Chapter 17: Broken Jaws and Butterflies

Akio had a list going in his head of “ Skills of the Reeves Family that are Slightly Questionable in Origin ”. So far, in Levitan’s column there was “how to use a gun”, “interrogation”, “how to get rid of a dead body”, and “how to perform knife tricks that may or may not be incredibly cool (and kind of sexy) to watch”. In Ryan’s, there was “hacking into an enormous database”, “building computers”, “pickpocketing”, “torture and interrogation”, and now recently “hotwiring a hot rod”.

Ryan had picked a red sports car. Discretion was key.

Somehow, Akio had ended up behind the wheel as they drove out of Las Vegas. It was a hot day, and they put the convertible top down.

“I like this,” said Levitan, kicking their boots up onto the dashboard. “We ought’a travel in style more oft