Page 97 of Allure

“Fuck,” he mumbles. “Look, I just meant… I’ll see what I can do, but what exactly is the rest of the plan?”

“Are you sure you want to hear it?”

“Honestly, I probably don’t want to, do I?”

“Probably not,” I agree.

“But you aren’t doing this alone.”

“I can’t do it alone.” I wrinkle my nose and admit in a rush, “I need you. For this.”

Nothing else.

I’m such a terrible liar. Can’t even convince myself.

“I’m your guy, but let’s hear this plan, and maybe I can try to convince you to not have it be so damn crazy.”

“Who said anything about it being crazy?” I ask innocently, batting my eyes.

“Damn, girl, I know you,” he growls.

“Maybe you do,” I say lightly, and I lay out my plan, and honestly, he doesn’t have much that he can argue about or try to change because it’s as safe as it can be, which isn’t one hundred percent safe, given that I’m going to be bait.

“You really are crazy,” he mutters.

“Yes, but it might not work.”

“You think he’ll recognize your car.”

“Yes, but he won’t recognize Dawn’s.” I grin. “Anything else you think needs to be tweaked so this can have a greater chance of success?”

“I’ll let you know before tonight if I do. I can’t think of anything else off the top of my head.”

“So you think it’s a good plan?” I ask eagerly.

“I don’t know if I would call it a good plan, but… it could be a lot worse.”

“We’re doing this,” I insist.

“I didn’t say differently, but I have some things to do to get ready for tonight.”

“I’ll let you get to it,” I say. “Thanks for this.”

“I might not be able to get them,” he warns. “Don’t thank me yet.”

“Thank you for being willing to try,” I say sincerely, “and for not insisting that I don’t do this.”

“You aren’t the only one who wants this bastard caught,” he says, his tone as grim as can be.

“We’ll do our best to try,” I say.

“I just wish my dad—”

“We can’t. No police. If he even thinks they might come around, he won’t show up.”

“He might not anyhow. It’s been a bit of a stretch since he tried to mug someone two nights in a row.”

“True, and I bet we won’t be able to have them nabbed two days in a row.”

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