Another wide-eyed nod from the kid. “I wanna be a s’ntry someday.”
Todd cracked a grin. “My name is Todd Ruger. This is Nick. When you’re twenty you look us up, and if it’s still what you want, it’s a deal. We’ll teach you.” He took the kid by the shoulders and spun him around. “But right now, if you don’t get, you won’t be alive to see tomorrow. Run.”
The kid ducked through a doorway and was out of sight in seconds.
Todd grabbed Nick’s wrist, and they bolted down the alley, and instead of going left at the end as he’d planned earlier, Todd swerved right. They’d have to cut back to their escape route or find another one. He was too afraid the path Adam had helped them lay out was a trap.
They barely made it a few blocks before they saw a patrol. Skidding to a stop, Nick grabbed Todd’s
