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CHAPTERTWENTY-SIX
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“So walk us through what you saw,” I said to Christine and Wells when they returned.
“Another vehicle pulled up. They escorted a girl into the middle house, she wasn’t restrained, but there was an armed man on either side of her and she was crying.” She might as well have been.
“The car left ten minutes later. I got the plates,” Wells said, and he slid over his phone with a picture of the SUV.
“Did you see anyone else?” Adam asked.
“A boat came down the canal and paused by the house for a moment and then sped off. No idea what that was about, though,” Christine said.
“Maybe a security patrol?” Guy asked.
“Maybe.”
I looked around the room. Garcia and Mendez were gone; it must have been their turn to watch the compound.
“I see the other Ricketts brother,” Mendez said through the radio.
All of us perked up at his words.
“What’s he doing?” Wells asked.
“He entered that boatshed they have on property. He’s been in there for a few minutes now. I’m not sure exactly what he’s doing,” Mendez answered.
“Did anyone else go in with him?” I asked.
“No, just him. He’s of course armed too. They all are.”
“So when we breach, we are going to need to make sure that we’re all packing and we’re all wearing vests,” Jones said.
“Agreed,” Mendez answered back through the radio.
There was a minute of silence before Mendez spoke again. “He’s locking the shed up now, and he’s carrying a rifle. I’m wondering if they built a makeshift armory in that building.”
“But why in a separate building as opposed to in the houses?” Christine asked.
“To put more distance between them and the victims. Harder to fight back,” I answered, instantly understanding. I wondered if they’d had issues with victims trying to force their way out before?
“I’m thinking that we need to gain access to that shed if we end up having to raid the compound. We can load up with their gear and anything we aren’t using gets emptied out and put on our yacht so they can’t access it,” Wells said.
“I agree, if it’s a surprise ambush, they wouldn’t have any reason to have more than their sidearms. I’d rather face them all with side pieces as opposed to rifles,” Yates said.
“Good catch, Mendez,” I said into the radio.
“Why, thank you. At least I’m appreciated by someone,” he said with a flirtatious chuckle.
“Of course we appreciate you. You are the best guy dancer in the group,” Christine said with a smile. I sensed a story for another day.
“You aren’t wrong,” Mendez commented with another laugh, and Wells growled at him. Definitely a story for another day.
“Did you have any luck gaining access to their network or cameras?” I asked Guy.
“Actually, yes. I am able to watch the cameras, which they only have outside. When the time comes, I’ll be able to take the cameras offline and the network down. I don’t know how they communicate between the three buildings yet, but if it’s through the network, they won’t be able to when it’s down.”
“That’s somewhat good news,” Jasmine said.
