“When we heard the door squeak, we got into position. Brian here crept in like the lowlife scum he is, and as we planned, he slipped on the oil like a cartoon character with a banana peel.” Her mouth quirked. “Then we covered him with a fishing net.”
That explained the large net on the floor next to the puddle of what looked like cooking oil.
“I can’t believe this worked,” Reyes added, shaking his head. “These ladies are straight up crazy.”
Evie shot him a look that was so venomous I felt my balls crawl up into my body.
“He managed to get out of the net before we could restrain him, so I shot him a few times with the paint ball gun. He fell on the floor, stunned. Then we all sat on him to keep him still while we duct taped his hands and legs to secure him until you guys could arrest him.”
“Then he called us cunts, so we duct taped his damn mouth,” Dawn added, proudly.
“Well Brian, I guess you would have gotten away with it if it hadn’t been for these meddling kids.”
Evie gave me a look of shock. “Did you just make a joke? And a Scooby Doo reference? I didn’t know you had it in you.”
I pointed at her and gave her my best glower. “You’re going to need to be quiet, or I’m arresting all of you for obstruction of justice.”
“Obstruction?” she scoffed. “I think what you mean to say is, thank you for solving my case for me.”
That was it. I was done. Clearly Evie had no concern about her personal safety. My heart pounded as I thought of all the things that could have happened while they were playing detective. A trained cop and felon against three middle-aged women? I couldn’t believe no one had been hurt. If I had lost her...
I looked at Johnston and Reyes.
“Can you handle this?” I asked. “Lock him up and then get these ladies home.”
“Yes sir,” they answered in unison.
I grabbed Evie’s wrist.
“You’re coming with me.”
Evie
Jake tugged me outof the store by the wrist. I planted my feet when we hit the sidewalk.
“Jake! What the hell are you doing?”