Getting the information

Through her tears the woman began to speak.

"I had been hired to arrange this. I did not know it would be a direct move against you, at first.", she said quietly.

Evan popped his neck as he listened to her.

"When did you find out?", Yibo asked swiftly without emotion.

Slightly shaking her head, she did not want to say however she forced herself. "I found out the day before and chose not to alter the plan."

Yibo nodded his head with the knowledge of the truthfulness of the information.

"Why you? What is your connection to the members of our crew that you recruited?", Yibo probed.

Allowing her tears to keep falling she responded, "I grew up with the biggest one and he brought the others on board. I did not tell them it would be at all related to you."

Feeling regret for calling them traitors, Yibo would fix that when he went back to the office. Their families would be taken care of and watched over.

"Get to it!", Evan snarled allowing his anger to get the best of him.

The woman flinched and began to spill the details. "A while ago, you had been offended in a meeting by one of your small directors. You had him removed from his post and taken outside and taught a lesson.", she sighed before continuing. "Well.....the lesson did not have the desired reaction. He is the one that hired me. I am a planner in our world. I only did my job."

Evan laughed in anger as he remembered the very day the woman referred to. 'That little fucking weasel!', Evan thought to himself.

"Last contact with him, he sent the payment electronically after sending the intel to me on your little friend.", she said calmly.

Yibo looked deep into her eyes as he asked, "What all information did he provide?"

The woman looked confused as to what more information he would have provided. "He said that she was your son's girlfriend, gave her address, and description."

Yibo did not change his expression as to not give anything away.

"That is all I needed.", he said as he turned to walk away.

The woman looked around the room for escape and found nothing. "Please.....I could help you...yeah....I could work for you. I could plan for you.", she said in desperation.

"You got my guys killed.", he said without turning back.

"What? No.....that can't be right.", she said as the tears started again.

Yibo turned back to her. He locked eyes on her as he proceeded, "You should know who you are offending before starting the movement against them."

With that statement he swiftly turned, giving a nod to the guard. Directions as to what to do with the woman were given without a single word spoken.

Exiting the warehouse back to the chopper to return to the office, Evan followed his Father quickly.

Sitting in silence on the chopper, Yibo waited to speak about the intel until they were secure inside his office.

The trip to the office seemed to take forever to Evan, though in reality it only took the ten minutes it had before.

"Do you know where he is?", Evan asked once the office door closed behind them.

Yibo shook his head. "I don't know. At this time he is aware that the plan fell through. He is in the wind now.", he said while in deep thought.

"At least we have a name and a face. I will have everyone looking for him everywhere. He will not get far, Son."

Knowing the threat was not over Yibo looked over at Evan in seriousness. "I need the contact information for the main security person on her team. I need to be able to reach out to him with an update. He needs to know who the threat is, to be more prepared."

Evan opened his phone and immediately sent Bull's information to his Father.

Yibo sent a message to Bull immediately with all the information he had on the person responsible.

"It will be up to her team as to if they choose to believe us or not. At this time there is a possibility they believe this to be our doing.", he said matter of factly.

The realization of this made an ache in Evan's chest. Even if it was not him whom did this to her, he led them to her knowing that she was very important to someone. He may not know the details of her life, but it it is clear that her status is impeccable.

'I was too confident in my own safety.', he thought to himself. 'Damn it!'

Across town the team and Charlotte went over everything they knew about the attack. At first the guys tried to keep it brief as to not upset her.

Charlotte noticed this and began to huff up like a puffer fish.

Slowly the guys stopped talking and focused on her. Sitting with her arms crossed on her chest she looked at each of them as if she was on her last nerve.

"That's enough! You guys are holding back information.", her voice clearly showing upset.

They all looked at each other then at Bull for direction.

"Okay.......Okay", Bull said as he held his hands up in surrender. "You're not going to like it and we are doing our best to protect you. You know that."

Charlotte stood to her feet and stomped over to Bull. Once reaching where he was, she gave him a big hug which was not the reaction they thought would happen.

"I trust you guys, but you need to trust me to be part of the team too. I can't protect myself if I don't know all the intel.", she said as she looked up at him.

Bull looked down at her tiny frame and ruffled her hair. "Okay Little Charlotte."

Releasing her hold, she moved back to her seat.

"Okay. The intel that we have is as follows. We were attacked by three assailants which we have since taken out. Upon further inspection they all had the tattoo of the Morningstar Clan. We are not certain at this time if they were sent by Morningstar, though it seeems unlikely. We cannot be too careful and all contact between Evan and our team ceased.", Bull finished as he looked at Charlotte.

Blinking a few times to allow for the information to sink in, Charlotte looked up at Bull in full trust and knew that all he said had been correct and verified.

"What is our next move?", Charlotte asked as she spoke up clearly.

Axel spoke up, "We have a bit longer before school begins again, therefore we will be working behind the scenes for intel as to who hired them and why."

"You will only be tasked with never being alone. Never let Nate leave your side.", Alan said.

"If it isn't one of us or Nate, you are not to be alone. I know they are our guys but this is a high level threat and the protection you need is of utmost importants.", Seth added.

"Any of us will give you our lives.", Grayson said with honesty.

Charlotte stood and went around the room giving hugs to all the guys. "Thank you all. You know I love you. You are the best family anyone could ask for. I will stay safe so that you can stay safe too."

Nate felt complete in this moment. He had found his place and could not be more content. Though the threat had come, he new nothing would harm her as long as he is alive.

With the meeting complete, they all started to head to different locations around the property. Bull and Charlotte were talking together as Axel made his way to Nate. Motioning with his head, he had Nate follow him to the other side of the room.

Looking around to be sure none of the other guys were looking, he took out a box from his pants pocket and placed it in Nate's.

"Look.....I am not saying anything is happening, but we will be here for some time and will not be able to get to the store. I thought you may need these.....um.......don't look at them until you are alone. Haha. Trust me on that one."

With that Axel walked away leaving Nate puzzled as to what that was about and what had been placed in his pocket. He trusted Axel and did not take whatever it was out of his pocket and resolved to look at it later while he was alone as suggested.