Sal walks down the alley, being followed by two other associates of the Ligambi family. They were all small fish in this large pool of the whole family. He throws down his cig and stomps it out with his boot. He was carrying his .357 magnum in his right jacket pocket. The other two goons were coming in with the 1911’s. There was some guido from another crew named Henry, who has been running his mouth about the boss. Apparently, he thinks he is invisible, but trust me if you know how to do it right nobody is invisible. As soon as you aren’t paranoid you end up dead and six feet under. We walk across the street through some light traffic and wait in front of the diner. Henry was a frequent visitor of this diner, apparently, he has the hots for a waitress here.

About ten minutes later we hear the stumbling feet of a drunken Henry, almost falling on his way out of the diner. He gets up and walks a few feet before throwing up on the sidewalk. We all walk over and are about to confront the drunk before three other guys walkout. They must be some of his friends, who came here to eat with him. They look at us and we look back. We all begin to draw our weapons, and a gunfight ensues.

I take flight down the sidewalk and hide behind a parked car. One of my guys is scorched with four or five bullets, going down and hitting the pavement. The other two take cover behind a street lamp and another parked car. One of the attackers gets hit in the leg and he screams in pure agony before hitting the ground. I fire a few shots over the car and duck once again. I start moving to the front of the car, as I feel bullets flying through the windows, as they soar inches over my head. We need to end this quick or the cops are gonna put us all in prison. As soon as I think this, I can hear sirens coming for us. We all exchange glances before taking our leaves and returning to our cars. I guess this will be dealt with on another date.

We finally make it to our parked car, a few blocks away. One of my boys begins to talk to me. “He got away boss, what are we going to do now?” I look up at him before responding. “Unless you want to spend some nights in the pen for this, we have to do it another time. We will catch them slipping up again and that's when we will do it. Now let’s get out of here before the cops suspect anything.”

The car starts and Sal waits for the rest of the crew, to jump inside the car. I slowly put in the eyes and turned them, starting the engine. I jammed out of there as fast as I could. We found a parking lot a mile away, parking there for the moment. I got out and went to a payphone which was located on the street. I dialed for one of my contacts in the city, a pimp named Fernando. “Hey Fernando, it’s Sal Colazzi I was wondering if you knew anything about a fella named Henry? He is part of a local crew in town and I need some information on him. I will send you the normal amount in a package yes. Great, hold on, let me write this down.”

2390 Seventh Street, Old Joe’s Bar and Grill.” Apparently, this was a local stop for many of that family and Henry was one of them. Each Sunday they go drinking and having a good time. But this time when he shows up, he is not going to have the same experience, this time he ain’t walking out of there alive. Sal hanged up the phone and made his way back to the car. I jumped in and again started her before peeling out of the parking lot. We made it back to the hotel and parked in there large personal hotel parking lot. I grabbed my luggage and we all made our way into the hotel. We walked to the receptionist’s desk and she saw us coming.

“How are you all this evening? Lucky for you it was about to rain and you made it here just in time! Do you want one room or separate rooms?” I looked at the guys and then back at the woman, before giving my response. “Four separate rooms please.” She smiles and turns around, grabbing all four of the room keys. She turned around and placed them on the counter. “That will be twenty dollars please.” I smiled and placed a twenty on the counter, before grabbing the keys and leaving the area. We made out way down the hallway and to our rooms. I opened the door to my room and slowly closed it behind me. I jumped into my bed and threw off both my socks and shoes. I leaned back into the multiple fluffy pillows and was enjoying the realization. Since tomorrow was going to be full of lead and bloodshed, it’s always good to have some relaxing time for yourself. My eyes began to become heavy and within a few minutes I passed out on the bed.