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She couldn’t wait to get away fro to tell er under her chin and tipped it up "It’s best you reed, wanting to slap his hand away, butas I have this" She patted the case and held out her hand to shake his "Nice doing business with you, Mr Richardson Hopefully we’ll cross paths again If you ever need iven up your good ways and turned to a life of…criotta do what’s necessary to survive"
Richardson s woman, Miss West I’ll be sure to contact you should I ever have need of someone with your unique…talents"
"You do that I like money" She stepped out of the car andsure she didn’t look back as Richardson drove away She didn’t want to give the ih she knew the others were It wasn’t ine of a vehicle pulling up next to hers
It was Mac, in a sweet looking Trans Am, circa midseventies or so
She tossed the briefcase in the back seat and slipped into the passenger seat, relieved to see him "Sorry I didn’t knohat else to do He insisted on the change in location because of the security cameras"
"Yeah, we heard you on the mic Tricky, but it worked out fine The restaurant recently installed the security cameras out front We didn’t know about them either, or that Richardson would freak out about theed "Like you said, it worked out We still have to link hiure that out at his next stop"
"What about onna pick it up and take it back to headquarters Don’t worry"
Mac gunned the engine and Lily’s head shot back against the headrest She grabbed for her seatbelt as he pulled out onto the street "The others already picked up his tail and are following We’ll lag behind and join in, taking over a few blocks down the road That way if his driver is watching out the rear viewdifferent ones and won’t think he’s being followed"
The Wild Riders all kept in touch via a coovernment supplied them It was pretty slick, just a clip on earpiece with internal voice mic in one selfcontained unit It was hands free, so even the guys on bikes could stay in touch In this hen one veered off, the others knew exactly where the others were And whoever was following Richardson could let the others know
Right noas Rick in charge of tailing Richardson
"He’s going north on Fifth Street," Rick said, the sound of his bike revving clear as a bell on their communication system
Mac had handed her an earpiece to wear so she could stay abreast of the action Every mile or so the cars would switch out Soon it was their turn, and Maconto the street as Pax pulled off Mac pulled within three cars of Richardson, leaving hiht
"Isn’t that a little risky? What if he turns left?"
Mac grinned "This car handles great I can zip into the left lane andparallel one street over He’ll pick him up on the next block if we miss a turn"
"You all have it covered, don’t you?"
Mac laughed "We hope so"
They followed Richardson only a short distance, as the car pulled into a condominium cooing?" Lily asked
"No clue"
"He’s picking up souy Bald Dressed all in black"
Lily wrinkled her nose "That sounds like Belanfield"
"He’s getting into the front passenger seat and they’re taking off now," Spence said "I’ll follow for the next leg"
Within ten ain They were on the interstate now, and it was easier to keep an eye on Richardson’s vehicle as well as stay far enough back and hidden within the flow of traffic to blend in
He exited the interstate and they followed, discreetly of course Traffic was pretty heavy so they were about four cars behind Richardson’s car pulled onto a side street al in and out of traffic while Mac drove off
"They’re stopping at a convenience store," Diaz said
"Delor Phars," Lily said, pointing off to their right
"Okay, this is all going according to plan," Grange said
"We’re going to assu to Delor Everyone roll Diaz, stay on theunning the engine The side street he took was deserted, so he cranked up the speed Mac parked on the east side of the building, where it was dark, but well hidden and out of the view of the security cameras The rest of the inside Mac with a canize soher ups at Delor
Mac had hated that part, but Lily insisted Besides, it wasn’t as if she was untrained She could handle it and she was excited to be a part of taking down Richardson and Belanfield
Rick would go with the expert The rest of them would stay outside andthee didn’t think they’d need them, but just in case they ran into security, they’d need covers and a plausible reason for wandering the hallways
Everyone would be ar as coovernment codes A simple keypad structure at the side doors Code was like child’s play to break Front door is trickier, with ar in that way"
"AJ is e re a rush delivery when Belanfield and Richardson co his late delivery package signed for by night security, he’ll be able to tell us what direction our guys go By then, we’ll already be through the side door, ready to pick up two men on infrared"
"Infrared is already set up so we can track body count,"
Spence said "I’ll monitor from out here and let you knoho’s in there and where they are At this late hour, the place is a ghost town Mainly security"
"Which is exactly what Richardson wants," Lily said
"Fewer curious eyes when he drops off the virus"