The Thieves of Legend by Richard Doetsch

Author:Richard Doetsch
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Thriller
ISBN: 9781416598985
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Published: 2011-08-22T14:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 28

MACAU

Michael, Busch, and Jon walked through the ornate lobby of the Venetian. They had spent the last hour getting a feel for the layout, walking the casinos, trying their hands at fan-tan, poker, craps, the slot machines, with only Busch winning. In fact, he was up four thousand dollars in a short period of time, seeming to have a sixth sense when it came to playing the odds.

“Nothing like a good old ‘abusement’ park to lift your spirits.” Busch couldn’t help smiling.

“Or suck you dry,” Michael said as watched the different expressions on the faces of the people checking in as opposed to those checking out. “So many people arrive thinking they’re going to win but walk out with holes in their pockets.”

“But the trick is that they had fun while losing,” Jon said. “That’s the magic of a good casino. They fleece you but you always come back for more. The casinos that fail are the ones that take your money and kick you to the street with a bad taste in your mouth.”

“That’s not all that puts a bad taste in my mouth,” Busch said as he looked at Jon, his words sharp and challenging.

“Are we on schedule?” Jon asked, ignoring Busch.

“Where’s your colonel?” Michael asked.

“In the room next to yours. He arrived a few hours ago. Do you want to see him?”

“I want assurance that KC is unharmed and will be freed when we are done.”

“Fair enough,” Jon said. “I’ll see what I can do.”

“If you want this done tonight,” Michael said, “there are still obstacles.”

“Is it the safe?” Jon asked.

“I’ll get into the safe,” Michael said. “But I can’t get past the guard on Sublevel Six.”

“What about the security, the cameras?” Jon asked.

“What can you do about the guard on Sub-Six?”

“I will deal with that,” Jon said.

“How?”

“Not to worry, I will own that man before we go in.”

“What do you mean ‘we’?”

“I told you, I’m going with you.”

Michael stared at Jon. He knew he would need his help, but up to this point he had thought it would be limited to supplies, logistics, and reconnaissance. While he had had Busch with him in the past, Simon, even KC when he was pulling a job, he had never worked in the presence of someone he considered an enemy, a man who would gladly kill him upon the job’s completion.

“You know you need me,” Jon said. “You may be brilliant at getting past security, compromising safes, ripping people off, but I’m the one you need to deal with the Chinese factor.”

“If you leave a trail of bodies…” Busch glared at Jon.

“Who said anything about bodies? I told you I will deal with getting you past the guard; I didn’t say I was going to kill him,” Jon said. “My question is, how are we going to get out of not only the lower level but the building with the box?”

“How confident are you of getting inside help like Carl?”

“Just tell me what you need.”

Michael handed him a sheet of paper.

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