Chapter 191 - Back home (4)

Next day JoAnna was changing Sarah's bandages and feeling nervous. She waited for Sarah and Aiden to mention if they found something, but they didn't bring up the topic. JoAnna was afraid to ask, what if they didn't find anything? She finished putting an anti-scaring cream and clean gauze over Sarah's sutures, and looked at Sarah expectantly.

Sarah was smiling at her, and not talking.

JoAnna was getting more anxious by the second, and finally asked. "Well? Did you find something?"

Sarah exhaled sharply dramatically. "I thought you will never ask!"

Aiden thought how these sisters are silly. They like to tease each other too much. But he does not dare meddle in between.

He placed some papers on the desk, and JoAnna came closer to look at them. "What are these?"

Sarah also came to the desk and started organizing papers. "If you look at these individually, there is not much to see. However, if you connect them, then you got something. Here... March 12, last year, there is a $200k deposit on his personal offshore account." Sarah pointed at one document. "The money came from the account of Steven Huber, German businessman." Sarah pointed at a different document showing transaction. "At that time, his son had a heart surgery done at Franciscan Medical Center by Dr. Gregory Light."

JoAnna listened and thought for some time about what she heard. "You are saying that this Huber paid directly to Dr. Light to get him to perform a surgery on his son?"

Sarah smiled, happy that JoAnna connected the dots in the same way Aiden and she did. "Yup... and not only that. His son was fifteenth on the wait list for the heart. One day after transaction, he magically took the first spot."

"So, he also moved him up on the wait list?" JoAnna's eyes widened.

Sarah nodded. "And he is not the only one. We found full information of at least six more, similar thing: rich people are on the wait list, Greg gets large sum on his account, wait list gets updated and Greg performs the surgery."

JoAnna stared at the papers without a word.

"This is something you can use, right?" Sarah looked at JoAnna anxiously.

JoAnna nodded and looked at Sarah. Her lips stretched into a smile. "Yes, I can use this."

"Great!", Sarah exclaimed. She looked at the documents and started pointing. "Now if you look at these, I color coded you all the data. All info related to Steven Huber is marked with purple. This one here is for a kidney transplant, Italian heir of a transportation company... that one is in blue..."

"Thank you", JoAnna said struggling to keep tears from falling. She felt a huge relief knowing that she has something to fight with. She turned to Aiden. "Thank you, both."

He was watching two sisters from the side and smiled. "You are welcome."

After her initial emotional reaction, JoAnna returned to her bubbly self. "Hehehe, I knew that my brother-in-law is capable. I will need to find something to repay you for this." She looked at Sarah and Aiden with a huge smile on her face.

Sarah rubbed JoAnna's head with her fist. "Silly, stop saying nonsense. We are family."

Once JoAnna calmed down a bit, Sarah continued. "We sent these to Sophia also. When he tries to corner you next time, mention these to him. If it does not work, Sophia will take over."

JoAnna nodded, and Sarah added. "Do you think you can place few hidden microphones in his office? We might catch something else useful. People say all kinds of things when they think no one is listening."

JoAnna thought for some time. "But you can't use that in the court, right?"

"True, but it can help us find something he is hiding, or planning… Technically, even this info we found about him getting paid under the table for the surgeries is not something that can be used in court. However, Sophia is working on making them acceptable."

"Sounds good. Where do I get microphones?", JoAnna asked.

"I have few here... let me show you how to use them. Once you plant them, let me know. I will get Eve to activate them. Also, plug in this somewhere nearby his office." Sarah handed her a square black device that fits in the palm. "This is a wireless charger. It has a range of 100 ft (30 meters). Without this, microphones will run out of power in five days."

Aiden brought four microphones from the closet and handed them to Sarah. She was explaining to JoAnna how they can be attached to hard surface or to fabric.

"Wow, they are quite small." JoAnna observed while holding one microphone between her fingers.

Sarah smiled. "Yes. You can thank Felix for that."

JoAnna was surprised.

Sarah explained further. "These are his designs that came to life. He is quite good."

"Oh, rare of you to praise someone!", JoAnna exclaimed.

"Yes. And I'm carefully choosing my words because someone is here." Sarah gestured with her eyes towards Aiden. She whispered to JoAnna, "Otherwise I would tell you that Felix is amazing."

JoAnna laughed and looked at Aiden. "Look at your sour face! How can you be jealous of Sarah's brother-in-law?"

Aiden walked to Sarah and hugged her from behind while pouting. "I'm the only one who can be amazing in her eyes." He sulked.

Sarah was surprised that he heard what she whispered to JoAnna. She turned towards him and patted his cheek while coaxing him. "Of course, you are the only one amazing. I was just teasing a bit. Don't take it seriously. No one comes close to you..."

JoAnna was watching them with her mouth slightly open. "Are you two kids, or what?"

Aiden threw JoAnna an icy glance and then looked back at Sarah as he is the saddest person in the world.

Sarah knows that he is faking but she decided to play along and continue coaxing him. She caressed his cheeks and kissed him gently while whispering sweet nothings.

JoAnna looked at two of them and shook her head in disbelief. "Seriously... worse than two kids. I'm leaving. See you tomorrow." JoAnna picked up documents and devices and left the room.