Page 47 of Luke's Revenge (Walker Security - Lucifer's Trilogy 3)

Chapter Thirty

Ana

The next day, the day of the party, nearly twenty-four hours after Kurt disappeared, we’ve not heard or seen anything of him.

I spend most of that time, working with the Walker team to research Phillips. Turns out, Dexter is almost as good at hacking as Luke, and with Blake and his team at a distance, helping as well, we uncover interesting tidbits about Phillips. There are connections to numerous people on the list of buyers, Darius left us. There are connections between Mike’s brother and several buyers as well. But there isn’t enough to conclude wrongdoing, certainly not enough to say that Phillips is the boss of all of this mess. But we have a plan. Savage and Adam have managed to work their way onto the catering team servicing the party, which apparently is an annual event Phillips holds for charity. Smith and Dexter, along with Blake and his team, will be doing surveillance. Apparently, Blake even has a few extra guys flying in to offer backup, just in case we need it.

It's a few hours before the party, when a boatload of dresses arrives for me, compliments of Blake. I choose a black lace sleeveless gown, that flares and hits just below the knees. It’s fitted at the bust and kind of a conservative sexy but none of that matters to me. What matters is the flare, which makes a weapon easy to hide. I study myself in the mirror and decide I do really love this dress, which is actually more of the result of Blake’s wife’s shopping, not him. Same goes for the strappy black sandals. And the hair tools that have my hair shiny and sleek, and the makeup that allowed me to gloss up my lips and add a sparkle to them.

Luke appears in the doorway of the bathroom, a vision of hotness in an expensive blue suit, that not only turns his eyes into an ocean of blue, but fits him like it’s custom. “You look beautiful, Ana. Too bad I can’t take you to dinner and show you just how beautiful.”

I step in front of him and run my hand over his lapel. “And you, sir, look like the hottest man I’ve ever known.”

“Careful, baby, or we won’t make it to the party.”

“We can still run away and regroup.” I say, but it’s a joke. Mostly. We aren’t running away, but I do have a bad feeling about tonight.

“I thought you didn’t want to run away?” he challenges.

“Okay, smartass. We both know I never wanted to run away. And we can’t step back anyway. Obviously, Kurt’s not going to. I wonder if we’ll get our weapons in the door?”

“Probably not, but Savage and Adam will be armed. I just talked to Adam. They’re certain they’ll slide right in, weapons and all, and ready to help us, and set our plan in motion.”

The plan, I think, isn’t much of a plan but it’s all we have.

Savage is going to get up close and personal with Phillips’s beautiful wife, Lily, who is twenty years his junior. That way, if we end up with a gun to our heads, she will, too. Savage volunteered for the job because he says, he’s the one who’d really pull the trigger if he had to do it.

I don’t believe he’d kill her just to kill her.

But I don’t have to believe it. He’s a scary-looking dude. He’ll make Phillips and his wife believe it.

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