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After the message came, she sent a message with her location.

Me: Are you in a black SUV?

Lacy: I don’t know how you know that but yes.

Me: Everything’s going to be ok. How many men are there?

Lacy: three were with us. I saw two more when we got here. Do you know them? Did you do this?

Me: I don’t know them. But I’m going to take care of this. Just stay calm.

When another message didn’t come, I looked around the corner again. One of the men walked back to the car. He opened the front passenger door, but I didn’t see her. He leaned in, grabbed something, then shut the door.

Fuck. “Okay, she’s in there with her friend. At least five guys. No idea what they’re doing or why.”

“Don’t tell anyone, but I like our odds. You’re practically a sniper, and I’m not a bad shot. Plus, I can probably take two of them without a weapon.”

He was most likely right, but I couldn’t help but say, “You sure do love yourself, don’t you?”

“Can’t help I’m a badass, Vice President.”

“Falcon’s on his way. He should be here soon. Those odds are better.”

“So we wait?”

I nodded. This place had a lot of dark spots and we hadn’t been around the perimeter. There was no way to know if there were others hanging around. There were already at least three employees here, and one of them could be in the hangar. “You want to go check around? We need to know how many other people could be here.”

“I’ll look around. Don’t get killed while I’m gone.”

The SUV was parked in front of the door. I didn’t see a waythe plane that was parked inside could get out without them moving and the men were all talking inside, except the one near the SUV.

I went back the other direction to see if I could get a look at the tower or where the other employees may be. There were some windows on the side of the building close to the tower, but it was dark inside. Airport towers didn’t usually have just one person watching, even if they were smaller. If one accidentally passed out, someone else needed to be available to guide the traffic. Even though this was a smaller airport, it was between a military base and a huge airport.

The tower was too far away to see who was inside. Since a lot of the planes were privately owned, the guys hanging around could be whoever the fuck had Lacy and maybe a pilot. If you were a pilot for some shady men, you’d probably know how to shoot a gun, though.

There were no other vehicles around and nobody walking around anywhere, so I made my way back to the building where Butch and I parted ways. I heard a Harley in the distance and texted Falcon. If these guys didn’t hear us before, it would be a miracle. But they didn’t seem to be bothered. Or they assumed it was someone doing something similar to them.

Falcon made it to me before Butch got back. “What we got, brother?” he asked.

“Butch went to see if anyone else was around. The place seems pretty dead. That SUV over there has Lacy and her friend. Looks like five guys over there that we know of. One could be a pilot. Not really sure.”

“I went ahead and told Jackal to grab the box truck.”

Glancing around the corner again, I considered what could happen. Plus the fact Lacy had a friend. If either of them gotinjured when shit hit the fan, they may not be able to ride with one of us. “Good thinking. We may need it. Was he behind you?”

“Saw him on the way out; he should be here any minute.”

Butch finally came back. “This place is empty besides these guys and the cars by the front.”

“What’s the plan?” Falcon asked.

I was about to tell them what I thought we should do, but I heard something so I looked around the corner again. “Fuck.”

Chapter 34

Lacy

Eddie answered me when I was able to finally send a text, but I had to put my phone away when that guy came back toward the SUV. I didn’t want to tip him off that I had it and the light would be obvious, at least through the front windshield. They had said nobody could see inside, but I didn’t want to risk getting caught.

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