The next day, the gang sat around a table at BBQ Bob's, trying to stay serious while working on the case.
"Well I looked up all the victims, and they all have a recent arrest record. Coupled with the crime boss theory--"
"And so the bosses send them over, they commit the felony, and as soon as they get caught, the boss kills them off the cover his tracks," Mark finished.
Jesse gave one of his disappointed looks. "But that was too easy! The solution never comes that quick!"
"That was the easy part, Jess," Steve explained. "The hard part is finding the perps before we find anymore victims." He paused to take a sip of his drink, trying to avoid telling his overeager, over worrisome father and best friends just how that was going to be done.
"So how is the LAPD planning on doing that?" Amanda asked, although her women's intuition was already telling her.
"They're sending someone undercover," Steve explained, trying to avoid the rest of the truth.
"Oh, and this person that's going undercover wouldn't happen to go by the name of Steve Sloan, now would he?" He gave his son that "I'm-your-concerned-father-and-you'd-better-not-lie-to-me" Look.
Steve nodded sheepishly. "But it's not dangerous this time, I promise! I-I can't talk about it, but it's not!" He looked at his watch, then back to his friends at the table. "And you three aren't getting involved this time!"
"Yes, Daddy," Jesse muttered cheekily to his back.
Steve turned around to see his buddy smiling mischievously at him, Amanda trying not to spit out her drink, and his father simply smirking in that way that he does when trying to hold back laughter.
As Steve left the restaurant shaking his head, the three remaining friends turned back to the situation at hand.
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I know,I know, it's short! But that's how I do chapters. I don't like keeping people in suspense, and so I do a lot of short chapters. Which would you guys rather, short frequent chapters, or longer, less frequent? Tell me about it! (Along with how ya think it's coming!) Thanks!
"Well I looked up all the victims, and they all have a recent arrest record. Coupled with the crime boss theory--"
"And so the bosses send them over, they commit the felony, and as soon as they get caught, the boss kills them off the cover his tracks," Mark finished.
Jesse gave one of his disappointed looks. "But that was too easy! The solution never comes that quick!"
"That was the easy part, Jess," Steve explained. "The hard part is finding the perps before we find anymore victims." He paused to take a sip of his drink, trying to avoid telling his overeager, over worrisome father and best friends just how that was going to be done.
"So how is the LAPD planning on doing that?" Amanda asked, although her women's intuition was already telling her.
"They're sending someone undercover," Steve explained, trying to avoid the rest of the truth.
"Oh, and this person that's going undercover wouldn't happen to go by the name of Steve Sloan, now would he?" He gave his son that "I'm-your-concerned-father-and-you'd-better-not-lie-to-me" Look.
Steve nodded sheepishly. "But it's not dangerous this time, I promise! I-I can't talk about it, but it's not!" He looked at his watch, then back to his friends at the table. "And you three aren't getting involved this time!"
"Yes, Daddy," Jesse muttered cheekily to his back.
Steve turned around to see his buddy smiling mischievously at him, Amanda trying not to spit out her drink, and his father simply smirking in that way that he does when trying to hold back laughter.
As Steve left the restaurant shaking his head, the three remaining friends turned back to the situation at hand.
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I know,I know, it's short! But that's how I do chapters. I don't like keeping people in suspense, and so I do a lot of short chapters. Which would you guys rather, short frequent chapters, or longer, less frequent? Tell me about it! (Along with how ya think it's coming!) Thanks!