She smiled. “Okay.”
Great, she’s in a good mood for a change, and I get to ruin it.“Follow me.”
I made a pit stop at a 7-Eleven, keeping a hawk’s eye on Juliette’s car in the parking lot while I paid for a burner phone.
When I walked out and she saw what I’d purchased, she rolled down her window. “What’s wrong?”
“Let’s talk when we get home.”
She frowned, and I climbed into my car and fired off a text to Frankie with my new number before following her home. When we walked in, I asked her to wait just inside the door.
“Why?”
“Just give me a minute, please.” I did a quick sweep, then nodded. “We’re good.”
She huffed. “Can you tell me what’s going on now?”
I opened my mouth to speak, but the burner rang in my pocket. I held up a finger. “Give me another minute.”
Juliette rolled her eyes. “Like I have a choice…”
I brought the phone into the bathroom for privacy. “What’s up?”
“Blue Ford Mustang GT. Consider it the only car that’s safe until you hear otherwise,” Frankie said. “Eddie G and Tommy just picked it up as a rental. They’ll park on the block and be your extra set of eyes. I’ll text you their numbers after we hang up so you can reach them, if you need to.”
“What’s going on?”
“Direct threat to the boss’s family. Juliette was specifically mentioned. We got intel that Sonny Altieri is on the move, searching for her. Look him up so you know his face. His mug shots shouldn’t be hard to find.”
I raked a hand through my hair. “All right.”
“I’ll call this phone when I have an update.”
“Okay.”
“Oh, and Wes, the boss asked me to pass along one more message.”
“What’s that?”
“Lockdown is not an opportunity to becomefriendlywith his daughter.”
I clenched my teeth. “Anything else?”
“Nope. Just do your job.”Click.
Was there anyone in that organization who knew how to end a conversation like a human? I shook my head and walked out of the bathroom.
Juliette was waiting with her arms crossed in the kitchen. “What’s going on?”
“We’re on lockdown.”
Her eyes flared. “What?For how long?”
I shrugged. “I don’t know.”
“This is ridiculous!” She flailed her arms, then smacked them down at her sides. “I have a date with Jett tomorrow night!”
At least there’s one good thing about this situation…I shrugged. “Looks like you’re going to have to cancel.”
