Mrs. & Mrs. Kang | DAERIN

Crossing Lines

Haerin rolls her carry-on bag to the storage shed on her way out of the house. Once inside, she opens the door to a hatch hidden in the floor under her Bug and walks down the stairs, taking silent inventory of the weapons and cash stockpiled in the room.

She loads her bag with a bundle of cash, three bombs, and two handguns before throwing some ammunition on top. After zipping the bag closed she picks up a large case leaned in one corner of the room. It stands at shoulder height and has a large G-40 grenade launcher inside.

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Danielle wakes up to an empty bed and cold sheets. She jumps up and heads downstairs, fiddling with the buttons on the oven and broiler in a seemingly random manner that when pushed in the right order enter a secret code, opening the oven and revealing a secret compartment inside housing all her handguns and knives. She selects one of each before closing her secret compartment and grabbing a cup of coffee from the pot Haerin left warm for her.

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Sooni greets her from the reception desk with a gruff, "Get rid of that gum."

Haerin rolls her eyes, "You got a tissue or you want me to spit it in your hand?"

Sooni lifts an unimpressed eyebrow and holds out a tissue in one hand and the trash can in the other, "Something crawl up your ass and die this morning, Mrs. Kang?"

"I've already got one lady griping at me in my personal life, I don't need it in my professional life too. What do you got for me?"

"Boarding pass, taxi receipts, hotel bill."

"Thanks."

"Don't lose those, you'll need them for your cover. Keep them in the folder."

"Morning, Haerin," Dohyun says as he walks in. "How ya doin'?"

"Don't ask," Sooni replies sarcastically.

"I'm fine. You?"

"Same old, same old. People need killing. Oh, Hae. Might have a little get-together this weekend at my house. Barbecue and drinks. It's gonna be awesome."

Haerin nods and opens the door to her office, "Yeah, I'll talk to the missus."

"You want to use my cell phone? Maybe give her a call in case you decide to scratch your ass or take a piss later." He yells louder when Haerin ignores him and closes the door behind her, "Make sure she thinks it's okay!"

"You live with your father!"

"Why bring him into this? He's a first-class guy. And I don't have to check in with him when I want to do something. He cooks, he cleans. He makes me snacks. And I'm the dumb one?"

Haerin continues ignoring him and pushes the button that will close the blinds to her office, giving her total privacy from the outside world. She sits in the chair behind her desk, turns on her computer, and when it asks for her login ID she says "Blue Knight." The computer activates the home page for Gold's Guild, the hit firm she works for and an automated voice speaks to her.

"Hello, Haerin. Quite the body count this week. We have a priority one, so your expertise is required. The target's name is Lee Chanyoung A.K.A. Anton," a mug shot and rap sheet appear on her screen. "He's a direct threat to the firm. DEA custody. They're making a ground-to-air handoff to heli, ten miles north of the Mexican border. I need you to make sure the target does not change hands."

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Danielle steps off the elevator to the private entrance for i-Temp Technology. She walks in the door, past a reception desk, and through another door which is not labeled. The lights are low, allowing a full body x-ray while she stands still and the motorized walkway moves her forward for inspection. An automated voice asks for her code name to verify her voice ID while a retinal scanner focuses on her eye.