two spies, Winny walked barefoot into the Sheriff's Department. She stumbled right by a DHS agent, one of two such sentries who were posted at the building all day long. The man didn't even flinch, as he was there for one purpose alone: to catch Erica, Dhiraj or any of the other fugitives who tried to come back home. Winny walked right up to the main reception area and leaned her elbows on the desk. The officer on duty shook himself awake and tended to his station.
"Can I help you, Miss?"
Winny let out an audible groan. "Yes! I'd like to report a theft." She pointed downward. "Somebody stole my shoes!"
Dhiraj laughed and looked at Jennifer. "Really?"
Jen stared straight into the monitor. "It's not the first time this has happened."
The officer sighed. "Fine. Whatever." He pulled out a piece of paper from below the desk. "Fill out this form and bring it back up here."
Winny lifted her chin high. "Thank you, fine sir. You'll get a medal for this."
Dhiraj whispered into his headset. "Overselling it, Winny."
Winny nodded to the air and snatched a pen before sitting down in the lobby. The one other person waiting beside her scooted a few chairs over before eventually crossing to the other side of the room.
Dhiraj nodded. "This could actually work." He took in a deep breath. "Let's start the second act. Beth, it's time to shine."
There was silence on the other end of the line.
Dhiraj's stomach squeezed. "Beth?"
He could hear her lips form into a smile through the mic. "I think Travis should wish me good luck first."
All the eyes in the van turned toward him. Travis shook his head. "Come on, guys."
Jennifer huffed. "Just do it."
"I don't want to!"
Dhiraj poked him. "For the good of the team?"
Travis grumbled. He walked over to the mic and flipped on the switch. "Good luck, Beth."
Beth sighed happily and strode toward the front door of the building. With the first step she took inside, Beth fell face first to the ground right in front of the DHS agent.
Dhiraj grimaced, until he heard her out-of-control giggling. When the DHS agent helped her to her feet, she wrapped her arm around his.
"Hey, big boy." She thrust out her chest. "Is this where the party's at?"
While Dhiraj couldn't tell if the agent looked down at her cleavage, he'd be surprised if the man hadn't. The agent said nothing as he led Beth toward the front desk. She started laughing again for no reason at all.
Dhiraj's mouth hung upon. "She's really good."
Jennifer chuckled. "She's had the practice. Winny, wait until all eyes are on Beth."
Before Beth could reach the desk, she tripped and fell to the ground again. This time she refused help from the agent.
"No. Let me rest down here." She smiled dreamily. "Unless you want to lie down here with me. That could be real nice."
The officer from behind the desk and the other DHS agent convened by Beth's side. The girl laughed loudly, and Winny took that as her cue to move. The camera feed showed Jennifer's cousin slip down the vacant hallway and into the sheriff's office. As she closed the door behind her, Dhiraj switched to the feed for that room. He watched as Winny removed the painting from behind the sheriff's desk to reveal the wall safe.
She began to enter the combination. "I feel like a sexy cat burglar. Do I look like a sexy cat burglar, Travis?"
Travis didn't hesitate this time. He leaned into the mic. "Yes, you look very cat-like."
As she opened the safe, Dhiraj watched one of the DHS agents get up from Beth's side and look around the room.
"Hey! Where'd the other girl go?"
Dhiraj's throat closed up. "Beth, go big or go home!"
With that, Beth began to scream. The agent withdrew his question and knelt back by the girl's side.
Beth breathed heavily. "Oh my gosh. I think the baby's coming!"
Dhiraj threw up his hands. "I didn't mean go off script!" He huffed. "You've got about 30 seconds, Winny."
He watched on the screen as Winny gathered the books and the sword into a bag she'd snuck in.
"Can I help you, Miss?"
Winny let out an audible groan. "Yes! I'd like to report a theft." She pointed downward. "Somebody stole my shoes!"
Dhiraj laughed and looked at Jennifer. "Really?"
Jen stared straight into the monitor. "It's not the first time this has happened."
The officer sighed. "Fine. Whatever." He pulled out a piece of paper from below the desk. "Fill out this form and bring it back up here."
Winny lifted her chin high. "Thank you, fine sir. You'll get a medal for this."
Dhiraj whispered into his headset. "Overselling it, Winny."
Winny nodded to the air and snatched a pen before sitting down in the lobby. The one other person waiting beside her scooted a few chairs over before eventually crossing to the other side of the room.
Dhiraj nodded. "This could actually work." He took in a deep breath. "Let's start the second act. Beth, it's time to shine."
There was silence on the other end of the line.
Dhiraj's stomach squeezed. "Beth?"
He could hear her lips form into a smile through the mic. "I think Travis should wish me good luck first."
All the eyes in the van turned toward him. Travis shook his head. "Come on, guys."
Jennifer huffed. "Just do it."
"I don't want to!"
Dhiraj poked him. "For the good of the team?"
Travis grumbled. He walked over to the mic and flipped on the switch. "Good luck, Beth."
Beth sighed happily and strode toward the front door of the building. With the first step she took inside, Beth fell face first to the ground right in front of the DHS agent.
Dhiraj grimaced, until he heard her out-of-control giggling. When the DHS agent helped her to her feet, she wrapped her arm around his.
"Hey, big boy." She thrust out her chest. "Is this where the party's at?"
While Dhiraj couldn't tell if the agent looked down at her cleavage, he'd be surprised if the man hadn't. The agent said nothing as he led Beth toward the front desk. She started laughing again for no reason at all.
Dhiraj's mouth hung upon. "She's really good."
Jennifer chuckled. "She's had the practice. Winny, wait until all eyes are on Beth."
Before Beth could reach the desk, she tripped and fell to the ground again. This time she refused help from the agent.
"No. Let me rest down here." She smiled dreamily. "Unless you want to lie down here with me. That could be real nice."
The officer from behind the desk and the other DHS agent convened by Beth's side. The girl laughed loudly, and Winny took that as her cue to move. The camera feed showed Jennifer's cousin slip down the vacant hallway and into the sheriff's office. As she closed the door behind her, Dhiraj switched to the feed for that room. He watched as Winny removed the painting from behind the sheriff's desk to reveal the wall safe.
She began to enter the combination. "I feel like a sexy cat burglar. Do I look like a sexy cat burglar, Travis?"
Travis didn't hesitate this time. He leaned into the mic. "Yes, you look very cat-like."
As she opened the safe, Dhiraj watched one of the DHS agents get up from Beth's side and look around the room.
"Hey! Where'd the other girl go?"
Dhiraj's throat closed up. "Beth, go big or go home!"
With that, Beth began to scream. The agent withdrew his question and knelt back by the girl's side.
Beth breathed heavily. "Oh my gosh. I think the baby's coming!"
Dhiraj threw up his hands. "I didn't mean go off script!" He huffed. "You've got about 30 seconds, Winny."
He watched on the screen as Winny gathered the books and the sword into a bag she'd snuck in.
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