“Cally questioned a prisoner, and he told us some things.”He went on to explain what Jerry had said.
“We’ve had some similar information,” Tyne admitted.
“What do we do?”
“Keep doing what you’re doing.In Alaska, we outwaited them.It may take some time.”
“That may be dangerous,” Carlos observed.
“It will be dangerous, but I know you can handle it.”
What that meant was that Tyne wanted Carlos to handle it.Cally knew one reason Tyne was taking on all these partners was that he didn't want to handle the day-to-day issues himself.What he did want was some time with his family and for other people to handle the problems at their local security office.He’d done a lot of that as far as the Alaska office went, but he had stepped in when it got bad enough.
Carlos looked frustrated by the time he hung up.“What just happened?”
“You’ve been given permission to deal with the problem yourself.”
“Is that what happened?I had hoped for some help.”Carlos explained.
“I don't think you're getting any unless things get much worse.”
He sighed heavily.“I don't think I am either.We have no choice but to follow his advice and just be careful.”
“As long as they are only targeting us, the other teams shouldn't have any issues,” Cally observed.
“Is that likely to change?”
“Hard to say, but right now they don't seem to understand why they aren't able to take us out, so they're going to keep trying.”
“I prefer they come after us, but I worry that it could change,” Carlos observed.
“It's even possible that they might go after the office.Maybe you should add a security guard but let them do work in the office and take some of the office staff and spread them out over the Saturday and Sunday off days that we usually have.”
“I could see the value in that.We get a lot of calls on Saturday, especially, and many do not leave messages.I think they are annoyed that we quit at noon on Saturdays.On Sunday, most calls are from people with issues.A guard present all week sounds like a good thing.”
Cally thought so too because she thought that the office might be the next target.They might believe that there would be money available in the office that they could take.There were also females in the office, and some of these guys were criminals who attacked females and children.That could make the office a target even better than the field personnel.
They discussed the plan and the schedule.Carlos had several men who would do a good job in the office, and he would need to use all of them so they could cover every shift and every day.It would not pay to leave anyone unprotected.The secretaries would also be split up, covering different shifts and different days.Cally thought some of them might like it, and some might not.It was a shame that they had appointments in the office, and people would come in, only to find out, after doing something dangerous, that they weren't regular appointments.She could only hope that whoever was there on sentry duty would know what to do and how to do it.If anyone got hurt, she wouldn't be able to stand it.There was little they could do right now, so they ate a big meal and talked.Carlos had some ideas too, and he also worried that they might come out to the pack house and try to do something, but she was pretty sure that they were too cowardly to even attempt that.
They had finished eating, and they had only gotten a limited amount of sleep last night, so they got ready and went to bed.The extra sleep would do them a world of good.Cally put her mind to the issues at hand and hoped that some solutions would come to her while she slept.It was once again a warning, and she hopped up and into the shower, hoping it would wake her up.When she was dressed, she hurried to the dining room where he was waiting for her, and they ate breakfast.
“I never realized starting a new business could be so much trouble,” Cally admitted.
She didn't think it usually was, but in this case, everything had been made difficult.They should be growing closer in their relationship, but instead, it seemed to be keeping them apart.Other than the work they did every day, all they seemed to have time for was sleeping and eating.This was not what she had expected when they had mated.Maybe when they got through this, they would manage some kind of honeymoon, and things would be the way that they should have been now.
“Let’s go, Sweetheart,” Carlos said.
She followed him out to his truck, and he drove them to work.As she went to the truck to supply it, she couldn't deny that she was nervous and looking for shadows.No one seemed to be hiding out there, so it looked like, at this point, things were going okay.Carlos got the list, and they headed to their first location.It was aggravating because they wasted a lot of time double-checking, looking in the mirror, and wondering what might be out there looking for them.
They still managed to get five locations taken care of.Signups were off the charts and would be very difficult to deal with without working some weekends.Carlos would probably come to the same observation soon.It wasn't her favorite way to spend a weekend, but it needed to be done, and they needed to catch up.Cally scrolled through her cell phone as he drove them to their second location.Tyne had found two more teams, and they had both been put to work.That might help them catch up, but every team would have to do the best that they could.The job that the big boss was doing was incredible, considering that he had added several more partnerships at the same time.
He was lucky to have his mate to help him, because Moe was an incredible organizer.Without her, he might not have been able to do as well as he had.The office work they had found was keeping up with signups and getting everyone scheduled on the lists.That was a big help, too.Cally thought they would have been able to catch up had they not had to worry about being constantly attacked.There wasn't much they could do about it except stay alert and hope they caught what was going on before something bad happened to them.Today, they decided to have lunch at noon, and during lunch, they received a call saying the office had been attacked but that the attack had been thwarted.
She was happy to hear it and glad she had realized an attack was likely.The problem was that the newest secretary had quit right after the attack.Now they needed to hire another secretary.This was no surprise, since most people did not like being attacked.She was sure that the lady who had quit had no way to protect herself.If Cally couldn't protect herself and someone attacked her, she might quit the job too.There was nothing they could do, so they finished their work, handed in their list at the office, and then headed home.
When they arrived, they went to the dining room, and she assumed they would eat.Instead, Carlos called the only male applicant for secretary and hired him.She could see the reason behind it: the main reason he hadn't hired the guy before was that he was overqualified, which made him think the guy wouldn't stay long.The guy's name was David, and he immediately accepted the job.Carlos told him a story about a company that wanted to start a security firm and was attacking their office to prevent them from succeeding.Not a bad story until somebody worked in the office long enough to understand that they had no competition and that these people were serious about causing injury or even death.
With the new office guy hired, work was done for the day if they were lucky.They finished supper and headed to bed.Cally hoped they could eventually do some things together, like they had that one Sunday.Getting away from work together and doing something fun was important for couples, even older ones.Cally’s mom was single and often said the lack of dating would ruin a relationship, and she’d had many that had gone away because of it.That was good advice, and she wanted her mating to work.
