Chapter 13: Electric Scooter Chases a Supercar

When Carlos Yale took a cab back to the slum, it was close to lunchtime. Passing a cigarette shop, he remembered his old man usually smoked the $0.70 stuff. He decided to buy two cartons of 95 Cigarettes for his dad to try, let the old man show off a little in front of the neighbors. "Lionel, smokes," Carlos called, smiling at the old fellow sitting outside. He had been calling him Lionel for over a decade. Lionel bared a row of yellow teeth and headed inside. "I heard about what happened to you,"...