“Are we going to do it?” asked Hiro.
“Maybe,” said Hex.“But you all would be included on the review of any contracts or agreements.We won’t let them take advantage of us any longer.”
“How is Anders doing?” asked Hiro.
“He’s much better and I think the team is getting ready to work on that problem.We’ll let them handle that.In the meantime, we’ve got several cases we need to review this morning.You guys are welcome to sit in, but we’ve got Sly and Code here,” said Cam.
“No thanks,” smirked Hiro.“I think I need a little time with my wife.”
“Same,” said Tanner.They gave a wave behind their backs as they left the auditorium to the senior team.
“They really did a great job on this one,” said Eric.“AJ held his temper when he confronted Marilyn and she’s singing like a canary.Giving names, dates, all of it.She’s like a steel trap.It’s a shame that she’s one of the bad guys.Bad gals.Whatever.”
“We’ve got enough bad guys and gals to last us a lifetime.As you all know, this is the time of year that Jazz Fest in New Orleans is happening.Thousands of people coming in every week to see some of the best acts in the world,” said Hex.“We got a call this morning from the festival coordinators.They’ve only been open two days and already, they’ve had multiple thefts.”
“That sounds like something the police or sheriff would handle.At the very least, their own security,” said Joseph.
“Usually.The problem is the thefts were the instruments belonging to the musicians themselves.Instruments worth thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars.Some of these musicians came here from a festival somewhere else and said they’d encountered the same issue.One of them is now out two instruments,” said Hex.
“Two?What are they taking?Drum sticks?Flutes?It has to be small to walk away with it,” said Carl.
“Nope,” said Luke shaking his head.“One was a grand piano.The other was a cello.These are huge instruments, heavy, not something easily moved and yet they disappeared under lock and key.”
“That sounds like an inside job to me,” said Striker.
“Well, either way we agreed to take it on,” said Luke.
“We did?Why?” asked Adam.
“Because one of the instruments was my guitar,” said Amanda.
“And the other was my violin,” said Erica.
Carl looked around the room, then back at his brothers, Luke, Ben, and Adam.When the rest of the room nodded, he did as well.
“Looks like we’ll be chasing runaway instruments.”
