“Not fair!” Max yells.
I think about Selkie and how I’m gonna tell her, because the little mouthpiece next to me won’t keep her mouth shut even if I bribe her.
Chapter Thirteen
Selkie
Ted and Jerry’s is a bust. The only patrons at this hour are roaches and one guy who looks like he had a sleepover. Smart, if you like your breakfast wet and full of hops.
“It’s probably too early,” I say.
Oscar agrees. “Why don’t we hit Toper’s home? I bet he’s still sleeping and if he’s alone, we won’t have any problem grabbing him.”
“There’s no ‘we’, bud. Just me and Brambles.”
He frowns but whatever he’s thinking he keeps to himself.
I cruise through a yellow light and head down to the Reno strip.
“That was a red light,” Oscar observes as he looks back at the intersection.
“It was yellow when I got there.” I glance at him. “I didn’t peg you for a rule follower.”
He deflects. “Not about the rules. I’m not in the mood to get killed.”
I stop abruptly at a red light and he grabs the dash. “Then quit distracting me.”
He looks towards the heavens. “You know where the guy lives?”
“Of course I don’t.” I grab my phone from my purse and show it my face. It cooperates and lets me into my entire life.
“Light’s green,” Oscar observes.
“Just a sec,” I reply as I try to find my List app among the 600 apps I have.
He grabs the phone out of my hand. “I’ll look, you drive.”
Christ, he’s bossy. And so’s the guy in the car behind me, laying on his horn like he has a fire to go to. “Fine. It’s in my List app under Payday.”
“Do you actually use all these apps?” he grumbles as he pages through window after window of apps.
“Yes,” I lie.
“You know you can organize them under headings. You put a bunch of similar apps inside a kind of summary app. Like social media or games.”
“I know,” I lie again. “Between camping, entertaining you and chasing bad guys, I don’t have time to do it.”
“Found it,” he says as I cruise down Evans Ave.
“So where’s he live?”
He scowls. “I said I found the app, now I have to find the right list.”
“I said it’s under Payday.”
“You have eight Payday lists!”
“I’ve never had trouble finding the right list.”
