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Chapter 31
Wednesday
Emma
Tonight hadn’t gone at all how I was expecting it to go. I thought I’d just go into Callum’s room of relics and either find the Anubis head coin or not. I hadn’t expected to be walking down Main Street with the most expensive earrings in the world dangling from my ears.
He’d finally convinced me to try them on when my head was foggy and happy from sex. I was starting to find that Callum did that a lot. Used sex to get what he wanted. But he didn’t need to. I’d always give him what he wanted. After all, I’d stopped asking him to change me.
Instead, I was going to change him back.I hope.
Yes, technically he told me to give up chasing a cure for him. But he’d be happy once it was in my hands, I just knew it.
I put my key into Zoey’s doorknob, but it didn’t turn.Huh.I pulled it out and tried again. It still didn’t turn, but the door flew open.
“Hey,” Zoey said. “Sorry, I need to get you a new key. Ace changed the locks. Love your earrings, by the way.”
“Thanks. They were a gift from Callum.” I lifted my hand and touched one of the black opals. Maybe I could pull them off. “Wait, why did Ace change the locks?”
“He set up this whole new security system.” She pointed to a camera that was facing us. “He wants to make sure I’m safe. Isn’t that incredibly sweet?” She blew a kiss at the camera.
So I waved to it.
Zoey laughed. “I’ll get you a key tomorrow. Come on in.” She stepped to the side.
I walked in and hung my jacket on the coat rack. But my feet froze before I reached the couch. “What the hell is all that?”
Zoey sat down on the couch and spread her hands across the huge sheet of paper. “The schematics of the bank.”
I just stared at her. “Schematics of the bank? Why do we need those? We know where the vaults are.”
“You have to do your due diligence before breaking and entering.”
“We didn’t do that when we broke into Callum’s house.”
“Exactly,” Zoey said. “And we almost got caught. This time, we’re going in prepared.”
I sat down next to her. “I thought you wanted to be caught?”
She laughed. “I mean, I don’tnotwant to get caught. But I’d prefer to do it perfectly and then just brag about it to them. I see pros and cons for both though.”
I had a really bad feeling about this. Mostly because it wasn’t just the schematics of the bank on the coffee table. “What about the rope? And whatever that huge hook is? And why are we wearing leather?” I picked up a pair of black leather pants.
“All epic heists include black leather. And this?” Zoey grabbed one of the hooks that was attached to along spool of rope. She smiled the way she always did when she had a wicked plan. She tossed the hook in the air and caught it again. “This is for rappelling down the side of the building.”
“I’m sorry…what? And stop tossing that thing, you’re going to impale yourself.” I grabbed the hook from her hand.
“We’re going to escape from the bank via the roof,” Zoey said.
“Seriously?” I shook my head. “Wait, if we’re only escaping that way…how are we getting in?”
Zoey pulled a keychain out of a box of lingerie. “We’re going in through the front door.”
“Wearing lingerie now?”
“No.” She laughed. “This was a gift from Huxley. Since he keeps ripping my matching sets.”
I opened my mouth and then closed it again. “Why does he keep ripping your underwear?”
