chapter 21

let’s ride

Chief and Joe sat in the pizza place’s private party room and Joe gulped down pizza slice after pizza slice. Chief was kind of jealous. How could Joe remain obliv- iously happy no matter how dire the situation they were in? And this situation was pretty bad. 

Somehow they needed to capture the Ching, but with- out helicopters, SUVs, or technology of any kind—because they were stuck in the ’70s. And even if they did miraculously capture the Ching, then they needed to figure out how to charge it to get back home. This was mission impossible.

And he had the help of only one teammate to accomplish it, and even that had been a mistake. No way did the Boss purposefully send Joe along, Chief knew that for sure. 

The short, bald pizza guy stepped into the room. “I’m Aldo,” he said. “The Boss told me he’d be sending a couple of guys, but I didn’t expect them to be— ” 

“Incredibly handsome?” Joe said through a mouthful of pizza. He swallowed and slurped loudly from his extra-large Coke. “How do you know the Boss?” 

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