“T-today?” His eyes widened.
“This whole repeating my words back to me bit is getting tiring.” I pinned him with a glare.
“T-the bank only keeps so much on hand.”
“And how much is that?”
“I can’t give you everything.” Spittle sprayed from his mouth, and I lost the shred of patience I was clinging to.
I opened my bag and pulled one of the daggers out. I was across the room in a flash, the tip of the blade pressing into his throat before he could even yelp. “I told you, you’re going to do what I say; otherwise I won’t give you a quick, clean death; I’ll carve you until this pretty white pantsuit is stained crimson. Do you understand?”
He tried and failed to halt his trembling, but with all his shaking he managed to nick himself. The tip glided through theflesh beautifully, his blood rolling down his skin and soaking into the collar of his white shirt. I pulled it away a fraction, letting him speak.
“Whatever you say.” His lower lip trembled. “I’ll do whatever you say.”
“Good.” I smiled, wiping the drop of blood from my knife onto his shirt. “Was that so hard?”
“N-no,” he answered my rhetorical question. “We keep five hundred thousand on hand in the vault at any time. We’ve only had a few customers come in today, so the total should be just under that.”
I nodded. “Good, get me the number you have in the vault and bag it up for me. Big bills only.”
He looked stricken for a moment, but he didn’t argue this time. “Do you want to call the front, or do you want me to go out there?”
“I’ll dial.” I pulled the phone closer and input the extension for the phones behind the front desk.
“You’ve reached East Haven Bank; this is Spade speaking.” Spade’s chipper tone rang through the speaker, and I couldn’t hold back my snort of laughter.
“Put the phone on speaker, babe. Miller is going to instruct Glenn and the others to bag up the money in the vault for us.”
“Have I ever told you how skilled a negotiator you are?” He chuckled.
“Never.”
“Well, it looks like I have some making up to do,” he drawled. “My sugar needs to know how exceptional she is at absolutely everything.”
“We’re kind of on a time crunch, Spade,” Kellan huffed in annoyance.
“He’s just mad he didn’t get to say it first. But, fine spoilsport, I’ll put it on speaker.”
Kellan glared at the phone but said nothing as Miller directed the employees to bag up the cash in the vault. “Let me know what the total is so I can deduct it from Ms. Bardot’s accounts.”
“Spade, keep a few people in the lobby as lookout, and the rest of you follow the staff. This is coming out of my accounts, so there’s no reason for them to alert anyone. If one of them does, you know what to do,” I instructed when he was done, fully knowing that the employees could hear. It was better that I reminded them of the consequences now than if one of them got brave enough to make a move. I didn’t want any innocent blood on my hands. Miller, though, was far from innocent.
“You’re so sexy when you take charge like that, and especially when I get the opportunity to kill for you, darling.”
A choked sound rang in the background, and I couldn’t help but smile. “Let us know through the earpieces if you run into any problems.”
“See you soon, sugar.” With that, he hung up the phone. I glanced at the ornately carved grandfather clock in the corner. It was a quarter past two, which meant we only had forty-five minutes to finish this up and have all the money packed and loaded into the vans.
“Now, for the rest of the money in my account, I’d like to transfer it elsewhere.” The clack of my heels was the only sound that echoed through the office as I took my seat.
Miller’s mouth formed words, but he smartly didn’t voice them.
“Do you think I’m an idiot?” I raised a brow in question. “The moment I leave here, you’re going to call Angelo, and I’m sure you’ll do everything in your power to clean out that account before I can touch it again.”
His eyes widened, but he didn’t argue. Good.
“Do you have the account information?” His voice wavered, but I didn’t care. He helped the Barones every step of the way;he illegally transferred my money into this account in the first place. So in reality, he was the reason any of this was happening to begin with.
