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“Exactly.” Julianna gave him a huge grin.
We all laughed.
Max showed up in the doorway. “Would anyone like afternoon tea? Bottled water or coffee?” He set a tray down on the main table by the couch.
Behind him was one of the young maids I avoided like the plague. She also held a tray and set it down. Fortunately, she had sense enough not to even look at me. It had to be because Max was present.
We went silent as we got our drinks then we sat down on the sofa and in the chairs. Now it would all play out on the monitors.
Ten silent minutes went by as we all sat quietly.
“Well, I hate to agree with Talon,” Dante said. “But this sort feels like entertainment?” He motioned at the couch and the chairs.
“Yeah, it sorta does,” Julianna admitted as she raised her teacup. “But I don’t think it would feel that way if we were there.”
“I’d rather have you here and safe,” I patted her thigh.
“I didn’t mean I would even be that close to the action, Romeo.”
“But you wanted to be there,” Stephano spoke up.
Julianna looked over at him.
He took a slow sip from his teacup and raised his eyebrow at her. We all knew that our father was helluva smart. He also had keen instincts, being who he was. Like a CEO that carried an AK47. Then sometimes, he was just an ass. Plain and simple.
Chapter Fourteen:Mission Impossible
Julianna
I again thought about just telling them all the truth. I had never been the kind of person to hide anything. Well, unless it was a client-attorney privilege issue. But I had never lied or kept secrets. I hated this. I opened my mouth to start with what I’d found out the day before I met Deacon Walker at that deposition.
“Ace?” a voice…Talon’s voice cut in from a speaker Logan had on the table.
“Here,” Logan replied.
“They're in the tunnel and close to the package,” Talon said. “I am just now arriving at the front of the convent.”
Wow, that was fast. It would be tricky, but they had surprise on their side at least. I felt relieved that this would be up to well trained men. Most of them were bikers or ex-military, the kind of men you did not mess with apparently. V and Deacon’s men were about to learn that.
I could see Logan’s thermal program and I studied the screen square of the convent. The signatures suddenly changed from before. The 2 in the basement were still there, but the two at the front and the back were gone. This bothered me. I stood and went over to Logan. “Tell Talon, the guards from the front and back are gone.”
Logan nodded and tapped his head set. “Ace to Tact One.”
“Yes, Ace,” Talon replied.
“The guards front and back are gone.”
I spoke up again, “Don’t touch those doors front or back, Talon.”
“Did you get that?” Logan asked him.
“Yes,” Talon replied.
Stephano came over to the table and asked me, “A trap?”
I nodded. “I think the doors are wired.”
“Ok, we are gonna test them,” Talon said over the speaker.
