"Wonderful to see you here today, Miss Tara" the old coat man exclaimed. "Have you found your soul mate yet? He won't even be able to catch up with you! Knowing your speed"

"Of course you already know the answer" Tara smiled and turned around to gaze at the party, slightly muttering under her breath. "I'm in"

"Good, now we got to wait until my device hacks into the computer system"

"Gisele!" Tara yelled out as she threw her hands open.

"Tara, I thought you would never show up!" the other blonde woman hugged Tara. "How is Charlotte?"

"She's doing fine, sis" Tara broke the hug. "She's… adjusting"

Gisele gave her younger sister a peculiar look, "Adjusting?"

"About the family business, Gisele" Tara said slowly with a slight smile.

"You didn't!"

"Of course I did"

"How could you do that?"

"Because she had the right to know"

"I thought we all agreed that I would be the one to decide that" Gisele muttered. "Yes, she was a mark but did she have to know like that?"

"What explanation that you would give in order to explain everything that's happening?" Tara challenged.

"How did she take it?"

"Pretty well, actually"

"How so?"

"She is living with a hacker, hitter, and thief"

"You are letting her live with a hitter?" Gisele said in a hushed voice. "Where did you find these people? You know what those people are like"

"Apparently you will have a lot to talk about with Charlotte once this whole thing is over"

"What are you supposed to do?"

"A few things"

"Is there anything I can do to help out?" Gisele asked. "Who is the mark?"

"The less you know, the better" Tara scanned the room. "Just go along with the ceremony like nothing is going on, Gisele. My team and I will take care of everything"

"I hope so" Gisele nodded before smiling and gripping her sister's hand. "Please be careful, Tara, I don't want anything to happen to you"

"I'll be careful" Tara said.

The lights suddenly buzzed and faded in and out, Gisele looked up to the lights with a bewildered look but noticed her sister didn't react. Tara fished into her purse and grabbed out a syringe. Gisele saw the small equipment in her sister's hand and then straightened up. Just as the room got slightly darker and the crowd got a bit louder, Parker came by as a waitress and handed Tara a champagne glass.

"Alright, everyone!" Gisele yelled out as the lights went back to normal. "I have been hearing about technical difficulties but I assure you that everything is fine"

As her sister left to keep eyes away from Tara, she squeezed in the fluid into the champagne. Just conveniently, Parker had made her way around to Tara just in time.

"Excuse me; can you give this to the man that is by the buffet table?"

"Of course!" Parker gave a cute and cheeky smile. "He seems like quite the catch"

Tara glared at Parker and took the clean champagne and walked around the crowd, scanning the faces and looking for one man in particular. Suddenly, her shoulder bumped into someone, splashing champagne over the man's suit.

"I am so sorry!" Tara yelled out as she dabbed him. "I hope it wasn't expensive"

"Nothing that I can't afford" the man smiled to her.

"And who might you be?" Tara asked with an extra sultry to her voice.

"Jack Émé" the man brought her hand to his lips.

"Mine is Tara Carlisle" Tara nodded to the stage. "This is my sister's convention"

"I see beauty runs in the family" Jack took this time to look her up and down. "Don't you have a niece, then?"

"Yes, Charlotte" Tara nodded. "Such a tragedy, I'm sure you've heard. She actually had a skiing accident up in Berlin"

"Really?" Jack said but it sounded more that he was pissed rather than surprised. "I never heard about that. I am terribly sorry"

"That's okay; do you see that woman over there?" Tara pointed to the German grifter.

Tara knew exactly who this man was the minute he bumped her shoulder. This wasn't a Frenchman making a conversation; this was one of the grifters out to get Charlotte.

"What about her?"

"She was so kind and generous" Tara said. "She gave Charlotte her own private wing! The poor girl shattered nearly every bone in her leg"

"I am so sorry to hear that" Jack replied. "I am really sorry but I must go now. I believe my colleagues are waiting for me. It was so nice to meet you"

"Nice to meet you too" Tara smiled and waved the man off. "The French potato is hooked. Let's just send a package his way. Charlotte… you're up"

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