Valdez Home TWO DAYS LATER

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Capri walked seductively up the walk as she linked arms with Michael. Behind them, Stacie chatted wildly with Sydney about shoes. Sydney wore a long dark red hair wig and a slinky black dress. Capri and Stacie wore matching Lace dress with a high slit.

The guard stopped them at the door. Capri and Stacie handed their invitations to the guard. He checked them and motioned for them to enter. As Capri passed the guard she smiled and spoke to him. "Nice to see you again Armand."

The guard nodded. "Same to you Miss Capri."

The group went into the house and surveyed the room. Stacie walked over to Lorenzo Valdez and began chatting. Vaughn stood only inches away and eavesdropped on their conversation.

Sydney headed towards the stairs, but stopped short when she noticed that Lorenzo's son, Mario, stood at the bottom of the stairs as if guarding it. She moved to the nearby punch bowl and spoke softly to her self. "Mario is at the stairs."

Capri's voice came over the tiny earpiece in Sydney's ear. "I'm all over it."

Capri joined Mario at the stairs and spoke with him for a second before he followed Capri to the dance floor. They began to dance. The tango.

Sydney thanked Capri over the headset and went up the stairs. Michael reminded Sydney that she had five minutes until the guard check.

Miles away, Will and Marshall watched the monitors as Capri danced with Mario. They seemed so passionate. Will felt like his heart was being ripped from his chest.

Sydney hurried in the office as she copied the files as quickly as possible. Soon, three minutes passed.

Capri was spun out and she took the opportunity to remind Sydney that they only had two minutes left. As she spun in, she heard Sydney muttering, "I know. I know."

One minute later, the song ended. Michael watched as Capri tried to stall Mario from returning to his position. He spoke quickly, "Hurry up Syd. Mario is coming back."

Sydney stopped the copying 90% through the material and extracted the disk quickly. She hurried out of the room and headed towards the stairs.

Mario almost looked up at her until Capri took a last minute stall tactic and kissed him. Will watched painfully at the scene on the monitors.

Sydney hurried down the stairs and away. Michael planted an explosive device in the punch bowl and turned to Stacie. "Well Stace, we better go. Don't want to miss the play."

Stacie looked at Michael and excused herself from Lorenzo and walked toward the door with him. Sydney and Capri walked out after them. Again, Capri acknowledged the guard and the guard acknowledged Capri.

Five minutes after they left, the building caught fire from the small explosion. The house was destroyed.

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Marshall sat hunched over his lap top computer as he tried to decode the program that Sydney had copied. Around him sat Stacie and Will. Will had the window seat. Capri sat across from Will and Sydney and Michael sat across from Marshall and Stacie. Capri watched Will as he stared out the window. A tear slid down her cheek when he didn't look at her.

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