“Right.”
She climbed out of his lap after one last kiss.“I’ll be on the phone for a while tonight, so I’ll take over the bedroom.Okay?”
“Okay.”She was at the office door when he called out.“Hey, baby?”
She turned, loving the way her stomach always made that pleasant little flutter when he called her that.
It was almost enough to assuage her guilt.
Almost.
“Yeah?”
“I love you so much, Dewi.”
“I love you too, mister.”She blew him a kiss and headed down the hall, her smile immediately disappearing.
As she climbed the stairs, she pulled her work phone from her back pocket and called up a contact, dialing it.
She’d reached their bedroom doorway when he answered.“Alvarez.”
“It’s Dewi.Get comfy—we need to talk.”
Two WeeksLater
Dewi’s flight from San Antonio, where she’d spent the previous night after chatting with an Enforcer there, arrived ten minutes early.She stepped out of Customs and glanced around, quickly spotting Alvarez, who stood leaning against a column.He reached for her carry-on after giving her a two-fingered salute from his temple.
“How was your flight, boss?”He led her toward the exit.
“It could’ve been worse,” she grumbled.“What’s the latest?”
He updated her as they headed for the car, a rental.
“Do you ever see her unaccompanied?”
“Rarely.She’ll usually go into the church alone while the driver waits outside in the car.The driver drops her off at work every day.Pulls into the garage.”
“And the house?”
“A fortress.”They reached the car, and he opened her door for her.Once he was behind the wheel, he continued as he started the engine and drove.“There is no way of easily making entry without a Prime, or without a lot of firepower.And I wouldn’t place bets on the Prime, either.They are very strict about security.I doubt a Prime could get far enough inside before they’re shot.”
“What about getting to the driver?”
“He apparently lives on the property.From what I can tell using aerial photos, it’s a small apartment over the garage.It looks like a total of four employees live full-time on the property.”
“Can we easily cruise by now?”
He glanced at her.“If you try to enter by yourself, Peyton will strip the flesh from my body.”
“Don’t be melodramatic,” she teased.“He’d just shoot you.No, I promise, no stupidity.Just one pass that doesn’t look obvious.”
With an audible sigh, when they stopped at the next light, he pulled it up on his phone’s map app, and they changed course.The compound was located in an older but affluent section, most of the houses surrounded by walls or tall fences of some sort.Abundio’s looked to be one of the oldest homes, stately in comparison to the newer McMansions taking over the landscape.
She used her phone to record video as they approached and passed.“Okay.Hotel next.”
“What if Peyton calls asking if you’re here?”
“He’s not,” she said as she replayed the video.“He won’t,” she amended.“He’s on vacation with Gillian, remember?They’re enjoying the beach and will be gone for another couple of weeks.No disturbances unless it’s something serious.”
