RENZO “Seriously, Asher? Couldn't find someone else? Fuck!” From his tone, Nicholas had clearly been hoping very much not to be called.He appeared from the gap between one of our black SUVs, already wearing an expression of profound reluctance. "Find someone else, Asher," he said, before Asher had even opened his mouth to explain anything.Asher's chin dropped slightly. "I'm sorry?""I said find someone else," Nicholas repeated, though his voice had already lost about thirty percent of its conviction just from the way Asher was looking at him."Are you," Asher's eyes narrowed, "challenging me, boy?"Nicholas cleared his throat. "No, sir," he said."Good," Asher said. Immediately, the warmth snapped back into his expression and he clapped his hands together. "Come on then. We're going to go catch some thieves."Nicholas fell into step beside him with a resigned energy. “Shit.”"Oh," Asher added, almost as an afterthought, half turning back toward me, "we're putting it on camera, yeah
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