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Mac shot hilare "Don’t even think about it"

As he perched on the side of the chair, Lily took his hand and gave it a gentle squeeze "Don’t be too sure about that," she said "And thanks, Spence"

Paxton brought her a cup of coffee

"Oooh, thank you This is just what I needed"

She sipped and sly at her Uh-huh They were all getting way too co her feel like she was part of the gang

She wasn’t He couldn’t allow it

They needed to have a talk Seeing her cru shot reaffirmed she had no business in this line of work Yes, she was a forned on to do this He’d al could have happened, and she’d thrown herself in front of hi about her own safety

She was entirely too daring She didn’t understand the risks

And he couldn’t do his job if he had to worry about Lily

"So tell s up on the chair and tucking the the cup between her hands "I’s up"

"Well, you were kind of busy bleeding and passing out," Rick said with a half-grin

"And taking a bullet for your guy," AJ said "Hoeet"

"Shut up," she said with a s the video camera"

"You were not," Spence said "You just didn’t want pretty boy here to get hurt"

"Hey" Mac shoved Spence, wondering soh school "I can take care of myself I didn’t need Lily’s help"

"You’re welcome," Lily said with a frown

"That’s not what I aze away from Mac and toward the others "Fill uards into the conference roouys weren’t implicated in this, we couldn’t allow thee added

"So we had to tie the with Delor and Richardson We left the video tape on the table and contacted the authorities, cleaned up any evidence, then left"

Lily nodded "Because the Wild Riders work under the radar, you couldn’t afford to be there when the authorities arrived, or to become directly involved as witnesses"

"Exactly But we did leave Delor’s video confession as evidence, and the real virus, and notified both the local police and the FBI The virus will be recovered, and Delor and Richardson are all in very deep shit"

"Belanfield?" she asked

"Dead," Diaz said

"Good He was bad news, doing dirty deeds for a lot of co time I never trusted the man"

"Besides the fact he shot you We’d have had to kill him for that alone," Pax said

"A sweet" She felt herself blush at Paxton’s ard coovernment contact that the FBI swooped in and took control of the virus It should be back where it belongs shortly," Grange said

"Thank God" That was Lily’s biggest worry this entire time

"And with the video in hand, on’t have to worry about Delor or Richardson They’re history"

"So as the virus transported within the artifact?"

Lily asked "I never could figure that out"

"Delor had the virus e explained "It wasn’t like Richardson could ship it through regular channels, so they hid it in the Egyptian uarded so their people couldn’t simply retrieve the artifact whenever they wanted to"

"Were they intending on stealing it at so either a switch or an outright theft of the artifact once the exhibit e said

"Ah That ht under the noses of the police and the government, and no one would be the wiser"

"Exactly The virus was cradled in the artifact, safely transported into the United States and from state to state, and because the overnht to seize it"

Lily nodded "Frightening to think what ht have happened had the virus made its way into Delor Pharmaceutical’s hands"

"But it didn’t," Mac rereat thief," she teased

"That’s what I do, babe"

"Case closed?" she asked

"Yup," Mac said