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“Only if we also plan on hiding C4 in the cake. Will we be storing C4 in the cake?”
Jimmy looked at Cali, Hil, and Lucien. “Are we?”
“No!” I replied annoyed. “Don’t you think that would have been something that we would have discussed before now? Do you think baking a cake with C4 in it is something one pulls out of their ass two days before the job?”
“Remy, can I talk to you outside?” Dillon said grabbing my attention.
I turned back to Jimmy much preferring to continue making him look stupid, but I had a hard time not giving Dillon what he wanted.
“Sure,” I said giving Jimmy the side eye.
Following Dillon out of his office and onto the street, he waited for the door to close before turning to me.
“Remy, what were you doing in there?”
“You heard me. I was answering a bunch of stupid questions.”
“No, you weren’t. You were attacking the people who are only here to help us have a life together.”
“Dillon, they’re treating me like I don’t know what I’m doing.”
Dillon shook his head with sadness in his eyes. “Remy, they’re treating you like they don’t know what they’re doing. And they don’t. The most Cali’s ever done is help you rescue Hil when Armand kidnapped him. And until now, Jimmy has only done desk work. You have to keep that in mind when you talk to them.”
“Yeah, but…”
“No “buts”. I know you and Lucien have had a life full of this stuff. But no one else here has. You have to take that into account. We’re all scared shitless that something will go wrong. Armand’s already shot Cali once. We know what he’s capable of. Help us have your confidence in the plan,” Dillon pleaded with his soft brown eyes wide.
Staring down at the man I loved, I realized that I had a problem. For the rest of our lives together, I would never be able to say no to him. He had me wrapped around his little finger.
“You’re right. I’ll do what I can. Are we good?” I asked affectionately squeezing his shoulders.
“Always,” he replied looking up with a twinkle in his eyes.
Kissing him under the street lights, I remembered how lucky I was to have a man like Dillon by my side. He was everything I wasn’t. He helped me be the person I always wished I was.
Heading back into the center and the office, I addressed everyone.
“Okay, we’ll go over this again. And we’ll keep going over it until everyone here is comfortable with what they have to do,” I said looking back at Dillon.
The smile he gave me in reply melted my heart.
“Tomorrow I’ll suggest to Eris that she and I spend the night at Armand’s place so we don’t have to deal with Saturday afternoon traffic into Long Island. Knowing her father won’t be there, she’ll have no reason not to agree. Once there, and I’m sure Eris is asleep, I’ll use this handy toy,” I said holding up the glorified stud detector that Jimmy supplied from the FBI.
“With it, I’ll search the walls of Armand’s bedroom and office for his metal safe which this should detect easily. Once I’ve found it, I’ll crack it.”
“But, the ledgers won’t be in it yet,” Jimmy pointed out.
“The house will also not be swarming with security. That way, if it takes me a little longer to figure out the combination, no problem.”
“Right,” Jimmy agreed.
“And once I have it, I head to bed. In the morning, I have breakfast with Eris and I wait for the catering to arrive.”
“That’s when I get there,” Dillon interjected.
“Yes. Because if Armand’s security team is worth their salt, before anyone arrives, they are going to do a bug sweep. They can’t do it once catering and the planners start setting everything up. It will be too busy. Which means you, Dillon, can get there as part of the party planner crew and plant the bugs and repeaters we’ll need to communicate with Jimmy’s van which will be parked a quarter mile away.”
“I’m still not comfortable with not being able to come in and help you if something goes wrong,” Jimmy added.
