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“What should I do?”
“Grab his feet and don’t let go. We have to wrangle him down these stairs.”
I was in a full-on sweat by the time we reached the street, and Marcus was coming around.
“Cuffs!” I yelled at Lula.
“I got them in my bag,” Lula said, searching through her faux–Louis Vuitton tote. “They’re in here somewhere. Here’s my gun.”
“I don’t want to shoot him,” I said. “I want to cuff him!”
Marcus had passed the twitching stage and was flailing his arms.
“I found them,” Lula said. “Hold him still.”
Nutsy grabbed an arm, I grabbed the other arm, and we managed to cuff Marcus.
“Now what?” Lula said.
“Get him in the car and help me strap him in.”
“Being that he isn’t a felon or anything, this might be construed as kidnapping,” Lula said. “Not that I’m worried or anything.”
“My story is that he’s drunk and high and we’re doing an intervention,” I said.
“That’s just what I was thinking,” Lula said. “He’ll be thanking us later.”
Nutsy went into the back, next to Marcus. We tried to get Bob into the cargo area behind the rear seats, but he wanted none of it, so he sat up front on Lula’s lap.
“Usually, we take people in cuffs to the police station,” Lula said. “Where are we taking this guy?”
“I don’t know,” I said. “I didn’t totally think this through. I guess we take him to my apartment.”
“He’s not sitting on the couch,” Lula said. “I got new throw pillows on the couch.”
“We’ll only keep him long enough to talk to him about Stump. Then we can take him back to his crack house.”
“Okay,” Lula said. “I guess I can live with that.”
“He’s drooling,” Nutsy said.
“They do that sometimes after they’ve been zapped,” I told him. “It’s no big deal.”
Morelli called and I put in an earbud so he wouldn’t broadcast to everyone in the SUV.
“I miss you,” he said. “This is turning out to be longer than I expected. How’s Bob?”
“Bob is great,” I said.
“How are you?”
“I’m good. My nose is feeling better, and the swelling and bruising is almost gone from my eyes. I kidnapped a guy justnow and I’m taking him to my apartment. Then I’m heading to Rangeman for the night.”
There was a moment of silence. “Do you want to have phone sex?” he asked.
“It would be awkward,” I said. “I’m in Ranger’s car with Lula, Bob, Nutsy, and the guy I kidnapped.”
“Okay, well maybe later.”
