Partners in Crime

Chapter eighteen

"We found Hail!" Clare shrieks, after barging into the office. It's now almost 1am and we've spent the majority of our day searching for Romeo Hail, planning tactics and contacting Darcy's parents to make sure they haven't heard from her abductors.

"What? Where?" I ask, standing from my seat.

"Come to the conference room, we've got all the information you need there."

I grab my coffee and glance over at Theo, who's doing the same. We haven't exactly had a normal conversation since we got back and with everything that's going on we're both running on a low amount energy.

The room is busier than earlier when we get to it, mainly because more people have joined the case.

"What do we know?" Theo asks, after closing the door behind us.

"He'll be at Golden Road tomorrow night." A new person on the team, who must have found out said information informs us. Golden Road is a well known club an hour out from Evergreen, I myself have never been there but Tammy enjoys telling me all about it.

"So we're going to barge in on him there? The girl won't be with him." I scrunch my eyebrows in confusion.

Clare shakes her head. "We're not going in. You are"

Theo let's out a breath from beside me, he crosses his arms and although he has a smile on his face it's not the amused type, more like the 'you've got to be kidding me'. "We've got less than twenty-four hours, that's not enough time to prep someone for an undercover assignment."

"Agent Williams, I don't remember this being your call." Clare gives him a stern look and turns to me in full work mode. "Neither is it Agent Bennett's, it's my call who goes in and I've told you who it is."

I turn my head to face Theo before whispering."We don't have time to play with in this case, you know that."

"She's literally just off the news for being the new hotshot agent, Hail isn't stupid, he'll recognise her. He'll be armed and dangerous." Theo retorts, ignoring my very true words.

Everyone else in the room but Theo, Clare and I are too busy watching the scene unfold, to give their two pence.

"Then she'll bring a gun."

"How do we suppose she'll get it in? Hail and Olivia aren't exactly on the same power levels when she's undercover."

"Agent Williams, Bennett is going in whether you like it or not." Clare says in her finality tone. "She'll go in, snoop around in the basement or anywhere she can find, Hail owns a part of the club meaning the girl has to be there somewhere. You've twenty four hours to prepare, go home get some rest, but be ready."

Theo leaves the room while I give her a quick nod. As I'm walking out of the room I hear someone mutter. "Everyone knows he has a soft spot for her, he doesn't want anything to happen her."

Theo is leaning back in his chair by the time I get to our office. He has his right ankle resting on his left knee and is tapping his pen against his lips.

"You know I've got to do it." I mutter, leaning against the door. Deep down I know Theo's right, there's no way I can go in there without being made especially since our recent 'fame' on the news. People like Hail don't just ignore it they analyse, memorise faces, make sure they're not the ones on it.

Theo sighs. "As your friend Olivia, I'm telling you this isn't a good idea. As an agent, I understand why your going to tell me your doing it."

I shrug. "I wasn't exactly given much choice in the matter either."

"Clare gets like that sometimes, it's not my favourite side to her." He stands up. "She's right about one thing though, you need some rest and tomorrow we'll hit up a gym session get you ready and make sure you won't get made."