Page 45 of Cowboy

“What was that for?” she giggled.

“Because I love you,” he said with a serious expression. “You keep having fun. We’ve got some work to do at the office. I’ll come back over and walk you home when we’re done.”

“Sounds perfect,” she whispered against his lips. “Charlie gave me some new lingerie and this little device that I put…”

“No! No, no, don’t tell me, or I won’t be able to walk out of here. Just surprise me with it.” Cowboy shook his head as he walked away. Whatever Charlie had given her, he was certain he would need to send her a bouquet of flowers to thank her.

In the auditorium, three dozen men waited while Ace connected the phone to the speakers. He looked at the men and nodded as he started playing the voicemails. There were a few from her friend that was watching the horses, then the litany of calls from Dimitri.

“Did you think you would get away? I killed your grandmother. I’ll kill you too. I want the pack.”

“I want the pack, Autumn. Give it to me, or when I take it, I’ll make sure to take that sweet body of yours as well.”

“You fucking cunt! Pick up your damn phone. I’m going to enjoy feeding you to the wolves. There is no place you can hide from me. No place!”

“Alright, Autumn, let’s do it this way. You discard the copies you have, and I’ll make sure the attorney changes the will to my liking. I’ll forget all about you having the pack. It won’t matter any longer. I get the businesses and the money. You get to live. Fair deal, right?”

“Call me, Autumn. We have some details to work out.”

“He left his number and a few more messages, but most weren’t as aggressive as the first few. We obviously couldn’t put her in front of him. He’d kill her just to get the pack. What I worry about is how he’s going to get an attorney to change the will,” said Sly.

“That’s not our issue,” said Eric. “The bigger issue is that he wants the shipping line to transport his goods. All things we stop.”

“A friend of ours in Africa thinks he knows how he’s getting the furs. It’s the same as any other asshole. He’s hiring poachers who kill the animals, skin them, and send the furs to a manufacturing facility where they make the coats for the countess,” said Dex. “He’s setting a trap for them tonight, and believe me, if he’s setting the trap, they’ll be caught. That will end one problem but create another.”

“Yea, but that’s okay,” said Cowboy. “He’ll be pissed. He’ll start making mistakes. The more things that go wrong, the worse it will be for him.”

“Agreed,” said Luke. Cowboy grinned at the other man.

“How long has it been since we’ve sunk a ship in a harbor?”

“Hmmm, I think the last one was with Torro. Anyway, it’s been too long,” smiled Cam. “I’d be all about that.”

“I’d say we have our work cut out for us. We sink the fleet of ships and find a way to make the sale of the casinos happen sooner rather than later.”

“I think we have a plan,” smiled Hex. “And I want in on it.”

After another hour of making their plan, the men walked back to the cafeteria to find the girls still giggling and eating. It turned out they really weren’t drunk. They were just happy and feeling good about their lives. Cowboy hoped to keep it that way for Autumn.

“Babe, tomorrow we’re going to be going out and hunting down Dimitri. I know you wanted to be part of this, but it’s really too dangerous. We work fast and try to remain in the shadows. I hope you won’t fight me on this,” he said, kissing her naked body.

“I won’t fight you,” said Autumn, smiling at him. He gave a questioning look to her, and she laughed. “It’s alright. The girls were a big help tonight on a lot of things. I understand what you all do and that you rely on one another. I’m not trained. Not like you.”

“I’m so fucking glad to hear you say that. Now, what about this device that Charlie gave you?” he grinned.

“Oh, that,” she blushed. She pulled out the tiny rubber device and placed it inside her vagina. There was a thin neck that curved toward her clit, and Cowboy grinned. She handed him a small flat disc.

“What’s this?” he asked.

“That, controls this,” she said, pointing to it. “You press the button, and I get… AH!”

“Oh, you get that,” he laughed. “That’s fucking hot. Charlie is selling these now?”

“Charlie, oh my gosh, uh, Charlie is. Damn, what is Charlie doing?” she said, squirming in the bed.

“Charlie is selling,” prompted Cowboy with a grin.

“Charlie is selling lots of things,” she said breathlessly. “Cowboy! Oh wow!”

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