“Saving it for a rainy day. In case you need it later. Her idea. She sent a pic of rain.”

Chapter 15

Fiona

“Aren’t you done yet?” The guard snarled from his corner. 

“Not quite. I’m not just hacking into someone’s bank account and wiring money. I have to leave careful trails, change the dates of withdrawals and deposits. It all takes time to make sure it is done right. The last thing any of us need is to have Dillan and the Italians figure it all out. Frankly, I’m tempted to take a little for myself and start over somewhere far away from here.”

He chuckled. “I bet Ivan would make a deal with you. Reserve your work for just us, and he will give you that money. You can live anywhere in the world that you want. We’d keep an eye on your brother and father, and you could finally be free.”

Before a couple of months ago, that would have been very tempting. Too bad for them, I had someone I could no longer leave behind. Someone who was now part of my heart. My soul. Which was how I knew he was getting close. Jorge couldn’t tell me anything without us getting caught. He tried, and I taught him a lesson. But the fact that he was picking up every crumb I could leave behind was answer enough.

“Guess we will have to see what happens after this, won’t we?”

“True.” My new chatty friend said. “If you betray us, or the plan fails, then you won’t have much freedom or use - not on the computer anyway.”

“I doubt I would be much use the other way either. I’m a geek through and through. Not much goes on in my life in the real world.”

He sat up straight. “Does that mean you are a virgin? Please tell me you are a virgin.”

I feigned confusion. “Uh, yeah. Why? What does that matter?”

His eyes sparked hungrily. “I love me a virgin. Nice, tight…”

“Neil, keep in your pants.” Ivan said from the door. “If anyone gets take virginity, is me.”

Ew. I’d rather have Neil. At least he wasn’t nearly my father’s age. “That won’t be an issue though because this is going to work just fine. My plans always do.”

“Then we have hope your plan no betray us.”

I shrugged like none of this mattered to me in the least bit. “I don’t really have a reason to betray you. Dillan’s a butt wipe. He deserves what he gets. My brother has been warned to stop gambling, but he didn’t, so he pretty much deserved it as well. I don’t know the Italians, and I don’t really care to. You all wanna kill each other, that’s your choice. I just want to live my life.”

Ivan grunted, possibly with a little respect. I wasn’t sure though. “Why you work in such confining place? Your spirit shout be free.”

“Steady money. Great benefits. Job security. What more could a girl want?”

“Freedom make own rules, own hours, and more money. I saw your face in conference room. You enjoy rush of hacking.”

“I won’t deny that fact. Right now, I can do it without getting in trouble. My bosses literally sit there and watch me. No one knows exactly what I am doing, they just assume I am proving a point.”

Both men laughed, catching the hidden meaning.

“How much have you taken?” Neil asked, still laughing. 

“None yet. I was just promoted to Junior Partner. I want to make sure that I am secure in my position and their trust in me. I also need the clients to trust me. That way, if they were to discover something, no one would look at sweet, little, old me.”

“You smart little girl. But we see what happen. How much longer?” Ivan leaned against the doorframe, relaxed, without a care in the world. Like I posed no threat.

Little did they know…