Snitch by Rene Gutteridge

Author:Rene Gutteridge [Gutteridge, Rene]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-49943-1
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Published: 2007-06-30T16:00:00+00:00

By now, Jesse had figured out Ron’s game. He was going to pair Jesse up with Mack as often as possible until Jesse finally accepted her as part of the team. While Wiz and Dozer went to file paperwork for the body shop, Jesse, Mack, and her brother, Dumbstruck, went to get lunch.

Mack’s brother sat in the backseat of the Cadillac, staring out the window, while Mack pointed out the obvious: “There’s a casino … There’s a hotel …” Mack explained that Hank had never been to a big city. And that today was the first time he’d flown on an airplane.

Jesse looked in his rearview mirror. “How was your flight, Hank?”

“High,” he replied.

Jesse looked over at Mack, who gave an apologetic smile. “So, Jesse,” she began, “I’m curious. How do you separate yourself from your undercover identity?”

“When I’m with criminals, I’m Tony. It’s not rocket science.”

Mack glanced back at Hank. “His undercover name is Tony Romaine.”

“Tony Ramone. I’m not a head of lettuce.”

“I know,” Mack smiled. “But I thought that was funny since we’re driving by Caesars. Get it? Caesars salad?”

Jesse kept his eyes locked on the road. “Mack, I’m sure you’re a great cop, okay? And there’s no getting around it. You’re on the team. But you see by now that you don’t really belong in the undercover world, right?” He glanced at her as she looked out her window. “I’m not trying to be harsh. I’m really not. There’s a certain personality type made for undercover work. I can see you working your way up to captain.”

“Why do you think I don’t fit?” Mack asked.

From the back, in a quiet voice, Hank said, “Its because you were homeschooled.”

“You were homeschooled?”

“Yeah. So?”

Jesse whipped around the corner, narrowly missing the curb. “That’s terrific.”

“He doesn’t know about the convenience store?” Hank asked.

“Was that your previous job?”

Hank leaned forward. “She saved a store clerk who was being held at gunpoint.”

“Look, it doesn’t matter what I did or where I went to school,” Mack said. “This whole thing isn’t going to work unless you trust me.”

“This isn’t personal, Mack. It’s about the safety of the team. If you’re not ready for this, you could put us in jeopardy.”

“I’m ready for it. I’ve been ready for it my whole life. No, I don’t have your experience, but I’m a fast learner, and if you could dial your ego back a notch, maybe you could teach me something.”

Jesse tried to remain calm and not let his impatience get the best of him. “I have no problem with your inexperience. But is this the best time for you to jump into something like this?”

“Everybody has to jump in at some point.”

Jesse pulled to the curb in front of Pizza House.

“It’s going to take us all working together,” Mack said. “As a team.”

“There’s no ‘I’ in team,” Hank said from the backseat.

Jesse wanted to bang his head against the steering wheel. Mack and Hank might be good at undercover work … if they needed a duo to bust a pencil-theft ring in the fourth grade.

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