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“So you're just going to meet Owen at the office?” Benny asks me. I take a sip of my beer before answering him.
“Nah, he’s sending me an address where I’ll meet him and the special ops team to go over the plan and run through possible extraction points if I need a hot evac.”
“Dude, it is going to be a hot evac no matter what,” Xav deadpans.
“Yeah, I know. But this is the only way I can get them to come out of hiding. Chaos has been tracking the Dominico’s and the only one he can get a read on is one of Ricardo’s sons.” I turn my attention to Benny as I pull out the key card and key from my back pocket, then hand it to him. “I gave these to Chanel so she could break into Q’s office and get all the intel on her family, but given the recent change of events, she is going to be my eyes in the sky and you are going to gather the intel and destroy the drive for us.” Benny’s brows jump to his hairline.
“Are you out of your fucking mind?” He doesn’t give me a chance to answer. “I know your allegiances have changed since you and your gangster girlfriend got together, but mine haven’t. This is a federal offense, Kacey. If I get caught, I could spend the rest of my life behind bars—”
“Owen approved it. He knows what I had planned and approved the request for you to burn the drive and lock Quintin out of the system.” He visibly relaxes at my words. “I would never ask any of you to go against your oaths. After this mission, I’m out.”
“What?”
“Since when?” they both say in unison. Ro enters the room with Havoc in tow and frowns at me.
“Why are you giving up the badge, brother?” Ro asks.
I shrug. “Because I found something worth fighting for and I’m not going to give her up, I love her and if changing my career means I get to keep her, then so be it,” I answer honestly. Havoc has a smug smirk on his face and nods his respect, my boys may not understand why I am doing this and that’s okay, I don’t need their permission and I sure as fuck didn’t ask for it. I spend the rest of the night catching up with the guys and going over our plan for tomorrow. Havoc has agreed to keep what he hears quiet, because he agrees that Chanel would lose her shit and go on a killing spree again. At around eleven, I leave the guys and call it a night. I need to shower and call my girl.
I climb into bed in a fresh pair of shorts and FaceTime my baby. The moment her gorgeous face fills the screen I feel a sense of relief wash over me. I know she is pissed I left her behind, but the underboss in her knows this is the best call to make for her family.
“Hey, beautiful.” She smiles and holds up her index finger before turning away from the screen.
“Wheels up at daybreak. I want the area scoped out and all entry and exits marked. Ricardo went against us so we strike while he is distracted with Halil. Don’t fuck this up, Marco. You get in and get out.” I say nothing as she continues to lay out her plan. As she shifts the phone, I see Royal and Chaos standing off to the side, allowing her to run the show. The respect each of her cousins have for her isn’t just from being blood, she has proven herself to each of them and shown them that she can lead and is a badass in her own right. “I want an updated report an hour after you land. Once the go ahead is given, we’ll be on the next flight.” She doesn’t wait for a response, she stalks out of the room, then finally pays me some attention. “Hi.”
“You answered a FaceTime call from me while you were barking orders at a room full of capo’s?” She smirks and wags her brows.
“What can I say, I didn’t want you to think I was avoiding you.” I watch as she lays down on her bed and holds the phone above her. Memories of how I fucked her in that very bed run rampant through my mind.
“That the only reason?” I push.
“No,” she whispers.
“You gonna make me work for the answer or share it freely?”
“That depends.”
“On?”
“Do you miss me as much as I miss you?” The vulnerability in her tone has my chest aching and arms burning with the need to hold her. She finds it fucking hard to express herself and I will never take for granted the fact she is trying to do it for me.
“I miss you way more, baby.”
“Bullshit. You’ll get bored of me one day.” I scowl at the little shit through the screen.
“Baby, I dropped a tear into the ocean and when they find it, that’s when I’ll stop loving you.” Her eyes glaze over as my words sink in.
“I lied, Kacey,” I tense.
“About what?”
“I was wrong. You will be my first and last love. There will never be another man out there for me, which is why I need you to stay the fuck alive until I can get to you. Can you do that for me?” I can’t keep the smile off my face.
“Sin, you know I have managed to stay alive without you, right?” Her eyes harden and she grinds her teeth.
“Just promise me, Kacey. I need to hear you say it.”
I do as she demands. “I promise, baby. I won’t die unless you are the one killing me.”
