The Last Score
Chapter Sixth
Lee watched the vehicle moved away with mixed emotions. After it was his decision to send them to the safe house. This was his best option in order to protect them the best he could. No matter what is going on with IFF and the search.
Moving back into the house with the chill going through his bones. He needed to warm up by taking a hot shower. Even though he wasn't going to be able to sleep until he gets a call from Amanda telling him mostly that they have arrived.
The how water had strung his skin as he didn't bother to stay in long with wrapping the white terry cloth around his waist while taking a look at his appearance. He wasn't bothering going to shave right now since he had a job that needs to be done with finding those having taken the IFF personnel from the Pentagon.
What he really needed was to drink in order to dull his emotions when it comes to his family. He was going to wait until he hears from them to go out again to Carolyn's bar downtown to meet up with some of his friends off the streets.
EVERGREEN safe house
Alicia had been driving the vehicle up to the front gate with Amanda rolling down the window to let the security guards just who they were in the first place.
"Can I have your I.D. and badge please and to why you're here in the first place?" Security officer Lehman age 43 had to say with the clipboard in his hand.
"Sir, I am Amanda King Stetson with my party. I believe the manager had to leave passes for us to enter the safehouse with an escort to our quarters? she noted with a lump all of a sudden in her throat.
"One moment while I check the orders inside ma'am," he states with the others watching on with the scene as he was able to pick up the passes and order, along with needing to call for the escort to bring them to the new location recently opened. "Okay, I have the orders here along with all of the passes. Your escort will be here in ten minutes coming from location L." he will say.
Alicia moved past in order to park past the gate to protect them from anyone having to follow them. This was a good chance for Amanda to pull out her cell phone and let her husband know they have arrived.
Moments Later...
Lee was fully dressed in a black tunic top with black pants for when he's ready to leave for the bar and with the meeting of his two former IFF agents now private detectives working in Annadale, Virginia, and other sections.
He jumped when he heard his cell phone sitting on the marble coffee vibrated indicating after looking at the name on the screen it was his wife Amanda.
"Amanda is everything alright?" he will have to say to her over the phone. Even though she does suspect that he was differently up to something.
"We made it safe and sound Lee. We are currently waiting on the escort to bring us to our quarters. Both Lee Jr. and Daniel are asleep and have no knowledge just what is going on?" she replied with looking over at Alicia noticing that a car was coming up to them having to be a woman driving behind the wheel.
"Please take care of yourself Amanda and the boys. I am hoping this is going to end soon with this craziness?" he exclaimed with a deep breath before saying the following. "I love you, Amanda." he cried out with a slight tear falling.
"I love you two Lee and please don't try to do anything stupid?" she had hung up on him as Alicia had started up the car to follow behind the escort that was going to take some time with going through all of the security checkpoints.
"I won't Amanda." he was lying through his teeth to his wife. "Bye." he hung up the phone to get himself ready for the final time before moving out of the house for the bar.
Moving outside with the cold. Lee moved into his vehicle behind the wheel taking one deep breath before moving off onto the main road heading for Carolyn's bar.
Amanda after getting the two boys settled with Alicia in the connecting quarters. Even though Lee Jr. was a little scared of having to be in a strange environment. Even though Daniel was asleep in his crib that was placed by Alicia and Amanda.
She needed to change into her pajamas having to get used to the strangeness of the quarters living now in a safe house. One of the best for this tri-state region. She was still angry and needed to take a walk outside, but then again she needed to make sure she had her I.D. and pass to walk around without any of the security officers stopping her.
Grabbing what was needed. She headed outside wearing her jacket. She started to briskly walk until she saw a small bench with the lights up high over it. She had sat down to begin looking around seeing no one around with the lateness of the hour.
She knew that her husband was up to something and probably called his friends to help out with his cause.
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Carolyn's bar was getting ready to close in two hours.
Lee was sitting with two of his friends drinking Bourbon and Scotch along with Chicken wings sitting on the table in the corner.
"What do you think we can do Lee except for the fact place ourselves out there looking to be hired?" Jerome age 51 needed to say to Lee and his own friend Jackie Franklins.
"Sounds like a good idea Jerome. But we will need to make sure that our resume will be impressive for whoever is in charge will be able to hire us to do the jobs like those having stolen those IFF personnel files from the Pentagon?" Lee needed to say with taking a sip of his Whiskey burning in his throat and stomach.