Code of Silence

Untitled Part 30

PRESENT DAY

Laurel walked out of her office building to her car looking through her purse for her keys. It had been an exhausting day and to top things off she could not stop thinking about Oliver. He had seemed so cold to her, so distant and she knew that it was all that bitch Felicity's fault. Well she was on her way to meet with Noah. They were going to set a plan in motion that would hopefully get both her and Noah what they wanted.

She pulled up outside of Noah's house and climbing the stairs rang the doorbell. She walked in glancing around as the maid led her to Noah's study.

He was sitting behind his desk, working on some paperwork and looked up with a cold smile when she entered.

"Ah, Laurel. You are on time. Good, please have a seat.", he said setting his papers to the side. He leaned forward and looked Laurel over. She was an attractive girl, it was too bad that she was so hung up on Queen. She would have been a fun side piece, he thought with a smirk.

He leaned back in his chair. "So it seems I had a visit from Mr. Queen the other day. He basically threatened to skin me from head to toe if I so much as looked at Felicity and his daughter again.", he said. "So, I need to get a message across to him today!"

Laurel looked at him with a sly look. She was all in for this, but only as long as the message meant hurting Felicity. "So what is your plan? Nothing that will physically hurt Oliver I hope.", she said.

Noah gave her an annoyed look. Laurel could be way too soft. "Oh no, I won't touch Queen physically, only emotionally. You see his weakness is his wife and daughter. So THAT is where we strike."

Laurel grinned. She was starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. As soon as Felicity was out of his life she was sure Oliver would turn to her. Her body tightened as she thought of him. She would finally know what it felt like to be with him and she shivered with excitement.

"I have two men that have been watching the Queen mansion for the last couple of days. My plan is to move on them tonight. Luciano is having an opening for his new restaurant tonight and I happen to know that the Queens have been invited. I will strike there." Noah stood and moved around the desk and Laurel stood as he approached. "I need you to be a distraction to Queen. Do you think you can do that?, Noah asked.

Laurel smirked, "He won't even know Felicity's name by the time I am through with him."

Noah smiled. "Good. I will see you there tonight." He handed her an envelope. "Here is your invitation."

Laurel smirked and walked out, her mind going over what she would wear tonight. She wanted something sexy, something that would cause Oliver to not be able to take his eyes off of her. She had just the dress.

***

Oliver and Anatoli had been moving from meeting to meeting all day. Over the last few weeks Oliver had slowly been regaining his territory and even taking new territory, particularly from the Civello family. His men had been involved in some skirmishes during this time but luckily no one had been killed. The Bratva were makign their presence known in Star City and soon all of his enemies would feel their reach.

Oliver thought about the evening ahead of them. They were attending a restaurant opening by a local mob family that only did business in Central City and so Oliver hoped he would get to talk to Joe tonight. All of the money families of Star City were invited.

As they walked into the mansion, Anatoli saw Moira sitting in the living room reading a magazine and he excused himself, his eyes not leaving her. Oliver grinned as he watched him go. Anatoli and his Mom had been out a few times, and Oliver had to admit he had not seen is Mother as happy as she had been lately in a long time. Probably not since his father had been alive.