Page 119 of Spy With Me
“Wow. That’s cool.” Tim from Canada was with them. He lookedto Lou. “You programmed those?”
“Hey, there’s a gorgeous, naked woman on screen and you’relooking at my girl like you could eat her up?” TJ complained.
“Tell me when it’s over.” Her uncle stood way out of theline of sight of those monitors.
“Shouldn’t we be running?” Devi asked.
Lou waved the thought off. “I’ve rewritten everything. I’vegot the CCTV’s up and running, and I’ve locked all the doors. I made twokeycards that will work on everything except that door. Yeah. I’m talking aboutthe one Kenzie and Ben are in. It’s like the Liverpool safe room. It’s on atimer. Now from what I can tell they actually could open it from the inside ifthey looked around enough, but they’re preoccupied.”
“What’s that thing on the side?” Cooper asked.
Tim looked up, perfectly chipper. “Oh, that’s the bomb thatwas supposed to blow up the whole place. So here’s what happened. Ben made hisway to Huisman’s rooms, but when he got there, Huisman was dead on the floor.”
“We just got the cams up in there, so we thought he’d pulleda Hitler in his bunker move,” Lou admitted. “But then after Ben and Kenz hitthe safe room button and got locked in, that asshole got up and ran. In theirdefense it looked really good on camera.”
“He should have put an extra bullet in him.” Zach had an armaround her and his mother’s hand in his. “Like you did, Mom. Thank you.”
Shannon leaned against her son, and Devi felt her reacharound him so she touched her as well. “Your girl did so good.”
“Yes, she did.” Zach kissed her hair.
“I’m surprised he didn’t.” Big Tag paced, his eyes moving,checking all the entrances. “Lou, can’t you tell my daughter she’s making a sextape? Did she even try to defuse the bomb?”
Lou nodded. “Oh, yeah. She did, and so did Ben, but thenthey figured out they couldn’t fix it and now they’re having end-of-the-worldsex. Wow, he is very flexible.”
“Lou,” her boyfriend barked.
Lou shrugged. “You know she’ll want me to tape this and keepit for her.” She turned to Ian. “They think they’re about to die. I can’t getcomms in there. Believe me we’ve tried. I thought they could use some music. Iknow she’s always thought they would do it the first time while listening toher girl power ballad playlist.”
“So what is the timer at now?” Kala asked with a resolutesigh.
“Oh, they’re down to like five minutes.” Lou held out thekey card like she knew what Kala would ask for next. “You should head that wayif you’re bringing her back here. I think they’re almost… Yep, they’re done.When the light goes green you can use the key card to get in. Oh, and I stoppedthe bomb, but the timer itself was surprisingly intricate. I decided to let itgo since getting the doors open through the complex was more important.”
Kala frowned at her bestie. “Also, it adds a mega shit tonof drama to their first time. Awesome. And they say Brianna is the writer. Tim,come on. This is where you leave us.”
Tim stood but looked around like maybe he would get areprieve, and then he got a good look at Kala. His whole attention had been onthe screen and then Lou. He stared for a moment. “Uhm…” He looked back at thescreen. “I have questions.”
Kala put a hand on his slender shoulder. “Twins, Tim. We’retwins, and I’m the evil one. So we’re going to go get your boy and you two canfreak out together and he can tell you all about his afternoon love countdown.”
Tim started walking with her. “I mean, I could do that inthehelo. I was hoping to catch a ride. Mountainclimbing kind of sucks.”
Cooper snorted and followed them. “We’ll be back.”
The door had closed behind them when she heard the sound ofa chopper in the distance.
Devi tensed.
“It’s okay,” Zach assured her. He leaned over and whisperedin her ear. “They’re going to take my mom, but it’s okay.”
Her uncle put a hand on Shannon’s shoulder. “Ms. Reed,you’re about to meet Drake and Taylor Radcliffe and a couple of soldiers whoare going to escort you to a site where they think you’ll be safe. They’llexplain everything in thehelo.”
Shannon shook her head, fear on her face. “Please, Mr.Taggart. I would rather die than have to work for anyone. I won’t make anotherone. Not even for the Agency.”
The chopper landed in the bay, and Devi started to move.
Zach stopped her. He pulled her close and whispered in herear. “It’s all for show. They’re going to take her to a black ops site and thenwhen the coast is clear, they’re going to move her to Bliss. She’s going tostay there from now on, and we’ll put the word out that she’s working for us.We’re doing it here because Huisman will see it. He’s still watching us. So crya little for me.”
She was the one who was going to sell it. The rest would bein on it. She pulled back and shook her head. “You can’t.”
