assault and attempted murder."

I nodded "Yeah Mr. Jenkins already told me."

Sully stepped forward "Maybe you should sit down dear."

I laughed and shook my head. "Really guys I'm fine, relieved actually."

He sighed and faced Michael. They had some sort of silent conversation and Michael stepped to me. He wrapped his arms around my waist and nodded at the officers.

Donald spoke up. "We've arrested your old teacher as well. It seems she was stalking you and had numerous photos of you that were umm."

Jane jumped back in. "She had some pictures of you from the last year or so. When we interrogated her she broke. Your mother and her had been planning-"

Donald finished because she was tearing up. "To stage a break in and kill you and Michael. Umm some of the pictures and videos were of you undressing, showering, using the bathroom and engaging in romantic acts with Drake.  She was posting them on a web site. Also we've figured out that the guy that assaulted you at The Zone on Halloween was a member of the site"

I swayed and Michael pulled me into his arms. I looked at them and felt tears come to my eyes. "What do you mean? How did she even get those private moments?"

Sully answered this time "They had cameras put in your bedroom and bathroom at your old house. They ran the feed through a site online where people could pay to see."

A sob bubbled out. I'd had complete strangers see me naked and doing personal things.

Michael tightened his hold on me and brushed his lips across my forehead. He looked back up "What's being done to bring the site down?"

Jane looked apologetically a me. "We're trying to bring it down but we need warrants and our Tech guys are having trouble with it. It's going to take some time."

Michael slammed his fist down on the desk. "That's not good enough. Jems was just told people she should have been able to trust were trying to kill her and have been invading her privacy to make a quick buck from perverts that get off on-"

He took a deep breath and released it slowly. "I apologize. I shouldn't have lost my temper."

"Michael I feel so-." I whimpered feeling utterly overwhelmed and disgusted.

"I know Love. Don't worry about anything. It'll be down within the next few hours." He stated firmly in a tone that said he meant it and I trusted him to make sure it happened.

He turned back to Donald and Jane.

 "Mr. Jenkins we cant make that promise." Jane said sadly.

"I'm not expecting you to. I have a friend that can hack anything." He stated calmly with a careless shrug uncaring that he just talked about doing something illegal to two members of law enforcement.

Jane looked at him and sighed "I didn't hear that. It's illegal. Nope that statement did not just pop out of your mouth."

Donald stepped closer to Michael "Do what you have to but make sure it's not traced back to you. I'd hate to have to arrest you."

Michael shook hands with them. "No problem."

Michael took me home and settled me on the bed.

"I want to see the web page." I hesitantly told him. Knowing that I need to see what was on it but not wanting to know exactly how bad it was. 

I was quietly hoping my imagination would turn out to be worse then the reality.

He sat down with me. "I don't think that's a good idea."

I turned to face him "I don't want to see it but if I don't I'll always wonder just how bad it was."

He nodded and handed me his laptop. We put in the address and I cried.

It was worse then I had imagine. It had videos of me in the shower, using the toilet, getting dressed even times when Drake was over and we made out. Everything that I did was on that site.

 I felt sick.

Michael shut it off and pulled out his phone. He waited for someone to answer. "It' me. Yeah it has been too long. Just been settling into my new life. Can we catch up later?"

He gave me a quick kiss and got up and left the room.

He never leaves the room to take a call. I got up and walked to the door. I'm not eavesdropping... 

Okay I am but can you blame me after everything that's happened. I'm just worried that he'll do something and end up getting in trouble.

"Davie I need a favor. Here's the situation. My fiancé just found out her mother and an accomplice were planning our murder." ........"Dude seriously all you caught there was me having a fiancé. Focus"........

"Yeah... No I don't want you to put a government sanctioned hit out on them. I said no as in absolutely don't-" he was interrupted by whoever was on the other end.

"Davie just shut up and listen. We just found out that there is a website that has videos of Jems from the last year or so." ......

"No not those kind of videos but they were filming her when she was in the shower, using the bathroom, messing around with her ex and personal private stuff like that."

....... Michael ran off the online address.

"Take it down. Destroy the site and any money they gained from it. Use it for whatever. Screw them over and I mean fuck their shit all up."

He looked like he was listening intently. "Yeah thanks man. This totally squares us."

He hung up the phone and I walked to him. "You better call whoever that was back and cancel that order. You heard Donald. If it traces back to you, you'll be arrested." I snapped with my hands on my hips.

He shook his head and had that cute little smirk he gets when he knows something I don't.

"Yeah that's not gonna happen. That guy is a computer genius. He said everything will be done within the hour."

I quirked a brow and tapped my foot impatiently. "I want a better explanation Michael Evan Jenkins."

He chuckled and led me to the couch. "Of course you do Love."

He sat down on the coffee table facing me.

"A few years ago my squad went to a class put on by a guy named David. He's three years younger then me but he works for the pentagon. When he was 15 he hacked the governments mainframe in a matter of minutes. Twenty seven minutes to be exact and well let's just say he had a field day messing with just about everything and I mean everything. Long story short he's the best of the best when it comes to computers. The pentagon decided instead of putting him in jail they'd utilize his special abilities. He trained us on the basics of hacking and getting around firewalls undetected."

I cocked my head to the side thinking. "Why didn't you do it?"

He shrugged. "I probably could but it'll take me longer and as you pointed out it needs to not trace back to me."

I nodded my understanding. "Back to this guy, why is he doing it? I'll pay him for this, you don't need to."

He laughed and grabbed my hands.

"I'm not paying and neither are you. See a few months after I finished his training I was in Indonesia and Davie called me. His sister was there and had been taken. It wasn't sanctioned but my team and I went off the grid and tracked them and got her out. It wasn't an act of war and international politics are a bitch. Which is why the army refused to officially step in. It was a group of thugs that saw a 19 year old American as a perfect addition to their collection of-" He stopped and I filled in the blanks.

"They kidnapped her to sell her as a sex slave?"

He nodded slowly. "Anyway we got her out and back to Florida where she lived. We got to her before they had a chance to sell her. So she was physically okay for the most part just shaken up with a few bruises from a beating. Davie said he'd owe me one and I just collected. So we can just sit back and relax. He'll call me when it's done."

"You called in your favor from a pentagon cloak and dagger computer spy genius just to knock off the site that would probably be down in a week or two?" I shook my head. 

That made no sense.

"You were upset. I knew someone who could fix this so yeah. It's not a big deal. I just hate seeing you cry."

He shrugged and I launched myself at him.

"What did I do to deserve you?" I asked snuggling into his neck and breathing in the faint scent of his cologne and the delicious smell that was just his essence.

He rubbed my back soothingly. "I ask myself that same question every morning when I wake up with you in my arms Sweetheart."

Less then an hour later his phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and put it on speaker.

"Sup Floppy?" Chirped an extremely peppy sounding voice.

I looked up and saw Michael rolling his eyes. "Jems and I were just sitting here waiting on your call. Any problems?"

The voice laughed "Yeah right. Hello did you forget I'm the king of hacking!"

Michael laughed then taunted. "Yeah I forgot I was talking to the king of geeks!"

Davie chuckled. "Damn right Floppy! Now bow down to your king and kiss my sexy royal toes! In a totally non-homo way of course. Just ya know a sign of you worshiping my total epic-osity!"

I giggled and Michael rolled his eyes. 

"Hello, I take it you're the unlucky girl that fell in love with Floppy. I'm David but just call me Davie or big daddy whichever you prefer."

For a nerd this Davie guy was funny. I muffled my laugh "Why do you call Mike Floppy?"

Michael groaned and rolled his eyes.

"Because when he started my training he asked me where the floppy disk went. I mean hello? Were we back in 1999? Floppy disk, ughh."

I laughed at his obvious annoyance.

"Anyway I'll cut the chitchat. I took the website down about 15 minutes after you called. I took the liberty of doing a little investigating. The footage was all time stamped for the last year and a half up to the end of this August. The website has only been up and functional for about  8 months but there were several videos that were posted very recently. Those were the more salacious of the bunch"

Michael interrupted him. "That makes sense. Jemma moved in with me back in August. Her mother's accomplice was fired shortly after that because of a confrontation with Jems."

"Yeah well shut up Floppy and let me finish talking to Jemma."

I laughed a little. "Go on Davie." I encouraged 

He cleared his throat.

"I checked into everyone that subscribed and most of them were out of state. So you shouldn't have to worry about a crazed fan base finding you in your neck of the woods. However there were a few that were in Texas so just be on guard with strangers. I'll get all their information and DMV photos so you don't have anymore trouble with your 'fans' I also took the liberty of giving everyone that accessed the site and nasty little virus that I created."

He chuckled. "My artistic side hit so a message in neon pink and lime green is gonna pop up saying 'My computer just died cause I'm a dirty bastard that likes to whack it to gay-incest- pedophilla Internet porn' I also did something that had nothing to do with the site."

I stopped giggling at his virus tag.

"What did you do Davie? You didn't actually put a hit on them did you? I said no, Jems is too soft hearted to have that on her conscious." Michael asked rubbing his temple.

"No buzz-kill I didn't. You said no murder so you got no murder. But I got all of Betty Green's and Terri James's information. I cleaned out Betty's account and hacked her bank and listed her house as foreclosed due to non payment from the last 3 years. I might have also hacked the state records system and listed her as a sex offender with extremely violent tendencies and a history with bestiality and necrophilia."

My eyes felt like they could pop out. "Dude we're so going to prison." I whined.

Davie just laughed and continued.

"Your mother had an account besides the one with your father. I cleaned that one out and blocked her from access to the joint account. Her election account was a hot mess. She was stealing from it Like big time. So I flagged that and it'll be investigated by your county's bank and police. I changed the bank records to show that your dad is the sole name on the deed to the house. Her car has been repossessed. I also put her on Homeland Security's most wanted list for suspected terroristic activity and espionage."

Michael busted out laughing and I swear he wanted to do a happy dance. "I think you've gone above and beyond. I owe ya man."

I heard shifting around from the other side of the line. "Nah man. I just did what I would have done if it had been my sister. We're square. The financial stuff just insures that they can't afford to bond themselves out. The sex offender and terrorist bit... Well that's just funny. So that leaves me with one question. I have an account with a little over a million from their dirty money. What do you want me to do with it Jemma?"

I thought for a second then smiled. "Donate half of it to whatever charity you want. Can you split the remainder between my brother and sister? Set it in trust funds for their college?"

"No problem."

"Thank you so much Davie." I said with new tears in my eyes.

"You're welcome. Take care of Floppy and I want an invite to the wedding!"

Michael and Davie chatted a few more minutes then hung up.

"Lets get some dinner Love."


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