Jake Randolph: Origins Pt. 178

I shook my head, "You know, Lieutenant, I would've bet the farm on you being pure as the driven snow. Am I naive or something?"

Rivers looked like he was contemplating whether to confide in me or not. I guess he figured I'd be dead soon anyway so it wouldn't matter if he told me.

"I've always had a larcenous streak in me, Jake. When I was in my teens I ran with a street gang. We boosted radios out of people's apartments, cars on the street, anything."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Maybe I really was naive...