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“All right.We’ll send you.Who else can go from here?”He glanced at Ruger and Sadist, but didn’t wait for an answer.“I’m also going to call Lurch and have him send some men down from the ranch.Depending on when the next flight is, they can likely make it down before you’ll get there.That way we won’t need to worry about weapons, either getting them on the plane or acquiring some once you land.”
Sackett wanted to insist that he be one of the ones to go, but held his silence.He didn’t know if anyone else, other than Savage and Donna, knew Selena.If not, then he would be on the list by default, without having to fight for it, or reveal how strongly he felt about going.About her, though he couldn’t say why.Since he couldn’t explain it, even to himself, there was no way he was ready to tell anyone else about it, even his brothers.
Krissi tapped away at the laptop on the table in front of her.
“How many are we sending up from here?”she asked, looking up from her laptop and over at Tuck, both brows lifted as she waited.
“I’m not sure yet.”He glanced around the table.“Has anyone other than the three already named met Ms.Leighty?”
Sackett kept his mouth shut and looked around the table.He wanted to say something.He wanted to insist that he be included, but since they’d already said that Savage and Donna would be staying, it meant through process of elimination that he would likely be going, even if he wasn’t the only one.He could live with that.
“Not that I know of,” Savage said.“She was recommended to us by Gizmo,” he turned to where Giz stood in the open door to the command center that stayed locked whenever this room was open.“How did you know the attorney?”
“I don’t.”Gizmo didn’t bother turning around as he answered Savage.“Jill has a friend who’s a criminal attorney, she asked her to recommend a family law attorney licensed both here and in Colorado.She gave us Leighty’s name.I’ve never met either woman.”
“Shit,” Tuck said with feeling.He took a deep breath, held it a moment, then let it out, his eyes scanning the room.“That makes it both easier and more difficult.Sackett will go, but I don’t want to send him up alone.Who else can go?I want a fully patched brother, not a prospect and at least one more, if not two.We can’t expect Gillette to do all the heavy lifting for our chapter.”
Krissi tapped a few more times.
“We need to decide quickly.The next non-stop flights leave in,” she checked her watch, “just over three hours.Those will arrive in Denver at 5 p.m.local time.There are other flights, but they either have lay overs or leave later and won’t get you there until after eight or later.”She looked up at Sackett, then Tuck.“I don’t think you want to wait that long, right?”
Sackett fisted his hands in his lap, hoping the table would hide them as he fought to keep from saying fuck no, they didn’t want to wait.He wanted to slide his driver’s license and credit card across the table, tell her to book the flight, then grab his go bag and leave.
But he couldn’t.He had to wait for the command from his president.And he would need to take a couple of things out of his go bag.Things that wouldn’t be allowed through TSA.He made himself keep his breathing even and his expression clear as he turned to Tuck and waited to hear what he had to say.
“Gizmo, reach out to Maverick, Snake and Bubba, see which and how many of them can make the trip.I know it’s short notice, but we’ll send what we can.”He turned back to Krissi.“Get the flights booked.Start with Sackett, as we know for sure he’s going.Use club funds.This is a club issue, the club foots the bill.”
Gizmo reached for his phone, using his free hand to start closing up the secure room that held most of the electronics and specialized tools that would give their club away as being more than they appeared.
Sackett had no doubt he’d be back in there later, but they had to close that room up before they could open the other door and let people out of here.
Sackett saw Krissi nod out of the corner of his eye.
“I need your info for the ticket,” she said.
He was already pulling out his wallet and retrieving his license.“As soon as we get out of here, I’ll clean out my go bag and I’ll hit the road as soon as I can.”He’d end up waiting at the airport, but he wanted to be sure he didn’t miss the flight.The last thing he wanted was more delay.
“Clean out?”Sadist asked, one brow lifted.
“There are a couple things in there that won’t make it through airport security.I’ll take the time to clean it out now, so I don’t get delayed there.”
The VP didn’t say anything more, just nodded and turned back to Tuck.
“Get him booked and we’ll let him go,” Tuck said.“As someone agrees to go, have them text you a picture of their ID so we have all the information for the tickets.”He turned his gaze from Gizmo to Sackett.“What else do you need?”
“As much information as we can get about the compound, and the people there.Who, how many, what kind of training they have.Everything we can get.You said Gillette will bring weapons, that’s good.I’ll text Jake with a list of things I specifically want.”
“They may not have it all.”
“That’s okay.They can bring what they have, and I’ll make do.”
Tuck nodded then turned to Sadist who had his phone out and was busy typing on the screen.Sackett didn’t know if he was taking notes or texting someone, but did it matter?He knew his role here.On top of that he knew better than to tell others how to do theirs.
“Here’s your ID back.I just emailed you a copy of the receipt with all the flight info, confirmation and that kind of thing.Let me know if you need anything else and I’ll do my best to arrange it.”Krissi handed him back his driver’s license.
He had a moment to wonder how she’d gotten his email but before he could ask, Tuck tipped his head toward the door leading to the rest of the clubhouse, telling him to go.
Sackett didn’t waste any time.He got up and left, leaving the others to figure out who would go with him and make sure they got there.
