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Tony huffed out a sigh. “Fine. But stop by the house later. Ma worries.”
“Yeah, yeah. I will.” I went to my refrigerator to get a bottle of water. “We still on for the Gage event tomorrow night?”
“Yep. Michael’s been working overtime on this one,” he said.
“I know. I talked to him last night.”
Tony was quiet for a bit. Then he asked. “Did you need me for something?”
“Yeah,” I replied with a sigh. “Liam called and asked me to talk to you about getting Sean on a plane to Paris.”
Tony barked a laugh. “I assume you don’t mean drugging him and carrying him onto the plane.”
I had to laugh. Poor Sean. “Nah. Liam thinks he can convince Sean to go, but he wants your help to make it happen.”
“I can do that,” Tony said.
I blew out a soft breath. “I figured I’d give you Liam’s number and you two can work it out without going through me.”
Tony hummed thoughtfully, and his tone was skeptical. “You sure about that? He’s pretty cute.”
I practically choked on my answer. “Yeah, I’m sure. I can’t go there, Tony. Liam’s not a friends-with-benefits kind of guy.”
Tony sighed. “It’s been three years.”
“I know,” I ground out. “And I don’t ever want to feel that kind of pain again.” Tony made a sound of protest, but I rolled right over it. “Tell me more about the Gage event. Michael said he was picking up some chatter from one of those radical pro-life groups.”
Gage New Horizons was a biotech company, and one of its divisions did stem cell research. Of course that sent some pro-life groups over the edge, despite all the good that came out of the research.
“Yeah,” Tony acknowledged. “He hasn’t been able to get enough to get the police involved, but he still thinks there’s a credible threat.”
“Are we sweeping for explosives?”
“Yep,” he replied. “I’ve got some bomb-sniffing dogs coming in tomorrow early afternoon.”
“Do you really think it’s that bad?” I asked.
“Michael’s worried,” he said as if that explained everything. It kinda did.
“Yeah,” I agreed. “Michael doesn’t get worried for no reason.” I made some quick calculations. “I want the whole extraction team inside the ballroom. The hotel is in Times Square, so there’s no way we can control access one hundred percent. I need my best people watching who comes and goes.”
“You got it,” Tony replied.
I nodded even though he couldn’t see me. “Okay. The event starts at seven. I want everyone there by five to sweep one last time and then wait for the cars to come in. Who’s covering personal security for the CEO?”
“Khamil and Rory.”
“Good.” I checked my phone for the time. “I’m meeting a couple of guys from my unit for an early dinner, so I gotta go. I’ll text you Liam’s number.”
Tony huffed a sigh. “If you’re sure.”
“I’m sure.”Liar.
4
Liam
Tony was a travel god. When he called me yesterday, we’d hashed out a vague plan to get Sean a plane ticket to Paris. Tony told me he’d handle the travel plans. All I had to do was get Sean to the airport at the right time. A few hours later, he had acquired a first-class ticket on a flight leaving JFK airport at nine the following evening and a limo ride from Charles de Gaulle airport to Jeremy’s hotel in the heart of Paris. He couldn’t provide a driver on this end because all his people were on a big job in Manhattan. That was fine. I didn’t mind driving, even though it would be rush hour on the Belt Parkway. Maybe I’d wander into Manhattan afterward. I hadn’t been there in a while.
