Stanley had succeeded in get statements from the four. They all wrote down their answers. The statements added up to the same story. They were partying at Bill’s house when a group of masked men broke in, but none mentioned the bank transactions. An official report was given to the press. Monday afternoon, Tony was called to the police department. Stanley went through the statements and told Tony that the job was done by professionals including a doctor and it had taken weeks of preparations.
“But I’m confused,” Stanley said scratching his head. “Why should a group of people do something like this only for abuse and mutilation? Something’s not right somewhere.”
“Did you ask her if she had any suspicions about me knowing about her cheating?”
“Yes,” Stanley smiled. “She said she always covered her tracks. See Mr. Caruso I’m not here to talk about your married life or her cheating on you.”
“Then why am I here?”
“I want to know if, in the emails and all the info that you’ve received, there was anything mentioned about them, besides having sex together.”
“Sorry detective, it was all about her infidelity.”
“Ok, I’ll call you if ever I need you.”
Tony walked to the door and stopped. “Am I still on your list?”
“Just leave,” Stanley said.
Tuesday a young man knocked on the door and entered Anne’s room. The parents were with her. “Mrs. Anne Caruso?” He asked. Anne nodded. The young man turned towards the parents, “can you confirm she is Mrs. Anne Caruso?”
“Yes, she is. She is our daughter.”
“You’ve been served, Mrs. Caruso,” he handed her a manila envelope and walked out of the room. All three were in deep shock and looked at each other. Anne started to cry.
One minute later Tony entered the room. “How could you?” Mary was furious.
“This is between Anne and I. I need to talk to her right now. If both of you want to stay and listen, you can but don’t interfere.” Tony looked at Anne sitting on the bed. She had lost weight and seemed very weak. “Had you been a faithful wife, we would not have been here in this hospital with you in such condition.” Anne closed the eyes with tears running down her face. “All those years you’ve been cheating on me. You were very clever and I would never have known until now. I’ve been receiving emails, letters, pictures and videos from people who have known you and who have fucked you. You were a slut in High School. I was so blind.”
Tony inhaled and leant against the wall. Josh and Mary turned to Anne, she looked down. “Your first boyfriend, Andrew Hughes, left you when he came to know that you had slept with half of the boys in your class and with your teachers. The reason you always got high marks. He preferred to leave you and then school because he was already a cuckold at a young age. And do you know what he wrote in his email? Had he not run away, today he would have been in my shoes! I presume when you were with me you fucked the other half of the class, including Henry.”
Mary stood up and left the room. Josh stayed. He wanted to know the truth.