As Jack drove all present were silent. But in Jack's mind there was a lot running through his head. My parents?! he thought, Why did they do this to me? Then he realized that most of the people at both the agency and the police station had him in their files as Jack Savage, and not Marcus Wilde. He would have considered Jack Wilde, but then he was worried that people would make the connection. And now here he was, he secrecy leading to a spectacular start to his first mission.
"Well this is boring," Nick piped up from the front passenger side seat, "Can you turn on the radio?"
Not taking his eyes off the road, Jack reached over and hit the shuffle button on his Spotify. Within a few seconds the first few chords of "Wonderwall" began playing. The song didn't even last a full 15 seconds before Nick skipped it. Jack glanced at him as the next song, Rick Ratsley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" came on. Nick was about to reach for the button again when Judy grabbed his paw.
"Don't you even think about it," she said from the backseat.
"Oh that's right," Nick commented to Jack, "I forgot your mother loved this song. But seriously, Mark? Oasis?"
"OK, guys, look," Jack said, "while we're on this mission, you guys need to call me 'Jack Savage' - it's my spy name. I will refer to you two as Officers Wilde and, well, Wilde."
"What's your point?"
"Just… just don't embarrass me on this, OK? It's my first mission, I just want things to go smoothly."
"Alright." They agreed with a little bit of disappointment in their voices.
"But wait!" Judy chimed, "That's when we're out of the car. As long as we're on the road, we can call him Marky and talk about family stuff."
"Oh yeah!" Nick said. As he leaned over to Jack, he said, "So son… how's your love life?"
Jack groaned and rolled his eyes. Should've seen this coming, he thought.
"Y'know what? I'll just check your InstaRam."
Fear struck our poor protagonist in the heart. "You… you know I have one?"
"Everyone does, Marky." Judy said, "And we're cops. You think we wouldn't know?"
"Hey, hey, hey," Nick said, "who is this?"
Pulling up to a stoplight, Jack glanced at Nick's phone to see a picture of Jack with a dark red fox in overalls at an ice cream parlor.
"She's," Jack coughed, "she's just a friend."
"A friend, huh?" Judy said, her curiosity peaking, "Let me see." After inspecting the picture, she looked back at her son and said, "What's her name?"
Unfortunately for our bun-bun the light had turned green. Jack stepped on the gas and Judy fell backwards.
"Her name is Skye. She's a mechanic, and we're just friends, OK? Sheesh."
"Well," Nick said, "for 'friends' you sure do a lot of things with her. And what's this? She moved in with you?"
Judy broke into laughter in the backseat. If Jack weren't driving, he be slamming his head on the steering wheel right now.
"What?" Jack said, "Can't friends share an apartment?"
"Well, your father and I didn't share an apartment until 6 months after he joined the force." Judy replied, "But onto bigger things… when do we get to meet her?"
"MOM!"
Nick and Judy shot glances at each other and realized the exact same thing: This was gonna be fun.
