Page 22 of Love at First Flight
He knew if he touched her at all, that they wouldn’t be going to work at all.
He gave her one of his shirts and a hoodie he had gotten in high school, which drowned her, but looked adorable as fuck on her.
Then he drove her to her store and kissed her soundly, “I will be back later to show you the designs we have come up with for your shop.”
She grinned, “Okay.”
Then he kissed her again and drove off.
His phone rang and he looked down, seeing it was Rickie.
“Hey there! How are you?”
“Raiden, I think there is something wrong.”
He went still, pulling his truck to the side of the road, needing to pay attention to exactly what she needed to tell him. “What do you mean?”
“I mean, I think something is wrong. That someone might try to rob the bank.”
“What? How do you know something like that?”
She let out a soft breath and he waited until she went on, “A few weeks ago, I helped a man at the bank to open a safety deposit box, but he was super weird and didn’t finish filling out the paperwork, so I had to turn him away.”
He could hear the fear in her voice when she went on, “And since then I have seen him in the parking lot across the street and parked at a house that is next door. But the man doesn’t live there. A couple in their forties do. I have seen them a few times working in their yard, so I know it’s not his house. When they leave for work though, he sits on their porch and watches what goes on in the bank. He even seems to have a pair of binoculars he looks through.”
Raiden cursed, “Have you told Steele? Or his team?”
She scoffs, “Of course not. I don’t know Steele, but you do. I just don’t feel comfortable enough to do that. And while he protects the bank, he has never spoken to me. He doesn’t come to socialize with the tellers. He has told my boss that before. So I am telling you about it. I have to tell someone. No one else here believes me. It could be nothing. And yet, I worry. We have had threats before, and the man hasn’t done anything. Just sits there and watches the bank. Day after day. But there has to be a reason. No one just sits there and studies a bank like that. Not a good person anyway.”
Raiden sat back in his seat, “I don’t know what to say, but I need to talk to Steele. Don’t go near that bad man, whatever you do. Okay? And hopefully Steele and his team will stop it.”
She sighed, “I hope so. And again, it could be nothing, but I don’t think so. It scares me. What if someone got hurt or something?”
“I agree. Let me call Steele and have him talk to you.”
“Um, okay. Or you can just tell him what I said. It is the same.”
Raiden raised his eyebrow, “Okay.”
“Thank you Raiden. I just have to make sure. I told my supervisor, but they don’t believe me. They all think it’s crazy. That the bank is so high end that no one would be dumb enough to try to rob it. No matter what I say.”
“Well, I am glad you told me. I will call Steele. If he has any questions I will have him talk to you. Okay?”
“Okay.”
She let out a soft breath, “I just hope it doesn’t come down to that. I get super nervous around men.”
He laughed, “I know you do. But Steele is a good guy. I promise. He won’t bite.”
She gave a soft uncomfortable laugh, and he went on, “I will talk to him. It is his job. I know his company was hired to protect that bank.”
“Yeah they were. I just don’t think anyone noticed. I wouldn’t have if he hadn’t stayed in his car and not gone up to the porch of that couple. They are never home during the day in the week and yet he just sits there, like he owns the place. I know he isn’t their son, he is too old.”
“Hmm. That is weird.”
“Yeah. Really weird. It’s like he wanted to get caught. But no one sees it but me. I tried to talk to one of the girls here, but they don’t really like me. I’m not in their group. So she didn’t care.”
Raiden growled, “Damn it. Okay. I will be calling back. Don’t go anywhere.”
