09 True Blue by David Baldacci

Author:David Baldacci [Baldacci, David]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 60

PSYCHO CIRCLED THEM once and then twice, nodding, smiling, and glancing at his men and then back at Mace and Roy. A little taller than Roy, he had on black jeans, a sparkling white T-shirt, and tennis shoes. Several gold chains were visible at the neckline of his tee. His hair was cut so short it was more like a membrane over his scalp. His forearms were veined, muscled, and heavily tattooed. Mace noted that his pupils were normal-sized and his forearms clear of needle marks. You didn’t last in that business if you were a user, she well knew. Life and death were often separated by only a rational, nimble decision.

On the third pass he stopped and stood in front of them.

“How’s Alisha?” Psycho asked in a surprisingly high-pitched voice.

“Doing okay.”

“They say you with Social? Why don’t I believe that?”

“We’re not cops,” said Mace.

“Hey, lady jumped right to it. Must be smart, so I know she’s not the blue.” His crew laughed. Psycho said, “Then let me play the ‘blues’ part, okay?” Not waiting for an answer, he stood straight and assumed a mock stern expression. “Now you two got anything on your person that might concern me?”

Several of his crew guffawed at this.

“Not unless you object to a set of keys and a couple cell phones,” said Mace.

“Couple?”

“Yeah, one for business and one for pleasure.”

Psycho flicked his hand and two of his men came forward and performed the frisk. One squeezed Mace’s butt and he got an elbow driven into his gut for the trouble.

“Whoa, lady got some fire,” said Psycho. “You step back in line there, Black,” he said to the doubled-over man. “Before you get your ass thumped.”

He eyeballed Mace. “So no guns, no badge, that still don’t mean no cops. Could be undercover.”

“Don’t even undercover agents carry guns?” asked Roy. “Especially coming around here?”

Mace let a small groan escape as Psycho turned to Roy. “You got a problem with around here? What, you don’t like around here, Mayonnaise Boy?”

Roy managed to swallow a sudden lump in his throat. “I never said that.”

“Yeah, you ain’t got to say it. I smell it.” He glanced at Mace. “This your old lady?” He ran a tongue over his lips as he checked out Mace. “Fine-looking woman.”

“It’s a business relationship,” said Roy, who instantly regretted having said it.

“A business relationship!” whooped Psycho. “A business relationship?” He turned to his men. “He got himself a business relationship with the chick.”

They all laughed, and then Psycho spun around so fast it was a blur. “Then you ain’t mind if I do this, then, business relationship dude?” He moved to squeeze one of Mace’s breasts, but Roy grabbed his hand and pushed it away.

“Yeah I do mind.”

The crew fell silent.

Psycho looked down at the hand Roy had grabbed and then back up, his grin intact. “You really want to go there, mayo?”

“Not really, no. And I won’t so long as you keep your hands off her.”

“So not you then?” Psycho’s arm moved so fast Mace heard the impact before she even saw the swing of the fist.

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