Page 157 of Assassin

“Because you’re pretty.”

He actually laughed. Who was he to argue with AI? It was smarter than most of them.

BUT…

He went there.

“Greyson, so help me God, if you ask Elizabeth for this in Boston, I’m quitting.”

He snorted.

“I already sent the email begging like the bitch I clearly am. If that doesn’t work, someone steal a vest so I can borrow her.”

That amused them even more.

They divided up the loot, and each woman had five or six pieces.

Calyx was draped in them, and Remington saw how happy she was. It was clear she never had a family like this, and he was grateful to be able to give it to her.

She deserved it.

After all, this was The City of Second Chances for a reason. They were all redeemable.

Even the bad guys.

There was no doubt that he really loved his family for welcoming her with open arms, and giving her a place in their world.

At some point, he was going to have to tell them that he was healed enough that he could walk away.

Granted, it wouldn’t be far, but he was ready to start living thanks to them.

“Okay, you found jewelry and money. Anything else?” she asked. “That we didn’t hear over the com?”

Jagger shook his head.

And explained.

“No, but we ended up killing a city councilman, a judge, and some other big wigs. Alexsandr has used the Chinese to get into the upper powers in NOLA. We don’t know how deep he’s gone, or how bad it is. It was clear they were being schmoozed with some gambling.”

Great.

That made it more difficult to clean up this mess.

“They are handled, and they didn’t know where Shing was, as you heard.”

Yeah, they definitely heard.

“Well, then, let’s talk about what we found,” Maura suggested. “We got some good stuff.”

That had her husband’s attention.

“Like?” Jagger asked, as he sat on the couch, and his wife parked her derriere in his lap. It was clear that she had something, or she’d be bitching they only found money and valuables.

“Merry, tell them what you’re working on right now,” she suggested.

The woman did.

“Team one found tech, and as I got into them and have been digging around. I found an account number.”

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