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“I’m not,” George said. “Geronimo!”
We all looked at him, wondering if he’d lost his mind.
And then a half-dozen sheriff’s SUVs and cars came tearing up, lights pulsating, sirens blaring, deputies piling out, weapons at the ready, screaming for everyone to get down on the ground NOW!
Pete went for his big revolver and I dove on top of it, rolled away and tossed it out of his reach.
“Fucker!” Pete said, trying to crawl toward it, but I grabbed hold until deputies ran up and secured him.
I looked over at George but he was grinning.
“What the fuck, George?”
“I’m wired,” George said. “And I bet they’ve got weight and weapons in the van. The sheriff owed us one after that crap with you.”
“You asshole.” I was still shaking my head when they dragged Pete away.
The sheriff was telling George they had great audio on the recording and then his guys opened the back of the van and there were enough drugs, weapons, explosives and dirty cash to send Pete and his guys away for a very long time.
“Geronimo?” I asked George about the code word to call in the cavalry, which seemed a bad mixture.
He shrugged. “It felt right.”
I turned toward the trees far away and waved, to let Rain and Liz know they could stand down.
Everything had gone pretty much as well as it could have.
Except I was probably going to have to learn to salsa now.
CHAPTER 47
When Vince waved, I put the safety back and finally pulled my eye away and it immediately filled with sweat, which really hurt. But I was so relieved everyone was all right and I hadn’t had to pull that trigger that I didn’t care.
“George set that up with the sheriff,” Rain said, as she reached down to help me out of the mud. “Your guy’s plan was all right, but you have to admit, George’s is more permanent, short of shooting those losers. He’s wearing a wire by the way. I’m sure he got Pete to say something stupid for posterity and the jury.”
She handed me a towel, a camouflaged one, of course. I wiped the sweat from my face and succeeded in smearing mud everywhere.
“You look pretty badass,” Rain said, giving me a nod. “Want me to take a pic?”
“Thanks, but no.”
“Hey. One thing.”
“What?”
She reached out for the assault rifle and I thought that’s what she meant, handing it over, but it wasn’t.
“Next time you and Molly do something childish and illegal,” Rain said, “you could ask me to come along, you know. Girls night out.”
“That was a serious covert op,” I said with dignity.
“Yes, but if things go wrong, you need a medic,” she said, equally serious.
“I’m glad you’re with Molly,” I said, on an impulse. “You and I don’t talk much, but I want you to know, I’m all for you. She’s so happy with you, and I’m grateful.”
She looked taken aback, but then she said, quietly, “I know. I’m glad Vince found you. He actually laughs now. Not a lot, but he does it. You’ve given him . . .” She stopped, as if she were searching for the right word. “ . . . dimension. He used to be all about the job and the next mission. Now he’s all about the job and you. And you’re first. Plus, he’s driving around with a big teddy bear in the back of his Jeep. If you’d told me that six months ago, I’d have told you no way, not the Vince I knew after New York. He’s a human being again.”
“He’s a good man,” I said. “I’m lucky to have him.”
