You Dirty Rat part (4 of 7)

First thing was decided that Anthony and Annie would go visit Sam, Virginia's brother and clue him in on the happenings. He surely would help with this plan also. The day the flowers were delivered to the front door with the fake cards there was also a hidden camera and a microphone installed on the porch.

Inside the house the 4 friends sat in the downstairs basement quietly talking and when 5 pm rolled around one went upstairs to look outside the window onto the porch where you could not be seen from the outside and monitored who was coming up the steps to look at the flowers or just to ring the bell with their condolences.

The plan was for each person to sit their turn in the dark and observe and listen to anything out of the ordinary. Anthony had obtained the camera and listening devices from his Mafia cousins a long time ago to place in his flower shop but never thought of really using them until now to catch a rat.

There were neighbors and friends coming to the door leaving small packages on the bench and dropping notes and cards into the huge brass mail slot. The door bell kept chiming away.

The four friends had placed a large dresser in front of the door on the inside so as to not answer the door by error.

They also placed a large wire trash basket over the telephone so they would not mistakenly answer it but could hear the messages loud and clear. They maintained that this house must continue to look like there was no one home. They even placed tape over the light switches lest they forget and turn on a light

when it darkened. The plan worked well.

This surveillance went on for three nights and while one was on duty upstairs the other three friends caught up on old times and or gossip about each other. How wonderful it was that they all got along so well and cared for each other. Then on the third day just what they were waiting for Robert, the rotten rat of a husband arrived.

This loser starts pawing around the flowers and packages looking at the flower cards to read the messages. Mumbling to himself he says:

"So this is why there's no answers, the old folks are in Greece".

He again starts pawing into the packages and opens them then his phone rings.

"Yep they're gone and the sissy cousin still has his shop open, see ya soon honey".

Anthony was on duty and was ready to call his cousins to snuff the rat out but knew Virginia would have none of that. He went down and reported what happened.

Virginia wondered who honey was since rats girlfriend Justine was blown to smithereens.

They would just have to wait....but this evidence was taped and recorded.

It was now 8:45 pm and Sam was up in the watchers seat when Robert the rat returns pawing into the packages again. He stuffed a small one in his pocket & opens another

one eating the contents. His phone rings again and

"Yes, Justine is laying low like I told her to and I'll be there soon ,Mike, love ya too".

Virginia gets the Yukon Jack out and passes small sipping glasses around. Wow are they ever starting to hit a jackpot of information now.

Justine is supposedly laying low

there is a boyfriend named Mike

and there is another someone called honey.

Virginia has another sip of YJ and starts to ponder deeply.

Virginia and Sam's mothers cell phone rings and they all listen to the message. It was their Father calling to see if anyone had found the lost phone. Virginia and Sam decide Sam should call on his own personal phone and tell them all that has been going on this past week and let them know what they were up to get the rat.

When he got back to his house Sam called the parents in Greece

and filled them in on the deeds of their dirty son-in-law.

They said they too would play along and act as if they knew nothing about the "death of Virginia" until they got back home in a week.

Sam grabbed a few books, magazines and newspapers and packed a backpack with clothes, meds & toiletries placing them into a larger suitcase then outdoors he hailed a taxi to the closest large airport. After pretending to go to area of his gate he ducked into a bathroom where he changed clothes, pulled out the backpack in the suitcase and took a bus over to the parents house calling Virginia to let him in so he could stay there with her.

Meanwhile Anthony at the flower shop was on the phone to Annie asking what he should bring over to Virginia's as he and Annie were going to stay there also. They felt that Virginia needed protection if she wanted it or not. Anthony even brought

his Glock but would not tell the others that he had it in his possession. The three of them had decided this was really the best thing to do but did not tell Virginia because they all knew how independent she was and they were concerned for her safety.

Unknown to Anthony his Mafia cousins were always concerned for his safety and they now knew everything that was going on but would sit back to listen and watch their cousin with a backbone.

Anthony, Annie & Sam stayed with Virginia who actually was very happy they were there at the house.