Total pages in book: 67
Estimated words: 65489 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 327(@200wpm)___ 262(@250wpm)___ 218(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 65489 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 327(@200wpm)___ 262(@250wpm)___ 218(@300wpm)
“You can always change your mind later on,” Carter said. “It will be a long time before any legal action is settled, and even once it is, we have resources wherever he ends up.”
I knew Carter was right, and I knew that the more time that elapsed between bodies showing up, the less likely anything would be traced back to me. I wasn’t worried about myself. No matter what the DA tried to throw at me, I’d get off, but my relationship with Ben…I didn’t want anything to fuck that up.
“Talk to Ben. Let me know you both decide and we’ll put something in place.”
“I want it done today.”
“We can handle that.”
“Thanks, Carter.”
“Always.”
I ended the call and set my phone back on the nightstand.
“What else did he say?” Ben asked.
“Are you up for faking another drop off? If we want to do this through the justice system and press charges, we need to catch him in the act.”
“I can do that. I don’t even have to see him, right?”
“No, all you have to do is exactly what you did before. We’ll have someone there as backup the whole time.”
“Are you sure he’ll be there today? Are you sure he hasn’t figured out you’re onto him?”
“We’re covering our tracks, and he’s already in the office.”
Ben frowned. “What time is it?”
“It’s almost nine.”
“Seriously? How did we sleep that late?”
“I didn’t set an alarm. I wanted you to get all the sleep you could.”
“You’re going in late today just because I’m here?”
“When this is over, baby, I’ll take a week off, maybe even two or three. I’ll take you wherever you want to go. You are the most important thing to me right now.”
“I just…this is real, right?”
“It’s very real, Benjamin. Now, let’s get this plan together. We’re going to take this asshole down today, then we’ll go to work on the rest of your family.”
“What are you going to do to them?”
“Some of that depends on how they react to the pressure I put on them. Except for Jesse. Jesse is going to disappear. No one’s going to hear from him again.”
“You can just do that and know you won’t get caught?”
“Yes, I can.”
“Have you done it before?”
“Only in a situation equally as serious as this.” Thankfully, Ben didn’t ask any more questions. I didn’t want to go into detail.
Felix came trotting into my room as we put together a plan. He hopped up on the bed and rubbed his head against Ben’s leg, then against mine. I reached out to pet him.
Ben smiled. “He likes you. He’s easy-going, but he doesn’t usually come up to strangers like that.”
“I rescued him from a fire; that should count for something.”
“I don’t think cats really care about things like that.”
“Well, I care about you, and so does he.”
His smiled widened. “Maybe that’s it.”
39
BEN
I stood next to Miles in the security office. Carter had Frank on the observation screen. He was seated at his desk, scrolling through spreadsheets.
“Let’s get this done quickly,” Miles said. “If I have to look at him for long, I’m going to go up there and handle this myself.”
“You’re in luck,” Carter said. “My team is ready to go.”
Miles put his arm around me. “Are you ready?”
“Yeah. I want to get this over with too.”
“Then let’s get to it.”
Using Carter’s computer, I logged in to my email and sent a message to the address Jesse had told me to use. I let the contact know I had new information, solid information this time, no more games. I told him I’d leave a zip drive at the drop point in five minutes.
We watched the screen as something drew Frank’s attention. When he opened up his email, I knew we had him. We all watched as he read my message.
“Let’s do the drop,” Carter said.
Miles kissed the top of my head. “Be careful.”
“I’m just walking through the building, Miles.”
“I know.”
Carter clapped Miles on the shoulder. “We’re watching his back. Trust us.”
I rode down the elevator with one of Carter’s men. The drop went as quickly and easily as it had before, and I was back up in the security office watching on the monitors as Frank retrieved the information.
It really was him. He wasn’t just as asshole, he was trying to sabotage Miles’s company. “He needs to pay for this.”
Miles smiled as he hugged me to him. “Trust me, he will.”
“Are you going to….” I couldn’t quite bring myself to voice the idea of murder out loud.
“Not immediately. We’ll take this to trial. After that, who knows what might happen to a man like him in jail.”
I looked up at Miles. “You’re really that powerful?”
“I really am.”
I shivered, but I was also embarrassingly turned on.
We watched as Carter and Martin stopped Frank. We didn’t have audio on them, but at least we could see their reactions. Initially, Frank appeared annoyed and dismissive, but as Carter spoke, he began to look panicked, then he took off.