Chapter 2
“You won’t hear from my lips from this moment on about anything that pertains to me being scared. You’re right. We don’t have the time to dwell on these things. They won’t hesitate and we are going to have to be just as precise and deadly. I see the way that he looks at me and I wonder why he thinks that I am that special. Nobody has ever treated me like he has. I never thought it was possible, but now that I’m standing here taking this step to my own liberation, I have to wonder what will be the ultimate price that I’m going to have to pay. I know how to handle a knife, but not nearly as good as he does. He showed me a few moves and if I were to use the element of surprise, I might actually be able to hurt somebody quite severely.”
“We do this together and we make sure that we leave nobody standing. We have to burn his empire down to the ground and salt the earth afterwards. Nothing can be living and able to take the place to fill that vacuum. I think I knew deep down that this day would come. He has one son and one daughter. They cannot be allowed to even think about vengeance. The best way to avoid their wrath is to make sure that they are not breathing. We will start with his children and then we will set our sights on the man himself. He won’t think that I would have the gall to come after his family. He will believe that they were off limits, but to me they have always been fair game.” Jordan drove onto the road looking to his side and seeing that hard stare.
“I think that you should allow me to make the approach to his daughter Rebecca. I’m not sure how much she knows. I don’t think that she has been blind all this time. I know that she goes to the local university. I can use my charm to get her alone.” She couldn’t think of Rebecca, as anything other than an obstacle. “I don’t know if I’m going to be able to kill her. I guess I’ll have to cross that bridge when I come to it.” “I can feel the knife and I know that my hands are not going to remain clean for much longer. I’ve never killed anybody, but maybe shooting Dylan was a stepping stone in the right direction. I don’t want him to think that he has to protect me. I hate myself for even liking the fact that he wants to.”
Jordan was looking in his rearview mirror, making sure that there was no sign of any tail. He really couldn’t see anything. It appeared that they were still a couple of steps ahead of the horsemen. Jordan drove with both hands on the wheel. He had a plan. He would take everything away from Jamison piece by piece. His family would be the first targets. They may have seemed innocent, but he understood how Jamison worked. He would never allow his family to think of him, as anything but the ruthless mafia kingpin. He would want them to know their legacy, but he would keep them away from danger, until they were ready to pick up the mantle of responsibility.
Jordan didn’t realize that his hand had strayed over towards her. It was not in any way sexual. His hand rubbed her stomach and then he pulled it away like somebody had burned him with a hot poker. He couldn’t afford these kinds of distractions. He needed be focused and ready for anything. “I’m going to park the car a little ways away from the house. The family that lives there has no idea that I have a stash of weapons in a secret room in the basement. I’ve done my research and they should all be out of the house, until it’s time to come back to have supper together.” Jordan was using the GPS unit on his phone. He was starting to get used to all the apps. He had even become quite addicted to angry birds.
“I figure that it’s best that we approach from a distance. That way, we can verify that there are no sudden surprises. By your own admission, you said that the horsemen will know about your stash and they will most likely come here to make sure that you don’t have a pot to piss in.” He wasn’t the only one that was touching. Her hand was rubbing a certain part of his anatomy. She could feel the length and strength of it. It was obvious that the excitement and the adrenaline rush of the moment had caused his stiffened condition.
“I’m not saying that doesn’t feel good. What I am saying is that you don’t have to do this. I would rather that we stay in the moment and not feel this need to jump each other’s bones. I want to treat this like any other mission. I’m going to ask you to take a walk into the suburban community. Make it look like you are out for a casual stroll. Look for anything out of the ordinary. You’ll know it when you see it. You may not think so, but I’ve been in enough situations to understand how the human mind works.” He handed her a pair of headphones that were locked onto a frequency of his choosing. “I will be with you and you can trust that if anything goes wrong that I will be there.”
“I think that I can handle this. If I can handle those businessmen and privileged princes, then I can handle a short jog into a relatively normal setting. You don’t have to worry about me.” She said those last words and then felt his tongue stabbing into her mouth. She looked at him alarmed, but the feeling of that kiss was igniting those nerve endings. It caused her to feel a sort of calm come over her. She pulled away and looked at him with a grin of satisfaction. “You did that on purpose to make me feel more comfortable about doing something that is out of my element.” “He’s very good at this type of thing. I’ve watched him from the moment that I met him and I’ve learned certain little things that make the most difference. He doesn’t allow those emotions to choke him. He pushes them down. I need to do the same thing and become something of a chameleon.” She reached into her coat pocket and pulled her dark hair back in a ponytail. It was jet black and not the same color that most men craved to see her in.
Jordan gave her a pair of glasses with no prescription. These were meant to give the illusion of someone that needed glasses to see. By the time that she got out of the car, she looked like any other would be jogger that had not yet committed to going all the way. A pair of jeans and that shirt tied at her navel was the perfect way to give the guys a cheap thrill and make the girls’ think of her as a rival.
“I know that you can hear me and you probably don’t need it, but I’m going to wish you luck anyway. You will be perfectly fine and I want you to forget about the woman that you were. Find that survivor and tell her that it’s time to put up or shut up.” Jordan had a pair of binoculars and was surveying the area, but so far he didn’t see anything that would give him a moment of pause. Every thing seemed perfectly normal, but maybe that was what was bothering him. “I do have to remind you not to make eye contact with anyone. You can be friendly and smile, but don’t do anything to attract too much attention. Those that live in the area will know almost immediately that you don’t belong, but you need to make them think that you do belong.” Jordan had no idea if he was making sense or if he was just talking to hear himself speak.
“I’ve got this. You need to pull back on the reins a little. Give me room to breathe and you’ll be surprised by what I can accomplish if given the chance.” “I see everything that he sees, but to me it seems almost too perfect. There’s a post man talking to an elderly lady and there’s a young mother of two playing in the yard with her kids, not to mention the many other factors that make up what suburban living is all about. I see flowers being delivered and packages from UPS coming to the doorsteps, but what I don’t see is what I should see.” Lila didn’t see any signs of a uniform presence. There were no police officers or the prerequisite plumber truck that was here to make a service call. If that didn’t raise the hairs on the back of her neck, then all the curtains drawn in the house across from the target house pretty much told that the horsemen had already arrived and had taken up their positions.
She bent down to tie her shoe and she saw out of her peripheral vision the curtain of the house across from the one that held the arsenal had moved. It was only a little, but it was still enough to let her know that they had a way of seeing the house from every angle.
Jordan had gotten out and moved cautiously through the woods. He did not stay on the main road. He needed to skirt the possibility of being detected. He used the shadow of the trees and then lay flat on the lawn and crawled on his belly like a snake in the grass.
“Jordan, you’re going to have to be very careful. They are watching and they’re waiting. I think that one of them might be the post office worker. I see the look of confusion on the old woman’s face like she can’t believe that this man was delivering her mail. She’s giving him a hard time and he’s showing remarkable restraint.” I have to do something to get their attention. I’m going to have to flaunt what my mama gave me. I don’t think even trained killers will be able to stop themselves from looking at me. I just need the right forum and I believe that man with the hose is my ticket.” She bounced up to the baldheaded tattooed young man washing his escalade.
She stretched and pushed out her chest, making one of the buttons pop free and give off a healthy amount of cleavage. She made this moaning sound while pushing on the small of her back. She was not surprised to hear the audible gasp of excitement followed by the hose directed right at her.
“What the fuck…do I look like I’m auditioning for a wet tee shirt contest?” Lila could’ve easily moved and prevented him from soaking her to the skin, but that was part of the game. “You can turn that off any time. I think that I might be looking at some kind of pervert that preys on innocent young women like myself to get their jollies.” “I was standing in profile, turning and wiping myself down with my hands. I wasn’t wearing a bra and that shirt was almost see through with the water now penetrating into the fabric. I could easily see my nipples. I thrust out my chest in defiance.”
“I’m… I’m…I’m sorry. I guess I wasn’t watching what I was doing.” The man had the day off and decided to do some chores around the house. He certainly wasn’t expecting to find this buxom young thing parading herself down the sidewalk. He didn’t mean to turn the hose on her, but she had literally taken his concentration away from what he was doing. He wasn’t the only one and even the three horsemen had decided that they could take a break from what they were doing.
“You men are all alike. You think that that we dress this way to get some kind of attention. Have you ever thought that maybe we just like feeling good and it’s not all about the man’s needs” She had raised her voice and that brought several other women out of their house to confront the man that was ogling her chest without even trying to hide it. “I would tell you that my eyes are up here, but I don’t think that you are going to give a damn.” Lila made sure to make quite the scene. It was possible that the horsemen would recognize her, but it was something that she felt she had to do.
Jordan heard what was going on and decided to give her enough rope. She was good at improvising. She probably didn’t know that she was going to shoot Dylan, until it actually happened. It was her unpredictability that made her care for her. He was in love, but he wasn’t about to say it out loud. He wanted no part of that kind of danger. His heart needed to be closed off, but she was breaking down those walls. She was chipping away bit by bit and he didn’t even realize it.
“I don’t know why you are getting hot under the collar. I didn’t mean anything by what I did. You caught me by surprise and I made a mistake. I apologized. I don’t know what else you want from me.” Billy didn’t like this kind of ambush. He had always been progressive. He opened doors and made sure that his wife wanted for nothing.