Noah winced. “You didn’t need to key your radio, they can all hear everything you’re saying.”
Caleb heard a distinctive female chuckle in his earbuds.
One of the guys said, “I’m a mailman. This is an adventure I paid for, like an extreme vacation. Hope it goes well.”
“I’m a pharmacist. No, no…a math teacher. That’s better. Or a librarian. Should I be a librarian?”
“Shut up if you can’t even decide.”
The conversation dissolved into banter that sounded a whole lot like siblings saying, “you shut up.” And, “no, you shut up.” And quickly shifted toyour momjokes.
Finally, Noah said, “Let’s breach before Kessler gets away, or you guys start trying to one up each other with knives.”
“I would win,” came through Caleb’s earbuds from the woman.
Noah shifted in his seat and Caleb saw the look on his face. “Yes, you would.”
Caleb slapped his brother’s arm and mouthed,You like her.
“All teams move into position.” Noah shoved open the door.
Caleb followed him to the wall beside the front gate. The place was basically a compound, but in this neighborhood in southern Florida it looked like a mansion probably owned by a rich musician or some CEO billionaire.
Soon as they wrapped this up he could get back to Montana. Tessa and Christmas. He couldn’t wait. He had a promise ring in his backpack that he was more than ready to give to her. Just tolet her know that he was serious about this thing between them being a permanent thing.
Not that it was a foregone conclusion, but he was serious about her. He needed her to know he wasn’t taking this lightly.
“You good?”
Caleb met his brother’s gaze. “Thanks for coming.”
“It’s my case.”
“No, it’s my case.”
The woman on overwatch said, “Are you guys gonna argue the whole time?”
Someone else snorted. Okay, so they weren’t that dissimilar from the guys on the team. Caleb said, “I should’ve called the FBI, or the local police.”
“In over their heads,” someone said over comms. “That’s why you call us.” Whoever he was, he paused, “Let’s see what you can do.”
“I’m not interviewing for a job.”
“I know, I just figured the brother of No Holds Barred Noah Rourke might wanna show us his stuff.”
Caleb said, “That what we’re doing?”
Noah grinned, the expression barely visible in the dim light.
The collection of palm trees around them blocked out the stars overhead, and the whisps of clouds on the horizon between the houses. This was a quick operation, a rapid response to what they’d learned. He didn’t know he was here so they could prove to these guys that the Rourke twins were top notch operators.
He also didn’t mind.
Noah said, “It’ll get done faster.”
Caleb shrugged. “Let’s get to work.”
Noah ran for the brick wall and climbed his way to the top, disappearing over in seconds. Okay, so that wasn’t something Caleb had in his skillset. But with no one watching he made it over as well just fine.
