Chapter 231: Eva 004

“You got it,” Agent Bell said as he stepped into the house. “Nice place you got here.”

Eva looked around at the clutter around the room and sighed. She thought the agent must be making fun of them.

“Thank you,” Seth said. “So, what do you want?”

“I need to talk with you about a few individuals that you apparently aided in entering the United States,” Agent Bell said.

Seth swallowed and blinked a few times. Eva saw sweat beading around his face. He was looking splotchy too. The sweat made him look greasy to her. He said, “All my paperwork is in order.”

“You mind if I look through for what I need then?”

Seth rubbed his sleeve over his lip and then across his forehead. “You will need a warrant for that.”

“You’ve already invited me in,” Agent Bell said. “I can pretty much look at what I like, if I see it out in plain sight and it looks suspicious.”

Cain Bell and Seth both looked past Eva at the boxes on the dining room table.

“Invited you in like a vampire,” Seth said.

“Now that’s not very nice, Seth,” Agent Bell said. “I am your guest and you are my host. We are just having a friendly visit to clear up any misunderstandings. Remember?”

Seth cleared his throat and then hacked a few times like he was choking on his own spit. Seth said, “Maybe you tell me the names and I see if I can get back to you on the details?”

“Maybe.” Agent Bell stared for a moment. He looked down and took out a small notebook chewed around the edges from being in his pants pocket. Eva saw a flash of his gun again. Cain Bell flipped through the dog eared pages with notes and pen scratches on them. He said, “Let’s start with Connie Strovet, Hilda Cornov, and Melinda Trigette. What can you tell me about them?”

Seth squinted and looked down at the floor. “I help a lot of men and women around the world find love matches. I might need to do some searching to find details on those three.”

“I can help you look,” Agent Bell said.

Seth looked up, but stared at the agent’s chest instead of meeting his eyes. “I’d rather you didn’t.”

“I insist, Seth. It will be my thanks for inviting me in. I’d hate to put all this work on you.”

“I really would rather you not, Agent Bell. I’ll find what you need on those three and send it to you. Can I have your number?”

Bell tilted his head. “It’s more than three, Seth. Those are just the first three.”

“Well, give me the rest of it then.”

“Here’s the rest of it,” Agent Bell said. “We think you are fudging details on visa applications. By think, I mean that we know you are. We think you are in violation of several counts of immigration fraud statutes by gaining permission for aliens to stay in the States by arranging marriages. We think you might be in violation of prostitution statutes by taking extra from the men for guaranteed sex and paying the women a cut for taking care of the men. We think you might need to come down and sit in a cell since we have enough for an arrest. If you are under investigation, we might need to look into your relationship with Eva as well.”

Eva stepped forward. “No, please, Agent Cain Bell, I will tell you anything you want to know. I’ll do anything. Don’t arrest me.”

Agent Bell cut his eyes at Eva and smiled.

Seth said, “Shut up, Eva. There is nothing to tell.”

Bell looked back at Seth. “Afraid of what she will tell?”

Seth blinked and licked his sweaty lips. “There is nothing to tell. You have her scared because she comes from a country where soldiers don’t follow rules. They make up lies and take what they want including favors from the women in the houses they invade.”

Bell shrugged. “Sounds like an awful, lawless place.”

“Doesn’t it?” Seth said.

Eva took another step forward. “Please, don’t arrest him. I’ll do anything you want. Please.”

Bell sighed and said, “That sounds a lot like bribery. Maybe even some of that prostitution we think you may be involved in. Remember what I mean by think?”

“I do,” Seth said.

“Anything, Agent Cain Bell.” Eva stepped up and dropped to her knees beside Agent Bell with her hands out and open like she were begging for mercy.

“Eva, shut up. You’re making it worse. Don’t be scared.”

Agent Bell glanced down and stared into Eva’s cleavage in her tight, black dress. “No, Seth, you guys should be scared, believe me. Let your lovely wife talk. I am interested to see what she says – what she offers.”