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to her. She didn’t say anything, as she stared at each of us with her ocean blue eyes. When she got to her son, she didn’t rush to him and embrace him like you would expect a mother to do who hadn’t seen her son for five years.
“Well,” She said. “After five years of refusing to see us, you’ve come home.” She looked at Wade and me. “And you’ve brought someone with you.”
Randolph kept his head down the whole time and Wade spoke up, “I’m detective Wade Russell of the Houston Police Departmen t and this is Dr. Judith McCain with the FBI.”
They both shook hands with us and nodded. Mr. Edwards said, “Do you have any idea what you put your mama through, boy, you refusing to see us?”
Randolph looked at them with tears in his eyes, “I didn’t refuse to see you. I wanted you to come see me so bad. Dr. Pullen, he said y’all didn’t want nothing to do with me. “
Mrs. Edwards put her hand over her mouth and stared a t her son then she looked at me.
“It’s true, Mrs. Edwards, ” I said, “All these years he thought you had abandoned him.”
She rushed to her son and embraced him. “I can’t believe it,” she said. “We could have seen you all this time. And he didn’t cure your leukederma like he promised.”
Mr. Edwards had walked over an d embraced his son and buried his face in his neck. The three held each other and cried together.
“Son, what did you do, just leave?”
Randolph laughed, “No one just leaves there, dad. I was a prisoner. He experimented on us using drugs that he developed.”
Mrs. Edwards suddenly stood up and went to the door and opened it. She motioned for the butler and he walked over. “August, Get rid of my guests.”
He bowed. “Yes, madam.”
She closed the door and came back in, “Randy, honey, how did you escape?”
I spoke up, “Y’all don’t know what’s been going on do you?”
“We’ve been traveling for almost a year,” Mr. Edwards said. “We got in late last night and tonight our friends gave us a surprise welcome home party. What’s been going on here?”
It was Wade who explained everything while they listened without comment.
At the end Mr. Edwards simply said, “Thank you for bringing back my boy.”
CHAPTER 29
We had left a happy family and I wanted to discuss it all with Wade while heading back to Monroe beach.
“So, from what was said, his parents thought they were putting him in the Pullen Institute to cure his luekodrema. Then he tells Randolph that his parents don’t want to see him. At the same time he tells the parents that his son has refused to see them.”
Wade chewed the inside of his cheek. “Yeah, he must have pulled the same number on all the families. If it had been my kid I would have torn the place apart to see him. I was thinking about that poor overweight girl Randolph told us about. Her parents probably thought they were checking her into a fat clinic.”
We had supper at Sarah’s house that night and Robert cooked steaks on the grill. Wade and Robert hung around the back yard drinking beer and talking cop talk while I helped Sarah in the kitchen with the salad and baked potatoes.
While we enjoyed the food at a picnic table in their yard, Robert caught us up on what was happening with Dr. Pullen.
“Apparently, he’s not even a real doctor. He never finished medical school. He went to four different medical schools and was kicked out of all of them.
“Simon has been on his computer and found out that Dr. Pullen, which is an alias by the way, has been arrested several times for assault and battery, rape, and stalking. His first charge was while he was in undergraduate school, but the girl dropped the charges.
“He comes from an extremely wealthy family and Simon suspects the victims were all paid off. He never served any jail time and then about ten years ago he dropped out of sight.”
“I would love to interview him,” I said, “Just to get some background on him. I
“Well,” She said. “After five years of refusing to see us, you’ve come home.” She looked at Wade and me. “And you’ve brought someone with you.”
Randolph kept his head down the whole time and Wade spoke up, “I’m detective Wade Russell of the Houston Police Departmen t and this is Dr. Judith McCain with the FBI.”
They both shook hands with us and nodded. Mr. Edwards said, “Do you have any idea what you put your mama through, boy, you refusing to see us?”
Randolph looked at them with tears in his eyes, “I didn’t refuse to see you. I wanted you to come see me so bad. Dr. Pullen, he said y’all didn’t want nothing to do with me. “
Mrs. Edwards put her hand over her mouth and stared a t her son then she looked at me.
“It’s true, Mrs. Edwards, ” I said, “All these years he thought you had abandoned him.”
She rushed to her son and embraced him. “I can’t believe it,” she said. “We could have seen you all this time. And he didn’t cure your leukederma like he promised.”
Mr. Edwards had walked over an d embraced his son and buried his face in his neck. The three held each other and cried together.
“Son, what did you do, just leave?”
Randolph laughed, “No one just leaves there, dad. I was a prisoner. He experimented on us using drugs that he developed.”
Mrs. Edwards suddenly stood up and went to the door and opened it. She motioned for the butler and he walked over. “August, Get rid of my guests.”
He bowed. “Yes, madam.”
She closed the door and came back in, “Randy, honey, how did you escape?”
I spoke up, “Y’all don’t know what’s been going on do you?”
“We’ve been traveling for almost a year,” Mr. Edwards said. “We got in late last night and tonight our friends gave us a surprise welcome home party. What’s been going on here?”
It was Wade who explained everything while they listened without comment.
At the end Mr. Edwards simply said, “Thank you for bringing back my boy.”
CHAPTER 29
We had left a happy family and I wanted to discuss it all with Wade while heading back to Monroe beach.
“So, from what was said, his parents thought they were putting him in the Pullen Institute to cure his luekodrema. Then he tells Randolph that his parents don’t want to see him. At the same time he tells the parents that his son has refused to see them.”
Wade chewed the inside of his cheek. “Yeah, he must have pulled the same number on all the families. If it had been my kid I would have torn the place apart to see him. I was thinking about that poor overweight girl Randolph told us about. Her parents probably thought they were checking her into a fat clinic.”
We had supper at Sarah’s house that night and Robert cooked steaks on the grill. Wade and Robert hung around the back yard drinking beer and talking cop talk while I helped Sarah in the kitchen with the salad and baked potatoes.
While we enjoyed the food at a picnic table in their yard, Robert caught us up on what was happening with Dr. Pullen.
“Apparently, he’s not even a real doctor. He never finished medical school. He went to four different medical schools and was kicked out of all of them.
“Simon has been on his computer and found out that Dr. Pullen, which is an alias by the way, has been arrested several times for assault and battery, rape, and stalking. His first charge was while he was in undergraduate school, but the girl dropped the charges.
“He comes from an extremely wealthy family and Simon suspects the victims were all paid off. He never served any jail time and then about ten years ago he dropped out of sight.”
“I would love to interview him,” I said, “Just to get some background on him. I
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