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“Here you go” LJ said “My company ID Feel free to look around, but…uh…this was totally ht and I fucked up with the ca of it, but…”

The guy deserved an Oscar for the way he made himself sound so sheepish and e the back of his neck as he stared at the ground in defeat

Silence fell Guht LJ’s act His knees and ankles began to ache fro wheel Hopefully nothing a little Motrin and a hot shower couldn’t fix later on

Of course, if he ended up spending the night in a jail cell…

“Look, buddy, we’re gonna scope the place out because we have to Part of the protocol when the alarive theh the problem or fix it from their end Save us all a whole lot of trouble, yeah?”

“Yes, sir I’m so sorry for the inconvenience I didn’t want my boss to think I couldn’t handle the job”

“Sure, whatever We’ll look around then be out of your hair”

“Okay, thank you Letfrom me”

Footsteps sounded, but they were too light to be LJ’s The big guy most likely stayed in the yard to see if his lies held up

“That guy’s a fucking idiot,” one of the cops mumbled way too close to Gumby for comfort

“Tell ht cuz he’s too prideful to call the alaret this shit over with,” a deeper voice, the one who’d been talking to LJ said

“What do you want us to do? Look in all the trucks?”

Sweat trickled down Gu itch He bit his lower lip—hard Maybe the pain would override the coe to rub the irritation off his back They’d discover him for sure and he’d be up shit’s creek

“Fuck, no I ain’t wasting any more time on this nonsense than absolutely necessary Check around and under the trucks That’s it Then we get the hell outta here”

“Got it, boss”

Gumby’s eyes fell closed and he concentrated on slow, even, quiet breathing Ignoring the disco ache progressed to an extre sensation