Maybe I will have Seth and Michelle come up here and get rowdy. They’re good at that.”
“Really?” Tina asked in surprise. She hadn’t gotten that vibe from them at all. Well, maybe Michelle a little from her comment about wanting to fuck Jack. But having had a taste of Mr. Jack Carter, she could see why.
“Oh, yeah,” Jack chuckled. “They like to go out honky-tonking and stir up shit. There are a couple of places they are banned from reentering.”
“I would have never guessed.”
“Yeah. That meek and mild exterior is a carefully cultivated disguised,” he said with a grin. “They’re good people, though. They would do anything for you, and he has been good as the president of the Sons.”
“You and Seth are friends?”
“Yeah. All the Sons are friends.”
“But not as much as Marshall?”
“How do you know all this stuff?”
“Nic told me. She said you and Marshall grew up together.”
“Yeah. Don’t tell anyone, but really, Marshall and Nic, they are kind of my best friends. They are the ones I pal around with when it’s just Jack and not Jack Carter, VP of the Desert Sons.”
“Your secret is safe with me, Mr. Vice President.”
They wandered around a bit more, ostensibly looking at art, but really scoping out the building. They located the alarm panel and all the doors, including the big roll up door the cars would have to come through.
“Can you lift the key ring from the guard, and maybe his wallet?”
“Now?” Tina asked in surprise.
“Yeah. I have an idea.”
Tina scratched under her ear. “I can try. What are you going to do?”
“I’m going to make sure the keys we need are on that ring and pull them. There has to be a hardware store around here somewhere. I will have duplicates of the door keys made, and then I will put the keys back on the ring and you can put the ring and wallet back. There is probably an alarm code we will have to enter, and I have my fingers crossed it will be written down and stuck in his wallet. I hope so, anyway. Then, Friday, when we are ready, you will lift the ring and I will remove that weird key for the alarm panel, then you can put the ring back. Can you do that? Put it back on the guard?”
Tina grimaced. “That doubles the chances of me getting caught.”
“I know. But it will reduce the chance of them noticing the keys are gone.”
“Yeah. I can do it. Do you think Seth and Michelle will be willing to come up here and stir up trouble?”
Jack chuckled. “Count on it.”
“What about today?”
“We’ll think of something.”
The next time they saw the guard, Tina asked about the restroom. While the guard spoke and gestured she lifted his key ring and wallet. In the restroom, she thumbed through the wallet and found a small laminated card with six numbers on it. It was the only thing out of the ordinary in the wallet, so she wrote the numbers down and put the card back where she found it. After returning from the bathroom, while she kept watch, Jack found and removed the two door keys they would need and verified the oddly shaped barrel key that fit the alarm panel was on the ring.
Less than thirty minutes later, Jack returned with four keys, the two originals from the ring and two duplicates. Tina produced the key ring from her pocket and he put the keys back. Holding the keys in her hand, they wandered about until they found the guard. While Jack engaged him in conversation about the upcoming Cars as Art exhibit, she quickly tucked the wallet and keys back into their respective locations.
After the guard wandered away, Tina and Jack snickered as their arms went around each other’s waist and they slowly walked out of the gallery and back to Jack’s car.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
“We’re a go,” Jack said into his cell as he shut his apartment door behind them.
It wasn’t even dinner time yet, but Tina
“Really?” Tina asked in surprise. She hadn’t gotten that vibe from them at all. Well, maybe Michelle a little from her comment about wanting to fuck Jack. But having had a taste of Mr. Jack Carter, she could see why.
“Oh, yeah,” Jack chuckled. “They like to go out honky-tonking and stir up shit. There are a couple of places they are banned from reentering.”
“I would have never guessed.”
“Yeah. That meek and mild exterior is a carefully cultivated disguised,” he said with a grin. “They’re good people, though. They would do anything for you, and he has been good as the president of the Sons.”
“You and Seth are friends?”
“Yeah. All the Sons are friends.”
“But not as much as Marshall?”
“How do you know all this stuff?”
“Nic told me. She said you and Marshall grew up together.”
“Yeah. Don’t tell anyone, but really, Marshall and Nic, they are kind of my best friends. They are the ones I pal around with when it’s just Jack and not Jack Carter, VP of the Desert Sons.”
“Your secret is safe with me, Mr. Vice President.”
They wandered around a bit more, ostensibly looking at art, but really scoping out the building. They located the alarm panel and all the doors, including the big roll up door the cars would have to come through.
“Can you lift the key ring from the guard, and maybe his wallet?”
“Now?” Tina asked in surprise.
“Yeah. I have an idea.”
Tina scratched under her ear. “I can try. What are you going to do?”
“I’m going to make sure the keys we need are on that ring and pull them. There has to be a hardware store around here somewhere. I will have duplicates of the door keys made, and then I will put the keys back on the ring and you can put the ring and wallet back. There is probably an alarm code we will have to enter, and I have my fingers crossed it will be written down and stuck in his wallet. I hope so, anyway. Then, Friday, when we are ready, you will lift the ring and I will remove that weird key for the alarm panel, then you can put the ring back. Can you do that? Put it back on the guard?”
Tina grimaced. “That doubles the chances of me getting caught.”
“I know. But it will reduce the chance of them noticing the keys are gone.”
“Yeah. I can do it. Do you think Seth and Michelle will be willing to come up here and stir up trouble?”
Jack chuckled. “Count on it.”
“What about today?”
“We’ll think of something.”
The next time they saw the guard, Tina asked about the restroom. While the guard spoke and gestured she lifted his key ring and wallet. In the restroom, she thumbed through the wallet and found a small laminated card with six numbers on it. It was the only thing out of the ordinary in the wallet, so she wrote the numbers down and put the card back where she found it. After returning from the bathroom, while she kept watch, Jack found and removed the two door keys they would need and verified the oddly shaped barrel key that fit the alarm panel was on the ring.
Less than thirty minutes later, Jack returned with four keys, the two originals from the ring and two duplicates. Tina produced the key ring from her pocket and he put the keys back. Holding the keys in her hand, they wandered about until they found the guard. While Jack engaged him in conversation about the upcoming Cars as Art exhibit, she quickly tucked the wallet and keys back into their respective locations.
After the guard wandered away, Tina and Jack snickered as their arms went around each other’s waist and they slowly walked out of the gallery and back to Jack’s car.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
“We’re a go,” Jack said into his cell as he shut his apartment door behind them.
It wasn’t even dinner time yet, but Tina
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