Chapter 18

By 4:08 sharp, Martin, Smith, and a very groggy Teddy were in the back of the largest police van. Two armed and uniformed officers sat at the front seat and driver’s seat respectively, and four more followed in the identical HiLux truck behind them.

They were making an entrance, and it was all Martin’s idea. He didn’t want any secret operation; no, he wanted the neighbors to hear that Jenny had been caught by two vans of officers that early in the morning. Hopefully, that news spread quickly enough, and the Trinity gang members began to act foolishly and try to run away.

Smith had a small handgun, a tear gas bottle, and some plastic cuffs in his breast pocket. Martin sat to his left, with a rifle, gloved fingers, and a tear gas too for good measure. Teddy was on the right, still looking grumpy as he had the night before, his face tucked into a very ugly frown, the sort that would scare anyone.

But then Smith wasn’t just anyone, and neither was Martin. One was his s