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“Then when he leaves, we all get on a conference call and inform one another what was said. Chances are he’s going to search for more answers,” Pearl finished.

“I hope he comes to the coffee shop last,” Florence said with glee.

“We know you do, sweetie,” Lettie said. “So, the next thing is that he’ll be coming for more information about where someone could find a cabin to rent that would be close to nature, and out of the way for a little bit. That’s when one of us will say it is too bad the old cabin was just rented.”

I grinned. These ladies were better than most seasoned operatives I’d worked with. Well some of them were.

“Of course, that’s when we’ll give the address. Hold on, I have it written down.”

“Florence, you can’t be reaching into your bra in front of the man,” Ruby cautioned.

I stopped myself from snorting. It was a near thing. Seriously, this was the most outrageous prep I’d ever been a part of.

“I won’t have to, Missy. I’ll have it memorized by the time we go live.” She cackled. “Did you hear that? Go live. I love this.”

“Florence, memorize it now. We don’t want to hit a home run, and then forget to tag home plate,” Pearl said sharply.

“It’s okay, Pearl. She’ll have it memorized,” Little Grandma said soothingly. “Now boys, do we have this right?”

“Y’all are amazing. Viktor should be in Jasper Creek in a couple of hours. As soon as we have better intel, we’ll get it to you.”

“You be sure to get us that intel, Jase,” Florence spoke up. “In the meantime, we’ll get in our places.”

“You’ll do great,” I applauded.

“Of course we will.” Florence said with no humility whatsoever.

Jase and I grinned at one another and disconnected the call.

Jase and I walked down the hall to the large conference room where five men were seated, and the atmosphere was charged with a totally different energy. Simon looked up from the head of the table.

“Take a seat and tell us how it went.”

“Florence is ready to lead the charge,” Jase said as he folded himself into one of the remaining leather seats.

One of the two identical men, who had to be either Kai Davies or Beau Beaumont, let out a groan. “Whose idea was it to let Mizz Horton in on this?”

“Mine,” Jase said with a shit-eating grin. “You know she’d sniff out that something was going on and probably step in it if we didn’t. This way Ruby can control her.”

The man’s twin nodded. “Good thinking.”

“Let’s get the introductions over with,” Simon interrupted. “Everyone, this is Lt. Colonel Code Drakos, Cyber Warfare. Code, around the table counterclockwise. You know Nolan, next to him is Kai Davies, Delta Force.”

Kai nodded.

“Next to him is his brother Beau, former Marine Raider.”

Beau gave me an easy grin and a small wave. “I’m still not convinced on Mizz Horton, but if anybody can keep her in line it’ll be Ruby.”

“I’m Michael Rankin, Marine.” The next man said, face neutral.

“So basically we could take on forty Russian Special Operatives,” I stated.

“Basically.” Beau grinned. “Have you seen the armory that Simon has?”

I shook my head. “That’s not the plan. Remember, they’re not coming in hot. They’re coming in to kidnap two women. We’re taking them all alive.”

Every man frowned except for Simon. He immediately understood. “You’re right. Sokolov would be an excellent capture.”