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Ahead of them, the Uber turned up Saticoy toward Panorama City. Boom-Boom was right. Manny led them to where he’d taken the van a dozen times before. If he didn’t show up with the group, at least he’d be there waiting when Culp showed up. His loyalty wouldn’t be in jeopardy.
The Hyundai pulled up to a ranch-style house. Perfectly suburban with a well-manicured lawn. A standing light in the front yard illuminated the path up to the stained glass front door. The kid got out of the car and it pulled away. Boom-Boom shut off the headlights and they stopped a few houses down while Manny trotted up the front steps.
“Should we grab him?” Boom-Boom asked. His pull toward authority was stronger than Ray had imagined. All of Boom-Boom’s life he had probably defaulted to the most intelligent pe
