Is this destiny?

~ Dallas, Hilton Hotel ~

Saturday, March 7

3:13 PM

Jeff and Aiden are in a presidential suite, working on their laptops. The event organized by Marcus and Lukas White starts at 7 PM, so they have plenty of time.

JoAnna and Sarah are in the adjacent presidential suite which is connected with a double door to the one where Jeff and Aiden are.

The ladies need to start preparing their bodyguard-look earlier.

JoAnna was not happy to dye her hair, but she had to agree with Sarah that a wig is not safe enough.

"Who knows that Marcus and Lukas have prepared for screening people at the entrance. We don\'t want to be found out because of a small technicality. And we will dye our hair back to the original color tomorrow…", Sarah convinced her sister.

JoAnna grimaced. "Blonde?"

Sarah winked. "Trust me, Jeff will love it."

Sarah knows how Aiden\'s eyes lit up whenever she puts on any of her blonde wigs. Now it will be permanent… almost.

Sarah was applying hair color on JoAnna\'s hair when JoAnna stopped her, saying that she needs a break.

"I don\'t feel well…", she held onto her stomach, and her right hand covered her mouth like she is about to vomit. She moved next to the AC vent and cranked up the AC to blow cold air inside.

"Are you OK?"

JoAnna took few deep breaths. "Yeah… the smell hit me hard."

Sarah raised her eyebrows and blinked few times. "Since when strange smells bother you? You always said that the residenship prepared you for anything, and that in the hospital you got to see and smell anything possible…"

JoAnna smiled. "Promise not to tell?"

Sarah\'s face lit up when she realized that JoAnna is implying that she is pregnant. "You are?"

JoAnna nodded. "Jeff doesn\'t know. I\'m keeping it as a birthday surprise. Two more weeks…" She took few more deep breaths next to the AC and then returned to the chair. "I\'m ready to continue."

Sarah resumed applying hair color and asked: "Are you sure it\'s wise to go tonight to that event considering your condition?"

JoAnna bit her lower lip while thinking how to answer.

"What would you do? I can\'t let him go by himself there. If anything happens to him…" JoAnna sighed and then smiled. "Besides, the boss of the most dangerous underground organization is by my side. What can go wrong?"

Sarah agreed with that. "You are in dangerous company… Do you know if it\'s a boy or a girl?"

"Not yet. In about ten days I can do the test… just in time for Jeff\'s birthday."

"Talk about Jeff\'s birthday…" Sarah remembered that the previous year Aiden took her to Jeff\'s birthday, and that is where she met Isabella, and Aiden introduced her as his girlfriend to his parents… So many things happened. "Last year there was a massive party. I don\'t hear any plans now."

"Jeff does not want a big party. We will invite some people… an intimate gathering. Lunch and dinner maybe with some activity in-between. We were discussing of having people on that superyacht where we went when we got engaged, or maybe at my resort… but nothing is final at this point. With so many things happening, we neglect talking about plans for his birthday."

Sarah showed understanding. "If you want, I can help. Let me know what location you decide on, and I can handle inviting people. Guests can stay at the resort, and the party can be on the superyacht in that way you don\'t need to pick, you can have both... His birthday is on a Monday, so the party can be on the weekend before that…"

JoAnna stifled a laugh. "Did you get party planning urges from mom?"

Sarah paused. "If you don\'t want my help, just say so and I will stay out of it."

"Oh, did I hit a nerve?", JoAnna teased.

The sisters had fun chatting while getting ready.

The hair coloring was done (and successful), they showered, and Sarah was in charge of makeup. She applied foundation and blush to make their cheekbones more prominent, but natural looking, like they don\'t wear any makeup other than a nude lipstick.

Sarah gave JoAnna a set of lenses for Eve-vision and it took JoAnna few minutes for her eyes to stop tearing up.

"You need to stop blinking so much.", Sarah cautioned JoAnna.

"I know, but I can\'t help it."

"Give it ten more minutes, if you can\'t adjust to them, take them out. With you holding your eyes so open wide and blinking rapidly, they will figure out that something is wrong…"

JoAnna closed her eyes and sighed. "Do you have any idea what is in the store for us tonight?"

"No. We know that they hired fifty hostesses for the event, with a requirement that all of them are of legal age, not older than thirty years old, and good looking. Other than that, whatever they are planning, it\'s not in electronic form."

JoAnna opened her eyes and looked at Sarah. "It would be beneficial that we have a spy close to Marcus."

Sarah observed that JoAnna\'s eyes are much more natural. She is getting used to the lens. "We don\'t need a spy. We can just crush him. Both you and Jeff are trying to do some strategizing, but the only thing you are doing is giving an opportunity for the enemy to attack. That puts you in a position to always defend. No one wins a war by defending."

JoAnna has to agree with Sarah, but…"Sometimes things take care of themselves." JoAnna heard Sarah snort, and decided to provide an explanation: "Remember Beatriz? That annoying woman from my work who thought that everyone is after her lover or her job?"

"What about her?"

"I was thinking if anything is needed other than firing her, and I let her go and I was right. The woman could not handle that the man left her, and she killed herself. You see? She is a perfect example how sometimes I don\'t need to dirty my hands."

Sarah does not want to tell JoAnna that if not for her, Beatriz would come knocking on JoAnna\'s door with a gun.

"Anna, don\'t allow yourself to end up with your loved one in a coma before you start taking your enemies seriously."

"What does that mean?"

Sarah waved her hand dismissively. "Just what I said. Beatriz gone without your interference might be luck. But what about Regina? Or so many others who refuse to give up and they don\'t care who gets hurt as long as they get what they want? If you take them as a serious threat from the beginning, you will save yourself a lot of grief later."

JoAnna knows that Sarah is more cautious because of the incident with Evalina. That might be a good thing.

Besides lens which provides Eve-vision, they also have matching (Eve-connected) diamond studs in their ears which allows them to communicate discretely.

"We are ready.", Sarah gave an approving thumbs-up to JoAnna after straightening her necktie.

The two sisters checked themselves in the mirror: blonde hair pulled into a tight bun at the back of the head, natural-looking makeup to make their cheekbones more prominent… Eve-vision changed their eye color to dark brown. Looking sharp in black pantsuits and black stiletto heels. Their belts have a supply of JoAnna\'s concoctions… they are ready.

"Let\'s go and see what the guys say…", JoAnna grinned excitedly while walking toward the double door which connects two presidential suites.

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