Page 11 of Protecting Clove
“I don’t know that grade school is going to work too well for her. She likes knowing everything.”
“From what a few friends have said, the schools here are good.”
“They are. Maybe there will be a program that can help her. I don’t want her bored in school. That would be the worst for her.” She checked her phone and sighed. “It was nice talking to you, but I should get inside. The students turned in papers this afternoon, and I need to start grading them.”
“Papers in culinary school?”
She laughed. “Yes. There is much to know, and they have to prove they’ve learned.”
“I hope the grading goes well. I’ll see you later in the week. And text me that information.”
“Sure will.”
She headed inside, wishing they were better friends. A hug right about now would help. Before she opened the file with the papers she needed to grade, she sent Bud the information on Keith. Just knowing her ex wasn’t close would give her peace of mind.
8
Bud stepped into the hall and grabbed his phone from the cubby he’d shoved it in before the meeting. The update from the meeting wasn’t what he was hoping for, but it was expected. They would most likely be headed out to take care of this mess soon.
“Hey, Bud,” Rider called out before he got a chance to check his email from Tex. He stopped and waited for Rider to catch up.
“What’s up?”
“I don’t like the setup. We need to work on breaching something like that.”
The setup was ridiculous. The place where their target lived had a second-floor entrance with a tiny balcony. The stairs leading up were small, and it would be difficult to control the situation. The guy had probably picked that place because it would keep unwanted people out.
“Yeah. I think we can rig something up that will simulate that place and work on breaching the door.”
Trip was right behind them and spoke up. “Maybe we go from the top.”
Rider shook his head and then paused. “How so?”
Kevlar’s team had been in the meeting with them and had caught up. Kevlar stopped beside Bud. “How could you go from the top?”
Rider glanced around. “Let’s head back to our office and figure this out.”
It only took them a few minutes to make it back, and both teams were seated around the white board where Rider had drawn out a rough sketch of the area. The issue was there weren’t enough tall buildings right next to the place they needed to breach.
Zip shook his head. “But the roof is metal. We’d make a lot of noise just being up there.”
MacGyver stood and pointed at the nearby buildings. “That’s why you toss in a couple of flash-bangs from here, then the guys could go in.”
Trip shook his head. “We need more than six men on this.”
Kevlar had his arms crossed as he stared at the board, obviously contemplating the situation. Bud agreed with Trip. They needed three up high for cover and to fill the building with smoke. They needed two to stay on the outside, and then the others to breach.
The building wasn’t a good setup for them. He hoped more targets didn’t figure out this type of building was almost impossible to breach. If they wanted the guy dead, they could just send a drone in to do the dirty work, but they needed information from this guy.
“Agreed,” Kevlar finally said after a long moment. “We need both teams on this operation so we can take this guy alive.”
Rider shrugged. “We should work up a plan and then submit it this afternoon.”
Kevlar nodded. “Exactly.”
They began working on the plan that would have Bud placing the detonator to blow the front door. He hoped they were given the go ahead with their plan because it was good.
Hours later he opened his email and found the note from Tex. Clove’s ex was still in Georgia so he didn’t pose an immediate threat. That made him feel better. Tex said he would keep him updated if the situation changed.
