At approximately 10:31 PM, That’s Not Chinese, Sleepless, Ice Cream Man, Unfazed, Spider Bite, Spider Bite’s kids and I left the comedy club. As we walked toward Spider Bite’s car – in which most of us were riding – Spider Bite’s daughter and her boyfriend walked toward her car. A man approached them, asked for a ride, and they obliged. A possible 10-31 at 10:31.
Although we had been laughing for the past 90 minutes, this was no laughing matter. That’s Not Chinese didn’t have a good feeling about it, nor did Sleepless. I hadn’t been paying attention, so I was oblivious to what was happening. “Get in the car!” That’s Not Chinese ordered me and added, “We’re following them!” “What should I do?” Spider Bite asked. “Drive!” That’s Not Chinese, again, ordered. As mentioned previously, her years of watching Law & Order are really paying off. “OK, OK, but where’s Sleepless? Is she in the car?” Spider Bite asked. This was not the first time she inquired about Sleepless’ 10-20 and, each time she asked, she would find her seated directly behind her. With so many of us in the car (some had to sit in the ‘trunk’ area), it was an easy oversight.
That’s Not Chinese continued shouting out instructions, “Turn right, make a quick U-turn, make another right, cut off those cars;” Spider Bite was fearfully obliging; Ice Cream Man was riding (backwards) in the trunk; Sleepless was seated directly behind Spider Bite; and Unfazed was, well, unfazed. “Drive this car like it’s stolen. Which is what might happen to your daughter’s car if we don’t get there quick,” I advised, finally aware of the situation (10-80) at hand.
Thanks to Spider Bite’s newly acquired defensive driving skills, within minutes we had recovered her daughter, boyfriend and their vehicle – sans suspect and incident. 10-24, good buddy.