Of course James figured that Audrey has her stuff somewhere outside of the building but it might be quite hard to find it if he gags her, though the prospect of frisking her is one that he likes quite a lot so part him hopes that she’ll refuse to talk. At the same time he hopes she’s got her keys and wallet on her though he knows from experience not to take anything with you during a heist, expect for what’s absolutely needed.<br/><br/>Hearing the girl’s reaction to his question he tilts his head slightly to the side only to get ready to gag her with him pulling out the cloth stuff in her mouth while he frowns slightly at her as he figured that much out himself. Yet the following words cause him to stop while tilting his head to the side slightly only to look at her with a suspicious look on his face. He doesn’t trust her as it sounds good, perhaps too good even but there’s no harm done in having his men check the area around the house for a car as he might just get lucky.<br/><br/>Seeing her still squirming in front of him and seeing her bulging breasts quite close to his face he can’t help but to stare at them for several seconds with him being distracted long enough for her to pull the pin out of her hidden pocket. “You better not be lying Miss LaBelle”, he says strictly only to look towards the door for a moment. “Wilson!”, he yells loudly as the door opens with one of the guards, probably the chief of security steps inside.<br/><br/>“She claims her car is outside, look for it and if you find it see if you can get her hotel keys and wallet and then call the girl we talked about and tell her to come here. If you don’t find it let me know as our guest will be in deep trouble”, James says strictly only to pause for a moment. “And get one of your men to replace the painting with the forgery as we could have visitors coming tomorrow and we wouldn’t want them to find the original painting”, the man adds strictly with the guard nodding at him. “Consider it done boss”, the guard replies with him stepping out of the room for a moment with a new guard entering the room with him starting to remove the painting from the wall to store it in the panic room while the forgery hangs here in its place.<br/><br/>James himself turns his attention over to Audrey with him moving his head close towards hers against. “If I find out my men are going on a wild goose chase you are in deep trouble and sure as hell your socks would be stuffed in your mouth while layers of tape and scarves will prevent you from spitting it out, hell I don’t think you’d be able to say one word understandable by the time I am done with you”, he threatens strictly only to reach for something in his back pocket.<br/><br/>“Now as thief to a thief we all have our escape methods in case we get in trouble”, he adds while holding a silenced pistol in front of the girl’s face. “This was mine a Belgium made FN Five-seveN also known as the cop killer in some countries as it can penetrate bulletproof vests. I never had to use the gun but I always kept it near me during a heist in case something would go wrong or a guard would need some extra convincing”, he explains calmly with him putting the gun away as soon as he’s done talking.<br/><br/>To be fair this does bring back memories as he recalls one of his earliest heist with a guard that he captured and held at gunpoint in order to get entrance to the warehouse where the piece of art he was going to steal was stored. The guard was cooperating but it was clear that things were going too easy with James’s mentor becoming more and more suspicious about the motives of the guard to help them. In the end the mentor was right as the men took care of the guard by tying up and storing him in the bathroom while they found out that the route he wanted to them to take was covered with camera’s and they would’ve surely been discovered.<br/><br/>At the time James didn’t think too much about it but looking back at it now he can see and sense the similarities with Audrey suddenly cooperating with him. “What are you hiding, what trick is up your sleeve”, he says loud and clear though with the tone of voice it’s clear he’s thinking out loud with him being suspicious but without proof that she’s actually got a trick up her sleeve which could be her salvation or her downfall.