Chapter Twenty-One
Thief
As much as I wanted to believe that I had made a significant penetration into the mayor’s home, I also knew that he was going to regard me with suspicion until I proved myself. Truly bad people never really let their guards down, and that is especially true of politicians, as they live in the world of public opinion. Hence, Mayor Mike was giving me an assignment not as a sign of trust, but rather quite the opposite: this was a chance to prove just how beneficial I was to him and to his future.
Tail the proprietor of a series of businesses, and uncover the straight scoop on what was happening at one of many dry-cleaners where people entered and left with neither purchases nor pickups of clothes. I snorted: something like this would be clear to any second-year ro
