Jace: Well.
A minute passed.
Me: JACE THATCHER, THIS IS IMPORTANT.
Jace: Oh, sorry. Got distracted for a second. Riley-girl was eating spaghetti.
I didn’t know what that meant. Also, I didn’t want to know what that meant.
Jace: I’ve had some time to reflect.
Me: So kind of you to do that in my time of my need.
Jace: I’ve decided I’m not sure I actually want stalkers. As you know, or as I need to remind you…I prefer to do the stalking.
Jace: Plus, I remembered that whole thing with the three-nippled woman with the tattoo of my face who was sending me pics for a while. So, I’m not sure it’s as glamorous as you make it out to be. That was…a lot.
I gaped at the phone, wondering when I had ever given the impression of glamour at any point in my life. But he had a point…I’d had to delete the pics of the three-nippled woman from his phone because he’d been too traumatized to do it…and I’d also been traumatized in the process.
His texts also made me remember something else….I’d been so busy thinking about my mystery girl that I hadn’t even looked at the parking lot once during practice to see if my stalker had returned.
Crazy.
I felt weirdly guilty about that, but also, my mystery girl obviously had magical powers of distraction, and I couldn’t be blamed.
My mystery girl…What was I even thinking?
I shook my head.Focus, Matty. Sphinx first. Girl second.
I could do this.
Me: I have two words. Iced milk.
Me: Oh, and one more. Femur.
Me: You owe me, Jace Thatcher.
It took him a minute to answer, and I almost threw my phone across the room while I waited.
Jace: Calm down, motherclucker. I just paid the bill, and we’re on our way. Of course I’m going to help you with your Sphinx thingy. I’m your bestilicious friend number one.
I got a little calmer after his text, although there was a lot to unpack in there, namely his use of the termmothercluckerin the same sentence asbestilicious.
I’m glad he was Riley’s problem now.
Meet you at Parker’s house, I typed out, standing up from my desk to find some dark clothing. That was what you were supposed to wear for a heist, right?
Jace: I’ll think of some code names on the drive.
I shook my head and got dressed, and then it was time for my next task.
Dragging Parker Davis from Casey’s side.
CHAPTER 10
MATTY
Crunch.
