Reckless (Benson Security 1) - Page 28
“Twin Two.” Joe grinned. “You’re nuts, you realise that. The woman is certifiable.”
Callum smacked his pen down on his desk. “This is exactly why I didn’t want to be part of this business. I saw Lake and his guys sitting around in Scotland, gossiping like a bunch of women and knew it was contagious. What’s next? Installing a day spa in the basement?”
Joe laughed at the man. “Haven’t you ever talked about women?”
“Never.” Callum frowned at them.
Joe pointed at him. “Maybe that’s why you’re still single. Maybe if you’d shared some tips with the guys you’d have been able to keep hold of a woman.”
Callum looked outraged. “You two are single. Why the hell would I take advice from you?”
“Hey.” Joe held up his hands. “I’m in my early thirties, you’re hitting forty. That’s midlife. I’ve got plenty of time to settle down. You wait much longer and you’ll be past it.”
For a minute it looked like Callum might punch something, possibly Joe.
“About the kiss.” Dimitri needed input. The woman was in his head every minute of every day and he was losing his mind over it. Nothing she did made sense. Nothing.
“Nice means you’re crap,” Callum snapped. “End of discussion. Now how about we plan this meeting with Abramovich? Or do you two need to go pull on your big girl panties to help you focus?”
Dimitri glared at the man, while Joe shot him a far more obvious hand gesture.
“Now,” Callum said as he stood and pointed at the blown up aerial photo of Rudi’s house. “I think we need to position a sniper here, and here.”
“Who you thinking?” Joe said.
“Me and Ryan. The kid’s got the best record for long range shots and you can run faster than I can.” Callum wasn’t embarrassed by his change in skill set since his legs were replaced with prosthetics. The man knew how to assess his strengths and weaknesses and play to them. And no one who looked at the guy would think he was anything less than deadly.
“I need to be close,” Joe said. “In case I have to get in fast. Parking in that street will be a problem. There are no public spots and as soon as a car sits there for any length of time, security from one of the houses checks them out. We need to look into parking in one of the drives close by.”
Callum made a note on the paper in front of him. “I’ll make some calls.”
“Can we get Elle to tap into their security feed, give us eyes inside the gates?” Dimitri said.
Callum made another note. Joe ran a hand through his overgrown hair. “We really need more guys. A job like this, you need bodies covering the exits.”
“We’re working on it,” Callum said. “Most of the guys Lake has in Scotland are out on jobs. We’re interviewing to fill up this office.”
“Yeah, but they won’t be here in time for this op,” Joe said.
There was silence. The team was set as is. Dimitri glanced at Joe as Callum studied the aerial photo some more.
“She said I’m perfectly adequate,” Dimitri said. “That isn’t good, right?”
Joe burst out laughing, while Callum groaned.
“What?” Dimitri demanded. “If your technique was called perfectly adequate, it’d be stuck in your head too.”
“Bloody hell.” Callum folded his a
rms over yet another grey-coloured Henley. “Get your mind on the job. Stop screwing around with Megan. It’s distracting you. Do I really need to tell you how important this is? If you want to do something useful with the woman, train her. She needs firearms training for a start.”
“Guns?” Joe looked at Callum like he was mad. “You want to put a firearm in her hand?”
“I don’t want to,” Callum snapped. “But if she’s holding one I’d rather she shot the enemy than me. Right now I wouldn’t trust her with a Taser. No, scrap that, I wouldn’t trust her with a water pistol.” He glared at Dimitri. “Now stop acting like a teenage girl and get your head in the game.”
“You’re right.” Dimitri shook his arms, working the tension out of his body. “Okay. I’m ready. No more Megan talk.”
“About bloody time.” Callum turned back to the map.
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