Former History

“Don’t call attention to it.” Mortimer warned. “That’s where the dealers sometimes hang out to sell drugs. “When the lights are on they’re open for business. During a crisis like this and the cops busy, of course they’d be.” Mortimer side-eyed Jon. “Besides, wasn't your old neighborhood like that all the time?" Leslie glowered at the man's equally intrusive question. "What?! I'm not wrong!" He pulled up his arm defensively, hands maintaining their grip on the wheel.

Nathan looked over to Jon in question. "Come to think of it you never talk about your old neighborhood." Nathan had known Jon since he came to town as a boy. The two loved across the street from one another.