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He’d thought getting Ursino to listen would be the hardest part.
Now he wasn’t so sure.
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    G ina came off the phone with Daddy and
typed out a text message.
    Finished with Jordan. On my way over x.
    He thought he was so smart. What he’d
forgotten was she’d been dealing with over-confident toughs since she learned
how to walk. It came with the territory when you were Vito Ursino’s daughter.
    She strutted down the road and got back
into her jeep. The intuition that something big was about to happen settled on
her shoulders. Turning on the stereo, she shrugged the feeling off.
    Of course something big was on the horizon
– she was the one who’d set it in motion.
    It was a shame things hadn’t worked out
with Jordan. The signs had been there from the beginning, but she’d wanted to
be wrong this time.
    He was good fun, he looked great on her arm
and the sex was up there in the top five. Top three if she was being completely
honest.
    But he didn’t love her. He never would.
    Men like Jordan couldn’t love anyone. Now
he was starting to pull away before she was ready. Well, she intended to make
good use of him while she still could.
    The drive over had flown by. Gina pulled
into an underground car park and killed the engine. The sound of her heels
echoed as she made her way over to the back stairs and typed the code into the
security panel.
    Three flights up, she left the stairs and
took the door out to a corridor. Number fifty-two was the fourth door on the
left.
    She brought out a key and opened the door.
“Hello?” She walked inside and kicked off her shoes.
    “Hey, that was quick.” Bill brought her in
close for a lingering kiss.
    She kissed him back, linking her arms
behind his head. Bill may not have been as cute as Jordan, but he was a lot
more interested in pleasing her. “Let me see your face.” She tipped his head to
the side. His nose was turning a vivid shade of purple. “I bet that stings.”
Taking care not to hurt him, she kissed the tip.
    “I’ve had worse.” He took her by the hand,
drawing her further inside. “Coffee?”
    “I’ll make it.” Moving through to the
kitchen, she plucked a couple of mugs from the rack and turned on the kettle.
“What did Daddy say?”
    “That we’re going back in to empty the
safety deposit boxes.” He followed her in and gave her a pat on the ass. “That
was you on the phone to him, wasn’t it?”
    “Uh-huh. I told him about the safety
deposit boxes. You were right about the woman. He said she was the manager.
Tried to convince me he was only after her to pull another job.”
    Bill’s snort of laughter said what he
thought about that.
    “He’s out there right now, trying to smooth
things over with her.”
    “Do you want me to call him? Mess up his
evening? I haven’t told him about the new plan yet.”
    Gina made the drinks and handed one to him.
“Whatever. You might slow him down, but you won’t stop him. I saw the way he
was looking at her.” It was just the way he used to look at her. Another sign
things were as good as over between them.
    “I wish you weren’t so upset about that.”
    She smiled and kissed him on the cheek.
“Don’t worry. I’m done with him.” But it still hurt to know he’d already moved
on to the next unlucky bitch.
    They moved through to the lounge and sat
down on the couch together.
    “So, you’re going to make sure he pumps the
bank manager for information?” She blew on her coffee.
    “Yeah. She won’t like that.”
    “Don’t be too sure. Charming his way into
that bank won’t be much harder than charming his way into her panties. She
didn’t look like she gets much male attention, if you know what I mean.” In her
experience, men weren’t interested in girls who wore suits to work.
    “Okay. He finds a way in. Me and Danny do
the job with him. You call the cops and he gets caught.”
    “Along with his new girlfriend.”
    “Sounds like a plan.”
    Gina put her legs up on his lap and