“Keep steering!” she said, as the car started to veer into the other lane.
He put his hands back on the wheel, but he looked so nervous Jade was afraid he would panic. She pulled out her Treasury Department badge and held it up so he could see it through the rearview. Speaking Russian slowly and carefully, she said, “I am a special police agent from America. I will not harm you. Just do your job and follow that jeep.” She paused, then added, “If you do well, I will give you a big tip.”
He looked even more frightened.
Jade was confused... then realized that she had used the wrong word for “tip,” which was a variant of the Russian word for tea. She had told him that if he did a good job, she would give him a big tea kettle.
“I meant extra money,” she said, rubbing her fingers together. “
