“Is it safe to turn on a light?” she asks, her voice slightly muffled from the scarf.
“Yes, but use the flashlight I gave you,” I tell her. His office faces the backside of the building, but you can never be too sure.
He’s currently at a dinner with some colleagues and on his way to getting toasted on overpriced whiskey. I have Daya keeping an eye on him while I ensure that Sibby has no unexpected surprises. All it takes is an employee showing up because they forgot something.
She flips on her flashlight, displaying Jimmy’s ostentatious office.
“Does he seriously have his name engraved into his own desk?” Addie asks
beside me, her tone dry.
“Maybe he’s a proactive boss and has reminders everywhere in case anyone
gets early-onset Alzheimer’s and forgets his name.”
“I think that would be a blessing if I had to work for him.”
Sibby travels farther into the office, looking around at the several filing cabinets.
“Where does he keep the jumpers?” she asks. Another snort from Addie.
“Jump drive,” I correct, though I’m not even sure why I bother. I’ve told her
what they’re called a million times, and she still acts like I never told her.
“They could be in his desk. It has his name on it, in case you’re confused about where it is.”
“I’m not confused, silly,” Sibby giggles.
Addie and I look at each other, grins on our faces. Sarcasm gets lost on her
sometimes.
We watch Sibby approach his desk, the cherry wood gleaming, not a speck of
dust in sight.
Everything has its own place atop it, arranged neatly and positioned in
straight lines. Either Jimmy or his cleaning service has OCD.
She tugs on the top drawer, groaning dramatically when it sticks.
“He locks his own drawers?” she whines.
“Just pick the lock,” I tell her calmly, praying she doesn’t throw a tantrum and
start stabbing the leather computer chair with the letter opener.
Sighing, she rifles through her jacket pocket before pulling out her kit and getting to work, grumbling to herself the entire time.
It takes her all of fifteen seconds to get it unlocked, and I’m tempted to ask
her if it was as big of a deal as she made it out to be. But I’d rather not risk her getting angry. There have been quite a few dishes broken over the last month— unnecessarily. She has no idea how to regulate her emotions, but it’s something
I’ve been working on with her.
She slides open the door, finds a basket of drives and gets to work by replacing them with mine while stuffing his in her coat pocket. Later, I’ll pick through them on a spare laptop to see if there’s anything of value.
Next to me, Addie unzips the puffer jacket and nearly rips it off, a sheen of
sweat on her forehead. She glances at me, and then crosses her arms.
“Don’t stop on my account, little mouse.”
“I feel like you’re making it super-hot in here on purpose,” she grumbles, reaching forward to turn down the heat.
“If I wanted your clothes off, I would just remove them myself.”
She arches a brow. “You’re saying you currently don’t want them off?” she challenges.
The tips of my mouth curl, and I make sure to keep my gaze slow and blazing
as I sweep it down her body. If she thinks the car is overheating her, I’ll show her how hot I can make her with one look.
She flushes brightly, red staining her cheeks as she shifts, those thick thighs
clenching. My cock hardens painfully in my jeans, picturing them wrapped
around my head instead. She likes to try and suffocate me between them, but I
would gladly die between her thighs.
“Quit being inappropriate,” she snaps, her caramel eyes wide.
She’s so goddamn beautiful, it hurts. Especially when she’s angry.
“Impossible,” I murmur, but I leave her be for now, turning my attention back
to the screen.
Sibby places the basket of drives back in the drawer, softly shuts it, then relocks it with her picks. Afterward, she heads for the door.
“Did you need me to get anything else?” she asks. Before I can say anything,
she barks, “Jackal, quit touching things. You’re going to get us in trouble.”
“Sibby, focus,” I snap.
“Sorry,” she mutters, but not before hissing out another demand to Jackal.
Nothing is actually being touched, but if Sibby believes it is, she might try to fix it and then actually mess something up.
It’s vital that Jimmy doesn’t notice anyone’s been in his office, even more so
with it being so tidy. He might get paranoid and forgo using any of the USB
drives.
I’ll completely wipe the cameras, but you can’t wipe physical evidence so easily.
“You did great, Sibby. Leave the room. Don’t touch anything else.”
“It wasn’t me touching things— yes, I’m telling on you, Jackal. You’re the one acting like an idiot.”
Addie stifles a smile, and I decide that while Sibby is a complete pain in my
ass, she’s good for Addie. She makes us all feel a little more… normal.
Sibby makes her way out of the building without a hitch, up until she rounds
the corner and smacks right into someone’s chest.
The bodycam is knocked off, the camera rolling so only the sidewalk can be
seen.
“Sibby?” I ask, my heart rate kicking up a notch. Her face is plastered all over
the country. News outlets, social media, and so forth. If this person recognizes her, we’re fucked.
“Oh, shit,” the guy says, his voice muted. “Are you okay, miss?”
“That really hurt,” Sibby groans. “You smell like a berry tree, though, so I’ll
let it slide.”
“Oh, no,” Addie whispers. “Sibby, you can’t say stuff like that. It’s known that you associate your victims with smell.”
Sibby quietens, which allows us to hear the man’s response clearly.
“What an odd thing to say.”
“I am an oddball,” Sibby says in a strained laugh. He must help her up based
on the grunt and ruffling sound.
“Thank you for helping me,” she says, a hint of nervousness in her tone.
“Yeah, of course. Guess I should look where I’m going next time,” he
responds easily. Some of the anxiety seizing my chest lessens until I hear him speak again.
“Hey, do I know you from somewhere?”
“No, I’m new to town,” Sibby says. Her voice hardening.