Chapter Sixteen ~ We Can Be Heroes
I scanned the contents of my new ID card. I shook my head in disbelief as I let the card slip through my slender fingers. “Jesse Wayne,” I recited.
Dad’s grin was wider than usual. “Sounds good, right?”
I sipped my coffee nervously as I picked up the ID once more. “Nineteen,” I said. “Will there ever by a time where I’ll be my actual age?”
Dad scoffed and rummaged through his black messenger bag. I never knew what he kept in there. Dad always said it was important stuff, but that was the most he would tell me.
He pulled out a receipt from the bag and tossed it into the pile of the other receipts and paperwork. “Only you would complain about being young,” he joked.
Out of curiosity, I snatched the receipt and looked it over. “Six hundred and nineteen dollars?” I read aloud. “Dad, you sold the silver?”
His lips twitched into a half-smile. “Sure did. The cops stopped me this morning and I didn’t want to have the silver there just in case it happened again. It’s just a precaution.”
I stayed silent. There was no point in protesting because Dad won every argument.
“Was Mrs. Samuels here?” I asked, instead.
“Oh, yes.” He raised his brows and rubbed his palms together. “They are leaving on Friday so that gives us two days to get prepared.”
I didn’t respond. I didn’t even know how to respond. As conflicted as I was, we were going to do this. It didn’t matter what I said. Dad certainly never had a change of heart.
“Levi invited me to go with them.”
Dad’s gaze dropped to the scattered papers, losing interest. “Okay,” he said, “and?”
“And I said yes.”
His pale gray eyes shot to mine in an instant, fire blazing through them. “Are you out of your mind?!”
“I wasn’t thinking!” I fired back. “I’ll find a way to get out of it. I just thought it’d be a good idea if you did the dirty work and I went with them. You know, as a diversion.”
Dad only stared at me. I knew he was thinking it over. The plan would work. They would never suspect us if I was with The Samuels the whole time.
It was a good plan and Dad knew it too.
“I don’t know the house like you do.”
“Easy.” I stood to my feet and walked to his side. “I’ll draw you a map of everything you need to know. I’ll tell you where the cameras are and how much space they cover.”
Dad quirked a skeptical brow. “And you’re sure this will work?”
I nodded.
Dad thought long and hard. He rubbed his chin as he pondered the idea. After plenty deliberation, he grinned. “I knew I raised you right.” He patted my back and continued to rummage through his bag.
I chewed on my bottom lip thoughtfully. “And Dad?”
“Yes?”
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