Loria gave a presentation that seemed like a speech he had practiced for investors, most of which was of little help to the hostage situation. Nic grew bored within thirty seconds and kept checking his phone for updates. He wished that he had convinced Taz to send Strom or one of the others. He hated nothing more than thinking of his brothers in the crosshairs while he spun his wheels on a fool’s errand. After all, they already had the blueprints and video footage. What more could they learn from a site visit?

Loria said, “What we did with GoBox is take the outdated concept of a safety deposit box and bring it into the twenty-first century using the latest in private vault technology. A member can choose from a wide variety of GoBox sizes, ranging from a small box for document storage leading all the way up to massive boxes designed to hold gold bullion or other precious metals, artwork, jewelry, antiques, just about anything you could imagine. It basically gives people their own private vault right at their fingertips.”

Loria led them inside and showed them some of the different box sizes and the client relations area. The interior was the same elegant marble and stone and dark wood as the Henderson facility, modern but institutional. The air still smelled of new paint and fresh drywall.

Carter interrupted, “You’ve described these GoBoxes as improvements on safety deposit boxes, but I don’t really see it. Where does the ‘Go’ part of the name come into play?”

“Good question. A safety deposit box is simply a keyed metal box that resides inside a bank vault somewhere. A GoBox is your own private vault that can meet you wherever is most convenient for you. Not the other way around.”

“How does it meet you where you are? Don’t you have to come to a GoBox facility in order to access your box?”

Loria led them into the rear of the building. The security wasn’t in place yet, but the design was the same as the Henderson location. “You don’t have to come in at all if you don’t want, at least not after the initial setup. Through our proprietary app and secure transport system, a client can request that their box be delivered to their home, and we’ll have it in their possession within one business day. But we’re averaging around four hours for delivery times.”

“And then you just request a pickup in the same way?” Nic said.

“Correct. You can also have your box transferred among any of our locations. So let’s say that you move away, or maybe you’re going on vacation and want to bring your good jewelry or something of great value. You can simply have your box temporarily moved, and you don’t have to worry about any of your valuable property being lost or stolen during your trip.”

Nic gave up on the company history lesson and began checking layout, vantage points, and angles of fire. But he still tried to at least halfway pay attention, in case there was any actual useful information presented. He hadn’t made the drive to sit in on a GoBox infomercial.