There was tension in the dark alley. The bad guys looked at Theo with knitted brows. They surveyed him from head to foot. Theo was still wearing an arm sling. The boys laughed at his condition.

"Are you really going to intervene? What can you do? Swing your injury?"

"Don't act like a hero, boy. Know your place."

Theo gazed sharply at them. "I should be the one telling you that. Know your place."

He walked closer to them and analyzed his distance from them. Theo stepped his right foot backward and aimed for a high kick. In a swift, he hit the man's head. Theo turned around and kicked...