The Guardian

finger pointing and blame would be shifted. You couldn’t keep up even if you had a score card. Meanwhile the children would be the ones suffering. The sad truth is nobody cares.
    There were landmark casinos to implode, mega hotels to build. We’re talking money here. The physically and mentally needy kids could wait. If their own parents didn’t even care about them, how on earth, could we possibly expect total strangers to care. It is a mystery in itself.
    The Guardian definitely had his hands full. He would find it extremely difficult to do his job. However, saving one child from abuse would be a reward and a beginning.

Chapter 104
    Halloway’s phone was ringing as he and Laura walked in the door.
    “Halloway”
    “Ready to go to work?” The voice said.
    Halloway looked at Laura, he mouthed, “It’s him” A big smile spread across her face.
    “Well, we thought you had fallen off of the face of the earth. To what do we owe this honor?”
    Ignoring his sarcasm, he got straight to the point. “Are you familiar with a man named Martin Dorsey?”
    “Can’t say that I am. Should I be?”
    “You disappoint me John. He’s a truck driver, just had a hearing for supposedly trying to molest a fourteen year old boy. The mother figured things out, pressed charges, the freak walked because nobody saw it happen. They said it was hear-say, no witnesses.”
    “Wait a minute, seems I do remember that. I didn’t know his name though. What happened, you catch him in the act?” Halloway was curious now. He put his phone on speakerphone so Laura could listen.
    “Sorry, didn’t catch him. I wouldn’t need to make this call then would I?” The Guardian chided. “I’ve been following him for some time now.”
    “Why doesn’t that surprise me?” Laura jumped in.
    Sticking to business, “Okay, here’s the deal. I know where he lives. I think I have a plan where we can nail this prick and put an end to his little game.”
    Halloway was trying to decade how far into this thing he wanted to go. It was better to hear him out, see what he had in mind before making any hasty decisions.
    “Okay, let me hear what you have and we’ll see if we’re interested in any involvement. You seem to do a lot of wet work, if you know what I mean.”
    “I don’t know how much you know about this guy but I’ve done a lot of homework. I will be sending the information to you so you can look it over. In a nut shell he’s living with a female roommate, she has three kids. One is a 14 year old boy, two younger siblings. Apparently, he’s molesting them all. Still, as always, no proof, no witnesses.”
    “If there are no witnesses, then how do we know this to be fact?” Griffin injected.
    “The lady who had pressed the most recent charges had tried to use information witnessed by her son. As you know, it was tossed for lack of evidence.”
    “So if this trucker is molesting the roommate’s kids why doesn’t she press charges?” Halloway wanted to know.
    “I missed the mind reading class that day so I can’t answer that for you. What I do know is that Martin carries the financial burden. She’s a boozer and my guess is she likes the situation. It takes the pressure off of her to be responsible.”
    “Makes sense to me,. So okay, what do you want from us?”
    “I can’t be in two places at one time. He’s on the road and gone some times. If we team up we can watch them together. You can do surveillance on the woman and the kids. Since you’re shackled to your job it would free me up to follow him while he’s on the road.”
    “Shackled to my job? Is that what you said?” John was almost laughing.
    “Okay, you do the road trip, I’ll baby sit the house.
    “Never mind, I get your point.”
    “Fine, then it’s settled.” The Guardian gave him the address and when he finished he added. “I know you don’t really owe me one, however, do me just one favor okay?”
    “I don’t know, what’s in it for me”
    “You can have all the credit.”
    “I don’t know. With the messes you leave behind, I’m not sure it would be credit, probably more like blame.
    “Look, I’m serious. I do what I do because there’s no other way. Are we on track here?”
    “Okay, okay, Jesus, you’re so serious.”
    “Don’t put this on just any cop. If you can’t do it yourself let me know, I’ll take over.”
    “Look, I know where you’re coming from but I have two guys that I can trust, seriously trust.”
    “You’re