wanted to slowly take it off her , piece by piece , and see what she was like underneath .
After what felt like an unbearable wait , the Tahoe crossed Broad , Price and Cunningham Streets and turned into the backlot of a Walgreens that had been closed since Grey was in elementary school . The moment the engine shut off , Grey and Aaron jumped off the car and started clenching and unclenching their fingers to get the circulation going again . Meanwhile , the car doors and trunk popped open and eight men and women jumped out to stretch their limbs and look around .
“ So , where ’ s the guy ?” asked Lita , a tall girl with short brown hair who , judging by the way she clung to Mark ’ s arm , had already decided whom she would be hooking up with tonight .
Mark glanced around , his mustache twitching with excitement . “ Should be here any moment now ,” he said . “ He ’ ll be in a blue van .”
“ That ’ s not creepy at all ,” a girl called Annie commented . “ Totally not the sort of vehicle a serial killer or a pedo might drive around in .”
“ I ’ m more worried that he ’ s a cop ,” a girl named Nikki piped up . “ I still live with my mom . You know what she ’ ll do to me if I get arrested in a sting ?”
“ Hey Mark ,” called a girl with the caution-inducing nickname of Knives . “ You sure this guy isn ’ t a cop ?”
A look of fear passed over Mark ’ s face as he realized this was another thing he ’ d failed to consider . “ I don ’ t think he is .”
Grey looked around . They were totally alone , and the Tahoe was the only vehicle in the lot . It didn ’ t seem like there were any good places for a bunch of cops conducting a sting to hide and gather evidence from . If he had to guess , they were safe . Still , he wondered if he could
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