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The Kid, The Cop, and The Con
Category:
Young Adult/Teen
ISBN-10: 059512903X
Type: Fiction
ISBN-13: 9780595129034
The exciting sequel to Scratchin' on the Eight Ball finds Reason Nelson with old friends, new faces, and a whole different set of adventures, trials, and webs of intrigue that could send him spinning back to the brink once more.
Excerpt
Reason awoke to the beam of a flashlight swinging from his face to the battered face of Mike Glass. He was still in a daze, slightly disoriented, and there was a loud buzzing in his ears.
A voice came from out of the darkness: "You idiots! Neither one of these two fit the description I gave you. I told you it was a man. Not kid. Nor kids. But a man. Big, tall, all dressed in black. You fools nearly killed the wrong persons!"
Another voice drifted from out of the shadows causing Reason to turn his head. "Hell, you guys. This here is Reason Nelson. He's cool. He wouldn't have done it. Besides, his brother works for the cops. You might have stumbled onto some serious stuff."
Reason heard someone else say, "How were we to know? Griffin just started shooting at the first person we had seen. Besides, Ryan, when we came out of the party and saw you leaning over Crosby And crying, we thought you said some kid shot him."
"I said," a voice angrily declared, "a man! I told you it was some weird looking guy that I saw walking away from Crosby's body." The boy who said this sounded like he was on the verge of tears.
"Weird looking guy?" another kid asked. He pointed at Mike Glass. "He's pretty weird looking if he you ask me."
Reason shook his head. "Someone...someone got shot?" he hoarsely asked.
A kid kneeled down beside him, one that he knew from school. "Reason. Hey, I'm real sorry about this. These dudes are Southsiders, here in Havelock at a party. They made a mistake. Thought you were someone else."
Reason gave the slender kid a confused, out of focus look.
"Bill Graff from Mickle Jr. High," said the boy.
"I know .. I know who you are," responded Reason. He asked again, "Someone got shot?"
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