Chapter 3

“So, what are you telling us here?” Rocco turned his attention back to their boss. “Our undercover assignment is to stand around and play bodyguards to a couple of foreign figure skaters?”

“Hanging out with fairies and nutcrackers should be right up Cumberland’s alley. Ain’t that right?” Pinkerton asked.

“There’s only one fairy and one nutcracker,” Ridley told him.

“And here’s where I get to crack yours.” The captain actually smirked. “You won’t just be standing around, you’ll be joining the company, starting tonight in San Francisco.”

Another gasp escaped Ridley’s lips.

“And if you make that sound one more time, Cumberland, I’m going to take off my socks and stuff them in your mouth.”

“Sorry, sir.”

“That’s not even our jurisdiction,” Rocco complained.