Blink looked out the bunkroom window for the seventh time that night. "She
ain't heah yet, Jack. Ise worried 'bout her. Ya know she ain't doin' to
well." Jack looked up from his game of poker with Spot, Racetrack, and
Tricks.
"Youse right, Blink, I think ya should go out an' look fer 'er." Blink nodded, and turned away from the window. "Take Mush, an' Gamblah wit' youse. An' stay way from da Bronx, Brooklyn ain't on good terms wit' dem right now, so neidah are we." Blink nodded again, then went over to where Mush, Poker, Skittery, and Gambler were playing craps.
"Hey, Mush, an' Gamblah. wese gonna go lookin' fer Smudge. She ain't back yet an' Jack's getting' worried."
Mush laughed."Ya sure dat it ain't you dats worried?" he joked. Blink hit him on the side of the head, then grew serious again.
"Dat ain't funny Mush, now come on, lets go." Mush detected the worried and impatient tone in Blink's vice and realized how serious it actually was.
"Come on Gamblah, if Jack is sendin' us den it must be serious."
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Jade had planned on waiting only a few moments before she followed Pate back to the Lodging House, but before she could even take a few steps towards the entrance to the alleyway two men stepped in front of her.
"Hey dere sweet face." Sneered one of the men as he pulled out a knife.
"We'se jist itchin' ta do a job on someone right now an' youse jist happen ta be da one." laughed the second one. Jade looked between the two men, pure shock, and fear was displayed openly on her face. The first one grabbed her by the arm and led her back into the alley, and pushed her up against a wall. A sneer covered his face as he traced her cheek lightly with his hand. Jade opened her mouth to scream, but the man pulled her into a kiss before the scream could escape her throat.
"Youse right, Blink, I think ya should go out an' look fer 'er." Blink nodded, and turned away from the window. "Take Mush, an' Gamblah wit' youse. An' stay way from da Bronx, Brooklyn ain't on good terms wit' dem right now, so neidah are we." Blink nodded again, then went over to where Mush, Poker, Skittery, and Gambler were playing craps.
"Hey, Mush, an' Gamblah. wese gonna go lookin' fer Smudge. She ain't back yet an' Jack's getting' worried."
Mush laughed."Ya sure dat it ain't you dats worried?" he joked. Blink hit him on the side of the head, then grew serious again.
"Dat ain't funny Mush, now come on, lets go." Mush detected the worried and impatient tone in Blink's vice and realized how serious it actually was.
"Come on Gamblah, if Jack is sendin' us den it must be serious."
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Jade had planned on waiting only a few moments before she followed Pate back to the Lodging House, but before she could even take a few steps towards the entrance to the alleyway two men stepped in front of her.
"Hey dere sweet face." Sneered one of the men as he pulled out a knife.
"We'se jist itchin' ta do a job on someone right now an' youse jist happen ta be da one." laughed the second one. Jade looked between the two men, pure shock, and fear was displayed openly on her face. The first one grabbed her by the arm and led her back into the alley, and pushed her up against a wall. A sneer covered his face as he traced her cheek lightly with his hand. Jade opened her mouth to scream, but the man pulled her into a kiss before the scream could escape her throat.