"Both of you. What are you two doing here?"
The two boys rose to their feet when they heard the deep, hoarse voice of a man rebuking them from behind.
A man with a thin beard around his jaw and a body full of tattoos. He was wearing a wrinkled black shirt with the chest button open to reveal a lion tattoo on it.
Jack and Marcel glanced at each other then looked down. From the appearance of the man, they could tell that he was likely a member of a gangster.
"We.. we're just sitting around here," Jack answered quickly.
"You don't know whether there's a snake in the bushes or not." The man said by examining the two boys while sipping his cigarette casually. "Go buy me a box of cigarettes at that store," he took money out of his trouser pocket and pointed to a grocery store not far from where they were standing.
Jack stepped hesitantly over to the man and accepted the money. Then, the two brothers went to do what the man had told them.
