Page 25 of Prettiest Little Thief
I scoffed and threw my hands up. “How? They’re going to look at the footage, and I’ll be on the watch list.”
“Probably.”
“Definitely.”
“I’m sure you’ll figure it out,” Lucas replied. He had softened again. He was giving me whiplash with his mood swings.
I said nothing, but as I sat there in the leather seat of his fancy pants car, a plan started to come together in my mind. I just needed a few of my friends to put it in action. Lucas wasn’tinvolved. There would be no way I could handle the pressure of his bad attitude and his controlling nature.
No. I was going to need Rafael, Evie, and Fox for this one.
My lips started to tilt into a smirk as I pulled out my phone and sent off a series of text messages to the three of them. This plan needed to be seamless; otherwise, we would all be screwed.
Chapter Fifteen
Monroe
“I have to tell Lucas,” Fox said. He stood tall in my room with his hands in the pockets of his black slacks.
“No. Please, Fox. He can’t know. He’ll ruin it with his control freak attitude.”
“You realize that I could lose my job if I don’t tell him?” he asked. A dark brow raised. “It’s important that he knows of any plans we have. I was chewed out enough after we met up with Evie.”
“Pfft. Like he would get rid of his best friend. Come on. Just this once. When I have the relic in hand, he’ll be so happy he won’t even think about being pissed off at you. Or me, for that matter.” I gave Fox a big smile that I was sure didn’t reach my eyes.
“Lucas can and he will get rid of me. Best friend or not.”
“I don’t believe that.” I tapped my fingernail on my thigh, waiting for his response.
After a moment, Fox let out a sigh and his shoulders slumped. “I don’t know what it is, but I like you, Roe. If you were anyone else, I would go straight to Lucas.”
“Yes!” I did a little fist pump and shimmied in celebration.
“Don’t make me regret this.” Fox pinched the bridge of his nose and closed his eyes tightly. “He’s leaving in two days for abusiness trip. He’ll be gone for only twenty-four hours. So, whatever this plan of yours is, we need to get it straight as soon as possible.”
“Already got it written out.” Practically skipping with glee toward the side table, I opened the drawer and pulled out a notepad and handed it to Fox.”
As he scanned my notes, his eyebrows raised. “I wasn’t expecting it to be so…”
“So genius?”
“Disorganized.” His gaze slid to me. I plucked the notepad from his hands and skimmed over it.
“How? You’re the driver. Evie and I go in to get the key. And Raf is the muscle just in case.”
“And what if the security doesn’t buy your story?” Anxiety laced his words. Which I could understand. We were taking a big risk. Now that I was positive whereAnastasia’s Keepsakewas, I could get in and out easily enough. So long as I could get close enough to one of the security guards to swipe their keys.
“Have a little faith, Fox. This isn’t my first rodeo.” I tried to keep my voice lighthearted, but even I knew that this plan could go sideways in the blink of an eye. But… if I didn’t take the chance, I would be even more behind on my payments to the clan. Dealing with mobsters was scarier than dealing with Lucas or the police. Especially considering I should have delivered a payment to them already. Was I already on their radar? The sooner I left Lucas’s, the sooner I could get back on track to being out of debt. That was, if I could manage to get back into stealing cars. Highly unlikely.
Tossing my notepad on the bed, I took a seat on the edge of the mattress with my hands twisting in my lap. “If you have anypointers, I am all ears, Fox. As it is, this is pretty much our only option. I’m not sure how else to go about this.”
“I think it’s a good plan. It just… needs some tuning.” He rubbed his hands together, and a glint appeared in his dark eyes, a devious grin spreading across his handsome face.
I pursed my lips, fighting my own grin. “Tuning?” I asked.
“A distraction. Abigdistraction.”
“I like where you’re going with this.” I leaned forward and listened as Fox went into detail about how we could divert the attention of the security guards. It might be a crazy plan, but it had to work.
