“I can’t get close enough to him.He’s always surrounded by guards.”Except for last night, but Barry had been with Annabelle.Last night would have been a perfect time.Barry hadn’t even questioned why Miles’s guards were missing last night.Barry would have figured after the spook the other night, he would have been more heavily guarded, unless they were staying in the shadows.
“Break into the hotel again,” Mac suggested it as if it were as easy as ordering a pizza online.
“Again, the guards.I tried getting into his office before, but I couldn’t.”After the dock incident the other night, they would be even more cagey.
Mac looked thoughtful until she turned back to him with a smile that had his insides tighten in fear.“What if you don’t have to break in?”
“Did I miss something?Is Miles just going to give me access to his accounts because I walk up to him and ask nicely?”
“No, but you said there is construction going on everywhere there.”
“Yeah,” he replied slowly, not following where she was going with this.
“What if there is something in Miles’s office that needs fixing?”
Miles opened his mouth to contradict her but stopped.Well, hot damn.The woman was not only gorgeous; she was a genius.He hadn’t even thought of that.The guards would have to let him in to fix something.“Babe, you’re a genius.”He grabbed both sides of her face and pulled her in for a quick kiss.“But fix what?”He was handy, but only on small scale stuff.
Mac looked away in thought again.“The internet?Power?A window?”she rattled off different things that could get him in.
The power he had tried before, and it hadn’t allowed him access.He couldn’t turn the internet off because he would need it to get into his records, plus it wasn’t a guarantee to get him into the office.But the window.He would have to be inside the room to replace the window.“The window.We’ll break it, and when he calls for a repair, I’ll be there to fix it.”
He would have to come up with another disguise, one Annabelle wouldn’t see through since she knew what he looked like.He couldn’t be Sean the repairman again.
“You mean us,” Mac corrected.
“No, me.”He was not letting her get within a hundred feet of Miles again.She’d already been threatened.If Miles found her snooping around the hotel after the threat, he would see her fired.
“But—” Mac started to protest.Barry silenced it with a kiss.
“No buts, I can blend in better than you can.Remember, we agreed on letting the other lead in their strong suits.This is mine.”
“Fine.”Mac hmphed, not looking happy about being left behind.
“I’ll break the window tonight, and tomorrow, when you go out, I’ll fix the window.Tomorrow evening, we’ll meet here, and we’ll go through everything together.Okay, partner?”
“Okay, but I’m coming with you tonight.”
Chapter 31
Barry wanted to immediately deny Mac’s request.It was far too dangerous for her to be so near Miles.Barry didn’t even know if there were guards watching the property or just Miles.He was unprepared for this mission, and to add a civilian spelled trouble.And yet as he looked down at Mac’s hopeful face and her big brown eyes, he realized he couldn’t deny her.He was pussy-whipped.
“Alright, but—” he quickly added before she could get too excited.“You do what I say, no arguing.”
Mac pinched her lips together and made a cross over her heart.
“Fine, go back to your place so you can shower and change into something all black, then meet me back here.”He’d use that time to change clothes and get some gear together.
Mac rose to her tiptoes and gave him a quick peck on the lips.It was all too brief after not seeing her all day, but it was probably for the best.“Thank you,” she said, looking up at him as if he had hung the moon and stars.
“You’re welcome.”
“I’ll hurry back.”She practically bounced on her heels as she raced out the door.She was a far cry from the woman who’d come to his door not long ago.
Barry changed into black pants and shoes and a black short-sleeved shirt.He hadn’t packed a long-sleeve, not realizing he might be going on a scouting mission.He loaded up his backpack with cameras and motion sensors.
No sense not taking advantage of this opportunity to scout the property if no one was around.Lastly, he tucked his knife into his boot.
If it had been a real mission, he could have taken his pistol, but not on a commercial flight.He would just have to do without.This was a quick in-and-out stealth mission, he shouldn’t need one anyway.
