He grins. “I have a damn good memory and the best hacker in the world on my payroll. All I had to do was remember the routing and account numbers of their bank account. He cleared that shit out in five seconds.”
I don’t know why I didn’t think he wouldn’t have a plan in place.
“You knew all along you would get your money back?”
“No.” He shrugs. “When I gave her that money, I wasn’t thinking about getting it back. At the time, I didn’t know the idiots would allow me to see their bank account either. The moment the doctor told me you would survive, my mind started calculating.”
Although some of that day is hazy, I remember his sister warning him about double-crossing her.
“What if she tells the Horseman what she knows?”
This time, the smile that spreads over his face is almost devilish.
He brings my hand up to his lips and places a kiss on the back of it. “Don’t worry about that. I’ve got friends in high places.”
Marissa
Taking a sip of my frozen pina colada, I replace my shades on my face. Being rich is a beautiful thing. When I first got that call from the guy who called himself the Horseman, I thought he was full of shit. It was Benjamin that told me I should hear him out.
The Horseman told me about my brother’s precious wife. He said if I wanted to get back at my brother, I should go through his wife. I never really wanted revenge from Nicholas. The kid really did nothing wrong. But I did want his money.
That’s when I came up with the plan. We had just added Ezra to our team. He’d just pulled off an art heist when he stole thatrecluse painter’s work. I thought it was a stupid plan when he first told me about it, but then he sold that first painting and I was on board. I knew the best way to get to Tiffany was to go through her job.
But I had to be smart. Nicholas could never see me. So I had to have someone to be the face of the group. Ezra as Bankman was perfect.
Sure, it got off track a few times when Ezra thought he was bigger than the program. He really wanted Tiffany. He damn near lost his life over it twice. Thankfully, I was able to salvage the relationship and roll him back in. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it.
But finally, I had everything I was owed.
“I was built for this life.”
I glance over at Benjamin lying beside me on the lounge chair. We both knew it was smart to get the hell out of the country the moment we got free. Fake IDs and forged passports got us to the beautiful island of Bora Bora.
“Too bad Ezra couldn’t make it,” I say jokingly.
Benjamin turns to me before laughing. Ezra was just a casualty of war. He’d only been with us for two years, it wasn’t like we were missing anything.
“Maybe we should buy ourselves a little island,” he says, looking over the top of his sunglasses at me.
A clearing of a throat has both me and Benjamin turning to the three men standing over us. One of the guys is dressed in a casual suit. The other two, I can tell are security.
“Excuse me, Mr. and Mrs. Daniels,” the suit guy says using our fake names. “There seems to be a mistake.”
Benjamin sits up, yanking off his shades. “What kind of mistake?”
“The card you gave me has declined. We need you to leave the premises.”
I scoff. “Check that again. Trust me, there is no way that card declined.”
“We ran it multiple times. Each time it came back as insufficient funds.”
I turn to Benjamin with a scowl. There is no way. Benjie pulls out his phone and quickly starts browsing through it.
“What the fuck?” he shouts, turning the phone around to me. Where there were once so many numbers in our account that it looked like a phone number, there are now only zeroes. That asshole even took the money I had left over from our last scam.
“You have two hours to clear off the property, or we will call the authorities,” suit guy says.
Benjamin and I quickly gather our things from the side of the pool. The security guards watch us wearily. All the nosy faces around us whisper and sneer as we are humiliated.
