Fury

[Fraroc]

Chapter Twenty-Four



“AND NOW BACK TO CHANNEL 17 NEWS”





“In local news, A Crystal Falls man is being charged with multiple counts of aggravated animal cruelty after several disturbing videos of him abusing horses went viral on the popular video-sharing site, YouTube. Animal rights activists have urged the Crystal Falls Police Department to investigate the claim. Now we warn all viewers, what you are about to see is very disturbing.”




Viewers of the local news station are absolutely horrified to witness the same videos that Jason and Mike viewed. ‘STAND (BEEP) STILL! I’M GONNA HAVE YOU (BEEP) KILLED!! YOU WORTHLESS PEICE OF HORSE-FLESH!’ Vincent screams at the spooked horse.

“As you can plainly see here, a young man is violently whipping and yanking the reins of this young, unbroken Dutch Warmblood colt that is not even four years old yet!”





“And in this clip, as he rides this very light thorougbred stallion, he kicks his sides multiple times, yanks the reins in a painful manner, and look right here-he PUNCHES the stallion’s neck, causing the horse to panic and send Vincent tumbling off his back!”




“The man that was abusing the horses is revealed to be 21 year old Vincent Cormier who lives in Crystal Falls. Cormier is known in the fashion world as a male model for Hollister, usually posing wearing cowboy-like clothes like jeans and chaps and usually posing with horses. And we’re just getting a breaking detail that is even more disturbing than we thought. Vincent Cormier allegedly owns a riding school where he teaches people how to handle a horse in the same abusive manner that he does. In fact, in one of his ‘vlogs’ he explained that way he treats his horses is merely ‘tough love’ and not abuse. However, it is up to the police and the system of justice to decide.”






Jason turns off the television, looks to Mike and smiled, clearly prideful of what the two of them accomplished.

“That problem worked itself out! Vincent Cormier got arrested and he’s probably gonna have his ranch shut down for good!”
“I hope that sucker rots in jail!”
“And the best part of this whole deal is, WE’RE probably gonna get Vincent’s horses! Just think about it, Six Gable Stables is the closest to the Cormier Stables and Riding School and Jack is known all around the Colorado horse community as a renowned rehabilitator of problem horses. It just makes sense that the animal right’s groups are going to choose US! And together, we’re gonna give those mares, geldings, and stallions the best home they’ve ever been in!”




After the two young men saw the news story on TV, they went outside to notify Jack about what happened to Vincent Cormier.

“Hey Jack! Have you heard the news?”
“What news?”
“Its all around the country, Vincent Cormier was ARRESTED yesterday! It turns out; the videos of him beating the horses went viral and spread all around YouTube and all round social media!#f***youvincentcormier is trending BIG TIME on Twitter, and it looks like he’s gonna go to jail for a long time!”
“This is a victory, boys! One less animal-abuser victimizing horses is a very good thing!”




Later in the afternoon, Jack was inside the house as he heard his doorbell rang. He assumed that it was the Animal Rescue coming to ask him to rehabilitate the horses that Vincent Cormier abused, it was quite a shock to find that it wasn’t Animal Rescue, but a police officer.

“Hello, officer.”
“Hi how are you, Are you Jack Silver?”
“Yes I am.”
“I’m Officer Felipe Marshall, are you the employer of a Mr. Michael Schaefer and a Mr. Jason Weiss? Is it okay if I ask them a couple of questions?”
“Ok! I’ll call for them. Jason? Mike? The police are here and they want to ask you some questions!!!”





Jason goes to greet the police officer, but Mike is absolutley astounded, he recognizes the Officer Marshall as the police officer who read him the charges in his jail cell approximatley a year ago.

“Hello, officer!”
"Well, Look who it is....Michael Alexander Schaefer. It looks to me that working here has done you some good. Last time I saw you, you were basically a bum on the streets. Now, you actually look a fine, upstanding, respectable young man!"
"Thank you for noticing, officer Marshall."




“I'm just here to talk to you guys. First off, where were you on the night of June 6th, 2013?”
“We were working here and we were just about to drive home.”
“Oh really? Well...we have an signed affidavit from an eyewitness that on the night of June 6th, you were on the property of Vincent Cormier; whom we have recently arrested for animal cruelty where you proceeded to assault him in a surprise attack and walk away with “Whitey” his prized white Camarillo stallion.”
“Oh you mean Lightni----oh sh*t”

It was too late. Jason already made his slip of the tongue. Officer Marshall just scowls in dissapointment at him.

“My eyewitness claims that it was you, Jason, that jumped him, punched him in the nose repeatadley, and stole his white horse and that you had manipulated Michael to tag along an accomplice.”

"WHAT?!?!? MANIPULATED?!"





The cop grabbed at his belt to reveal a pair of handcuffs. Then, Officer Marshall said those words that was the equivalent of someone taking a baseball bat and beating Jason over the head with it.

“Mr. Weiss, we at the CFPD have a warrant here to arrest you for grand larceny and assault. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law....”

“I can’t believe this, Officer Marshall.....who was the eyewitness?! AND I THOUGHT YOU WERE JUST HERE TO TALK, NOT ARREST!” Mike yelled in disbelief. Officer Marshall only replied.....

“Make your best guess....”






While Jason was being led out the door in cuffs, it suddenly hits him why the cop said ‘make your best guess.’

“Vincent.....”

CREATOR COMMENTS: I really hope you like this chapter, next chapter will deal with the rocky relationship between Jason and his father Jacob that was hinted at in Chapter Eighteen and how Jason grew up to love horses.