Page 55 of Daddy's Oath
A few tense moments passed and Ace tried to remain loose. Back before he’d started piloting choppers for the LAPD, he’d done some undercover work. He knew how important it was to stay cool in tense situations.
If you freeze up, you could die.
Or in this case, Stryker could.
Ace half expected gang members to kick in the apartment’s door at any moment and grab Stryker, demanding to know who he was and what he knew.
It wasn’t likely, he reminded himself. But it was a possibility.
Thankfully, it didn’t happen. He breathed a sigh of relief when, after about four minutes, Stryker started putting his gear away.
“He must have it,” Ace said.
Though Stryker could hear him in his own earpiece, he neither confirmed nor denied it. Instead, he just methodically went about his business as if he were truly a repairman finishing up at a jobsite.
Half a minute later, he was out of the apartment.
“Let us know when you’re safely out of the building,” Ace told him.
After a few moments, Stryker said, “Heading out now.”
He must have taken the stairs, his long legs carrying him from the scene quickly.
On the street, Harrison said, “Alright, folks. I’m sorry, but I’m due at the studio soon. It was so nice meeting you all. I’ll see you at the movies!”
The crowd cheered.
“Smooth as a politician,” Isaiah commented.
“Maybe he should run for office someday,” Ace suggested.
He hit a few buttons to recall his drone. It only took a few minutes for the thing to fly back, land, and the roof to close over the secret compartment. “Drone secured.”
From behind the wheel, Kendrick called back, “We’re moving out.”
The van pulled away smoothly from its spot on the curb but stopped suddenly.
“What’s wrong?” Ace asked. “Someone get Stryker? Damnit! I shouldn’t have put up the drone so soon.”
The drone wouldn’t have stopped anyone, but at least the guys would have noticed faster, allowing them to spring into action.
“It’s not that,” Kendrick called back. “Ace, I think you’ll want to see this. Pull up the front van-cam on your monitor.”
Ace did so. He gasped.
“What the hell?”
He almost couldn’t believe it. But there was no denying what he saw right there on the screen in front of him.
It was Lana and Iris.
Two naughty Littles who were about to be in big, big trouble.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Lana and Iris had almost escaped from the scene undetected.
Blending in with the crowd had been easy enough. Especially with all the people that flocked to see Harrison Trent.
