41. Roadtrip

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Thursday at the gallery

"Yue, you will need to break into the man's office while he is attending the auction," Caesar instructs. "Darren will be helping you remotely, as usual."

While Caesar gives all the instructions for the next mission, Dylan stares at Yue. She is sitting at the round table between Caesar and Darren, right in front of Dylan. She is beautiful with her ponytail and focused stare. She is immersed, taking notes and nodding attentively, memorizing all the details she needs because her role is of utmost importance - no one else can infiltrate Gordon's office at his own hotel.

Dylan feels proud and at the same time terrified. What if one day the bad guys catch her? What if something goes wrong in one of these perilous missions? Yue might have been trained by the FBI, but Dylan has lived among criminals his whole life, and he knows quite well how dangerous things can get, how one simple argument can turn into a person's grave.

Caesar interrupts Dylan's twirling thoughts: "Are you ready to go? How's the schedule?"

"Um, yes. We're packed and ready to drive to Orlando. We'll leave as soon as we are finished here."

Darren explains that they will be staying in a suite at Gordon's 5-star hotel where the auction dinner will take place on Friday evening.

"If the event is tomorrow evening, why are you leaving today?"

Dylan replies: "The event ticket includes a brunch for all attendees at 11 am on Friday and a breakfast on Saturday at 9 am. It would be strange if we declined those extra perks, don't you think?"

"Absolutely. You must attend all events and mingle as much as possible. If anyone offers you to do a side business," Caesar makes quotation marks with his hands, "you must seem interested in order to learn more. Understood?"

Dylan and Yue nod and share a complicit glance.

Caesar, who is still having mixed feelings for sending his best friend to jail, decides to grant the couple a mini vacation-slash-honeymoon.

"I don't know when you are planning to come back to Miami, but you won't be needed in the office until Monday afternoon..." and winks at Dylan with a conniving expression.

Dylan and Yue are surprised and suppress a smile. A long weekend away in one of the fun capitals of the world! This means they will be able to hit the theme parks on Saturday and Sunday and come back leisurely on Monday. Awesome!

On the road

Dylan is driving his green Mercedes SUV on the turnpike to Orlando. They cannot present themselves at a luxury hotel with anything less.

The trip is sort of dull from the beginning because the highway is mostly straight, and the speed limit makes the drive unending

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The trip is sort of dull from the beginning because the highway is mostly straight, and the speed limit makes the drive unending. Music helps, so Yue turns on the radio and plays some boom-boom, as she likes to call upbeat music.

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