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He and Dani share a nervous glance, she looking far more fearful than Fox.
“Guys, I have this completely under control.” I open my laptop. “The system I’m custom-building here is going to be amazing. I did the same thing to my own place in Boston.”
“You owned a 4.3-million-dollar house in Boston?” Dani asks.
“No, a condo near—” I blink. “Is that how much this place costs? Good for you.”
She sighs loudly and stares across the counter at Fox.
“Let’s just…” He waves a hand to try and calm her down. “Let’s give him the benefit of the doubt before we make any calls.”
“Calls?” I ask. “What calls?”
He scratches nervously at the scar on his cheek. “We’re a little concerned…”
“About what?”
“About the assassins who know where we sleep, Boxcar.”
“Don’t be. They only know where you sleep. I made sure that they wouldn’t know Dani lives here. And besides, those two are going to be very busy for a while. I have a bounty hunter tracking them down as we speak.”
“There’s also a bounty hunter who knows where I live,” Fox argues. “On all counts, we should probably move again.”
I close my laptop to give them my undivided attention. “No one is moving anywhere. Look—” I gesture behind me at the kitchen table where I’ve stacked boxes upon boxes of new tech I bought on my little shopping spree this morning. “I’ve got new, non-shitty cameras to install in every room of this glorious mansion and in every corner of that perfect green lawn of yours. Noise sensors, pressure sensitivity plates, booby-traps — the works.”
Fox smirks. “And on what sleazy politician’s dime?”
I pause. “I’m going to plead the fifth on that one, but it doesn’t matter. Just consider it a generous donation or… hush money, if you will.”
Dani’s little eyes grow wider with concern. “I’ll call the real estate agent,” she says to Fox.
“No one’s calling the real estate agent!” I chuckle. “Trust me, guys. When I’m done here, this place will be an impenetrable fortress.”
The front door opens and a voice echoes in from the front hall.
“Hello?”
Fox glares at me as it closes.
“I said, when I’m done,” I say.
Caleb steps into the kitchen from the hallway.
“It’s just Caleb,” I say, pointing. “She’s mostly harmless.”
She gestures over her shoulder. “Did you guys know your front gate is wide open?”
I flinch. “Okay, that was my bad. Sorry.”
“I’ll go close it,” Fox says, his voice dry as sand. “Then, I’ll get started patching up the bullet holes riddled throughout my living room.”
“Hey, I took a bullet in your house and I didn’t sue you,” I joke. “You should be thankful.”
“It was a graze.”
“Pfft, like anyone here has had worse,” I challenge.
Fox gestures at Dani with his hard eyes.
