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country.”
    â€œBe mysterious, then,” she said, smiling.
    He grinned back. “You bet I will. There’s gotta be mystery in a relationship.”
    â€œWho said anything about …” She didn’t get any further. His hand was on her thigh.
    She’d got him just as she wanted.
    He needed support as he tottered back to Precious Finds and Tanya supplied it, allowing him to put his arm around her shoulder.
    â€œWhy don’t we close the shop for the afternoon?” he said.
    â€œWhat a good idea,” she said. “I was thinking the same thing.” She’d already closed for lunch and didn’t have to reopen. She let them inside, fastened the bolts and left the closed notice hanging on the door.
    Inside, she said, “After all that wine, some coffee might be a good plan.”
    â€œI can think of a better one,” Edward said, reaching for her breasts.
    She swayed out of range. “Coffee first. I only have instant, but I’m not sending you to Starbucks again. Tell you what. I’ll make it here and we’ll carry it through to the back room, so we can both have a chair.”
    â€œAnd if I spill it, I can’t do so much damage,” he said with a grin.
    She carried both mugs through the shop after the coffee was made, insisting he went ahead. She didn’t want him behind her.
    Edward managed to lift two chairs from the stack in the back room and sank into one of them. “Never thought I’d get to be alone with you.”
    And so drunk you can’t do anything about it, Tanya thought, but she said, “Yes, it’s great to relax. And in the company of a famous New York mobster.”
    He looked stupidly flattered.
    â€œI’d love to hear about the last big job you did—the security van,” she said. “I thought they were so well protected no robber would even think about a hold-up.”
    â€œTakes brains,” he said.
    â€œWas it your idea, then?”
    â€œThe part that worked, yeah.” He ogled her. “You wanna hear about it? I’ll tell you. In a job like this you go for the weak spot. You know what that is?”
    â€œThe tires?”
    â€œThe people. You surprise the guard in his own home, before he reports for work. You tell him his mother has been kidnapped and he has to cooperate. You tape dummy explosives to his chest and tell him you can detonate them by remote whenever you want.”
    â€œBrilliant,” Tanya said. “Was that you, doing all that?”
    â€œMost of it. From there on, he’s so scared he’ll do anything. He drives you to where the vans are kept. You’re wearing a uniform just like his. He drives the security van to the depot where the bank stores the money. He does the talking and you help load the van.”
    â€œHow much? Squillions?” She was wide-eyed, playing the innocent.
    â€œThey don’t deal in peanuts,” Edward said. “And when you’re outta there and on the street, your buddies follow in the transit van.”
    â€œGeorge?”
    â€œHe was one of the bunch, yeah. Some were Butch’s people and some worked for Gritty Bologna. Gritty had a line into the security outfit, which was how we got the uniform and the guard’s address. You drive to the warehouse where you transfer the loot and that’s it.”
    â€œWhat about the guard?”
    â€œTied up and locked in his van. No violence.”
    â€œHow much did you get?”
    â€œJust under a million pounds.”
    â€œPounds?”
    Edward looked sheepish. “Yeah. We screwed up. We thought this van was delivering to the major banks like all the others. Too bad we picked the one supplying British money to currency exchanges at all the major airports in New York.”
    â€œYou had a vanload of useless money.”
    â€œUh huh. Crisp, new banknotes for tourists to take on their vacations.”
    â€œWhat a letdown.”
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