Victor raised his arm as a signal for Perry and Gian to stop. Then he turned and looked at Snake, and said grimly, "I suggest you stay out of it." Snake recognized that the two men who beat his people were Melton's friends who had been with him in Green Apple Bar. His eyes drifted around the crowd, relieved when he didn’t see the familiar figure. "You are beating my people in my place. Of course, it is my business,” said Snake arrogantly, and then he added, “Where’s your friend who can beat?" The two hoodies, who almost knelt offering their apologies, jumped to their feet when they saw Snake come. Jack knocked the dust out of his clothes and said to Victor with his nose in the air, "You dare to kick me again? Give your girlfriend to me and I might spare your life." Victor was never

