rgued for ten minutes. Their grand ransom plan had collapse

sweaty one, whined. "We can' t ju

igger one, shot back. He was clearly the

s not that complicated. You kill me

ked at me lik

y," Sal said, shaking his he

ash. There' s a convenience store up the block. We' ll hit it. You,"

easy death was being hijacked by incompet

mes in the worst parts of Chicago. I saw things. I learned things. I knew how a convenience store robbery cou

. "Fine. L

l waved a gun at the teenage clerk, who immediately put his hands up, his fa

going too

e, hiding behind a rack of potato chips. S

rd her, his gun raised. "Hey!

wide, her hands shaking. Sal was getting angrier, more agita

as my

t think. I just acted. I saw

see the knife in Ricky' s hand until it was too late. He had b

' t like I imagined. It was just... a pressure,

knife was sticking out of my abdomen. Blo

t," I w

lurred. The last thing I saw before I blacked out was a fac

ce I

. And he look