I was worried about John going to that part of town, but then I learned Nikki was with him. Nikki considers John a friend and is the downedest mother fucker I know. By me learning that I brushed my worries to the side. Nikki would watch out for John and put John's well being above his own .

The boys walked past the house of old man Thompson, the neighborhood porch dick, who always assumed they were up to no good.