“We’ll have to nab Turner and Clayton, and then get Hawthorne and Gerber,” Annie added. “Any ideas?”
Kathryn made a sour face, then offered, “I can work with Pearl.”
“Glad the two of you are playing nice now,” Annie said, referring to an incident that happened several years before.
“Yes. We must put our mission first,” Kathryn agreed.
“This is how I see it playing out,” Charles began. “Yoko sends the pesticide to Kathryn overnight. Kathryn, have a needle and syringe ready, then administer it to Turner inside the care center and bring her to the lower level. Pearl picks up Turner, then heads to Florida. Once Turner is neutralized, the amateur sleuths will rescue Aunt Dottie.”
“I think I should assist them,” Annie said, “just to be sure they have an adult on duty.” Everyone laughed.
She continued, “I understand Henry has a big car. Aunt Dottie isn’t a large woman, so we can easily lift her into the front passenger seat. Then I will reconvene with Kathryn, and Henry can drive Theresa and Dottie to the airport. I’ll meet them there, and we’ll take the jet back.”
“Yoko, you need to inform Danny he will be relocated. You know the drill. You also have to nail Clayton somehow,” Charles stated.
“We know where she lives now. It’s in a secluded spot near the care center,” Fergus added.
“I have an idea,” Izzie offered. “After I have had drinks with Regina, I’ll go back to Sunnydale and commandeer a golf cart. No one will think anything of it, since I work there. Yoko, I’ll swing by the parking lot and pick you up. We’ll get within a few yards of her place. I’ll call her and say that I have to see her immediately. I’ll tell her I am in the office finishing a report, but the system was doing some strange things, and I think it may have been hacked.”
Myra chimed in, “Excellent. The two of you will grab her as soon as she’s outside. Inject the pesticide and bring her to the care center, where Pearl will fetch her.”
“And I’m picking up Jeremy from the hospital,” Maggie said.
“Here is something of interest,” Fergus spoke. “Hawthorne has an account in his wife’s name. We were able to trace it to the Cayman Islands. We know she is having an affair with Gerber, so she must be involved.”
“In more ways than one,” Maggie said wryly. “What do we do about her?”
“Fergus and I will anonymously inform the SEC and the IRS. She can deny culpability all she wants, but if you look at her spending, which we have, she’s the Ruth Madoff of this plundering.”
Annie rubbed her hands together. “Now on to the biggest sharks in the tank.”
“We won’t be back in time to help Nikki. Who can we send over?” Myra queried.
“Maybe it’s time we called in two of our other men.” Annie was alluding to the Men of the Sisterhood.
“Nikki, do you think Jack would make himself available?” Myra asked, referring to Nikki’s husband. Jack Emery had been a successful prosecutor, then went into private practice. He eventually gave it up and began a new venture, often along a similar vein as the Sisters when it came to balancing the scales of justice.
“Only if I ask him nicely,” Nikki said, only half joking.
“I’ll ask Harry,” Yoko volunteered her husband.
“That would be good, considering both men have black belts. Not that I doubt the potency of Yoko’s chemical suggestion, but better to be safe in case one of them is slow to react to the substance and gets rowdy,” Charles added.
“Plus, I have some of that pesticide somewhere in the back of the workshop. It’s under lock and key, and Harry will be able to bring it over to Nikki.”
“Perfect.” Nikki nodded into her camera. “According to Sasha, the men like to drink expensive scotch. Yoko, can I put it in their drinks?”
“No, but you can put in something else that will knock them out until you or one of the men can administer the pesticide.”
“Can anyone get their hands on some ketamine?” Myra asked.
“There’s some at the horse farm,” Annie noted. “Fergus, can you get that over to Nikki?”
“Bob’s your uncle,” Fergus answered, with the British slang foryou’re all set.
Annie was running down the list of who, what, and where when Fergus interrupted her.
“Sorry, but I just got a copy of Zhukov’s credit card statement. He booked a round-trip flight from Florida to Arizona the morning Theresa was hit by that truck.”
