My cousin and I have always been close. We used to hang out in the same group during school and he had each other's backs no matter what. I was hid elder by four days and I always masterminded the jobs we pulled off. We usually stole cars, robbed convenience stores and mugged other kids for there money. Really any racket to earn money we tried. My Dad was off being a soldier in the US army during the first world war. My whole life changed when I met Fips a soldier in a crime family in Chicago. He took Bruno and me under his wing and made sure we knew how to perform crimes without getting long prison sentences. Under his guidance we learned the ways of the mobster and what La Costa Nostra really meant. Bruno was always the most violent and prefered to break someone's knees instead of using any non violent terms to get the money. I was the opposite I only used violence when it was absolutely necessary. We parked the cars for Fips and other wise guys of the family. We also locked up there businesses for the night. Once the other kids on the block carried my books to school for me one day and I felt like a champion.

A few years later is when I met one of my future freinds Joseph_Ligambi. We started off as enemies and he ran a rival crew of kids. We often clashed and fought. One day we all met at the local park and it turned into a brutal brawl. One of Joe's cronies brought brass knuckles and landed a damaging uppercut on one of my freinds. I cam from behind with the biggest rock I could find and smashed it over the kids head. He fell to the ground unconscious. Joe came over and punched me knocking me back into some muddy grass. I was then pinned when his whole crew wailed on me with kicks and with there fists. I saw a opening and landed a straight right to the nose of Joe and he began to move back. I quickly got up and tackled him to the ground. We wrestled for a few moments before I got the mount and began punching him with many strikes which caused many gashes on his face. I let him get up and his freinds pulled him back. We went out separate ways and left the park. 

The next day at school, i was sitting at the lunch tables and I sat down after getting my food. We still were recovering from the fight and we all wanted revenge. I agreed and Bruno knew a full proof way of achieving it. Even though Joe didn't go to school anymore the youngest member of his crew still went here. He was the perfect target and we ambushed him during lunch as he was in the bathroom. We made sure we had eyes to make sure no teachers were around too disturb us. Bruno carved a writing into the kid's stomach and it read "BITCH". We scrambled out of the bathroom and went our separate ways. 

It was after school and I began the walk back to my house. I started to walk and two blocks later I realized there was a black car falling me. I took a quick corner quickly and jumped over someone's fence and into there front yard. I hustled it down and over the side gate to the backyard. I scaled another fence and I saw the car waiting for me as I landed. Out of the car appeared two older gentlemen and I knew they were from the mob. They told me to get in and I obeyed. I got inside the back seat and looked to my left to see Bruno. The two informed me that Joe's Dad was capo of a crime family in Chicago and we could not keep beating up his crew. They were "Untouchable" as they called it. I nodded my head and my cousin followed as well. We got out at my house and I walked to the door. I knew I could not mess with them no more as if I ever wanted a future in that kind of business. Bruno knew this as well, he was reckless sometimes but not a idiot. 

I saw Joe outside of school one day and we talked privately. He was impressed how I handled myself and let Bruno and I into his crew. We started working full time with him and his freinds. We started to create fake slips for kids to skip school with and we charged a hefty sum for them. We gave loans out to kids who needed it and always made sure we got the money back. Even if Bruno showed up there house with a bat. Nobody fucked with us and we runned the school until graduation. The longest we ever stayed in jail was for a week when we were caught stealing some beer from a drug store. We even graduated with straight A's since our teachers were paid off by Fips and his cronies. Which pleased my mother and she thought I was a star student. She had no clue what was really going on.