318 Ambush, and Singing With the Beauty

The tattoos on the necks and arms of the two men in the Toyota suggested that they probably weren't good guys.

Tattoos weren't rare. People of any age and gender could get a tattoo if they wanted.

There were plenty of people who got tattoos on their arms or backs.

But the tattoos on these two men were different.

Nobody in Los Angeles would dare get a tattoo like this, and even if they wanted to, regular tattoo parlors wouldn't do it so casually, since this design had a special meaning.

It was a tattoo of a church steeple; the number drawn on the cross indicated seniority, and the subtle differences in the crown on the cross represented the role each individual played in the group. The black drops of blood that fell from the crown represented the number of people they had killed.

Of course, some reckless young men really had gotten this tattoo design, but these idiots usually didn't live to see the end of the week.