All Is Bright - K. Sterling Page 0,4
at Lavender and it took a minute but he eventually turned on his heel and stalked to the jet.
“You have five minutes,” he called as he grabbed the rails and bounded up the steps before he dove through the door.
“You’re going to say something to make me feel guilty but it’s not going to work,” Aiden said. Lane hummed and braced his hands on his knees.
“I won’t bring up all the times he’s saved my life but I’ll always owe him because he saved yours. Not a single person on that jet would hesitate if you were in trouble,” he said and Aiden rolled his eyes.
“I know that and it’s not about them. It’s Blink and Rhode Island. There are ghosts and I’ll have to wear suits but it’s mostly Blink,” he complained. Lane smiled wolfishly as he leaned inside.
“I was looking forward to the suits. I still get hard when I think about Mr. Dinner Party,” he murmured and stretched so he could kiss Aiden’s cheek. His lips curved and he allowed it.
“I did not enjoy the hangover but it was one of my best performances.”
“Downstairs or in the bedroom?” Lane whispered in his ear. “Be a good friend and come with us. I’d miss you and Mr. Dinner Party.”
“Fine,” Aiden said with a hard sigh and kissed him. “We’d better have a lot of sex because the rest of this is going to suck,” he predicted as he got out. Lane squeezed an eye shut then closed the door and saluted the gentleman waiting to park Wilder’s Suburban.
“Hallelujah,” Lavender said when Aiden stuck his head inside the jet. Lane gave Aiden a shove and smiled at their attendant. He was one of Blink’s men so they’d have to watch what they said around him. They were taxiing down the runway as soon as Aiden’s ass hit a seat and in the air a few minutes later.
“Now that we have time and we’re all together, Reginald can explain, in detail,” Lavender requested as he rose and paced down the cabin so he could command everyone’s attention and act as referee, Lane suspected. There were some hard feelings on that jet, to say the least. Lane winced at Toly and Ezra. They were particularly furious with Reginald.
“I would be happy to oblige, if I could just borrow a laptop...” Reginald said as he pushed off the arms of his chair.
“Absolutely not,” Toly ground out. “I can see what you’ve done now and I will handle the slideshow portion of the presentation.”
“Very well,” Reginald replied then cleared his throat. “As Mr. Blink said, he came to me several months ago with a very important project. He wanted a complete overhaul of Blackhurst’s security and he wanted it treated as if every aspect was highly classified.”
“Why didn’t he turn to Alon? He’s a security expert,” Lavender argued.
“That’s right. It’s Mossad’s specialty,” Lane agreed and Reginald nodded.
“It is and that’s why Alon suggested Mr. Blink compartmentalize the different arms of his security structure. He didn’t want any one man or entity to have that much insight into Blackhurst. It would be catastrophic for Blink if Alon was targeted and taken, if he was the sole architect of the estate’s security,” he explained. Lavender nodded and hummed but it was deep and foreboding.
“So, you contracted those jobs out to your friends without telling them who they were working for,” he summarized and Reginald squeezed an eye shut and held up a finger.
“No one was supposed to know for a reason. Denver would be in danger if it was known that he designed the perimeter. And there was less risk to him if he didn’t know who he was building it for,” he explained and Ezra snorted hard.
“He can’t give up anything during an interrogation, is what you mean,” he said tightly but Reginald shook his head.
“No. I think we all know Denver isn’t going to give up a fucking thing, whether he wants to or not,” he replied. “I was only thinking of Denver’s safety. Mr. Blink protects the people who keep his secrets, whether they know it or not. Don’t be fooled, Mr. Blink’s furious and sweating. He doesn’t like that he’s been caught off guard and that something’s struck this close to home. If there’s anything Blink can’t abide, it’s not knowing everything and not being ten steps ahead of everyone. He doesn’t like to operate if he can’t see what’s around the corner,” Reginald continued.
“I was told to design a state-of-the-art