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Dani was no stranger to illegal activities. As the formerly prized jewel in her father's crown, she may have been insulated from her family's business, but she still knew enough to keep her mouth shut and not ask questions. And sure, she'd transported the occasional thing or two across borders while going to university in San Diego, and was present when Joaquin bent a few laws. But she never imagined her acting career would lead her to being an accessory to assault and kidnapping and multiple counts of fraud between England and France.
And with all those crimes successfully committed by their group in the span of just a few days, the only thing standing in their way now was a single nosy neighbor.
"Lito?" Will called out, nodding his head to a shaggy-haired old Frenchman with a matching shaggy-haired old French dog at his side. The man was watching them suspiciously from under messy eyebrows as they hauled Jonas unconscious in a rolled-up carpet toward Kala's husband's apartment.
"On it." Lito waited for Hernando to set down his suitcase and replace him at the foot of the rug, then he approached the man with his charisma turned up to eleven. "Bonjour monsieur!"
Dani had spent multiple semesters learning French and multiple summers speaking it in the Riviera, and she stuck close to Lito as the rest of the group continued unloading the van like there was absolutely nothing illicit going on.
Customs agents from two separate countries had fallen victim to Lito's skills. So did the ferry operator, and security guards, and every petrol station employee who so much as gave them a second glance. But whether it was because Lito was working overtime helping his cluster act innocent in addition to charming their new neighbor—or this bushy man just wasn't susceptible—Lito was losing ground quickly.
And the carpet just moaned.
Man and beast both turned at the sound as Will, Capheus, and Hernando froze in place underneath the unusually heavy rug. Sun began her approach to add murder and maybe dog-napping to their list of felonies. Lito was still rambling for the neighbor's attention.
Surreptitiously popping two buttons open on her shirt, Dani got to work. "Quel beau chien!" she exclaimed with her cleavage on full display. She leaned over the beautiful dog so the dog's owner could see straight down her top.
"Voici Barnaby," the owner said as Dani laughed and let Barnaby get a big slimy lick of her tits.
"Oh la la." Dani blushed and fanned herself, flirtatiously patting Barnaby's owner on the arm. "We'll be good friends," she continued in French as if the man was listening to a single word she said while his eyes were on her now sopping wet chest. "See you around?"
"Eh?"
Giving the arm and the dog another affectionate squeeze to say goodbye, Dani returned to the van and purposefully dropped her bag so she'd have to bend over and pick it up. "Au revoir monsieur! Au revoir Barnaby!" She waved away the neighbor as they continued on with their walk, both of them giving her another look and forgetting about the carpet entirely.
"Okay. Thank you Dani," Will said once Barnaby walked his owner out of earshot.
Sun longingly watched them leave. Dani wasn't sure whether the regret was for a lack of violence or missing her dog. Probably both.
"Well done!" Hernando said proudly.
"Men really never grow out of it, do they?" Amanita laughed.
As lovely as the accolades were, Dani had been in the movie business long enough to see beyond Lito's congratulatory smile. This was a man who'd just heard someone else's name announced at an award ceremony and was crumpling up the prepared speech in his pocket.
She reassuringly patted Lito's shoulder. He may have been immune to her talents, but he wasn't immune to praise. "Even when you're the best actor in the world, sometimes you just need boobs."
"True," Riley said with a smile.
"Thank you Dani." Lito put his arm around her, then squeamishly pulled it back. "You need a shower first."
The rest of the group collectively rolled their eyes at him.
"Are we just going to stand here?" the carpet asked.
"Sun?" Will called out.
She cracked her knuckles. "On it."