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Vinnie DeMarco survived the bullettrial for all of his cris, but with eyewitness testimonies from Melanie and me, his fate was sealed It also helped that he was so afraid of ain that he confessed to all of his sins in the ambulance ride to the hospital
Giovanni was so trau his boss take a bullet fro beat up by said old lady and her friends, that he took a plea bargain and gave Vinnie up There is no way Vinnie DeMarco will be able to escape the many years of prison time that are in his future now
My mother and her friends were hailed as heroes at Saint Michael’s for their detective work in finding out who stole the Coht about Father Bob looking guilty He had a serious ga addiction, and when he couldn’t pay Vinnie the money he owed him, Vinnie sent Giovanni to the church to collect his debts in the forh Communion for every church service for the next five years, and every single gold chalice and church heirloo The Communion wasn’t worth a di it to Father Bob Father Bob became so paranoid that the Catholic Church would find out what he’d been doing, strip hian stealing s My ht hiized to Father John at Holy Cross for wrongly accusing hiation My mother, Eunice, and Fran have also started up a coraerous So far they have twenty-five uns, or the police force will have to look for a new line of work
After Melanie was questioned, she was sent off with a warning to stay as far away fro stupid, or else a prison tat on her ass would be the least of her worries The next day, she ined the divorce papers for Matt and told hiiven her enough money in the year and a half they dated that she was able to save quite a nice chunk of change She wouldn’t need a job for quite a while Little does she know, though, that that money has all been ear from her bank account before she canbecause of his gae hias and becouess is that he’ll be slinking back hoas Mob will get hold of hiain One can only hope
"Everyone, please raise your glasses," Kennedy tells the roo to keep this short and sweet because I think I’ve eirly speeches To one of e You’ve annoyed the hell out oftrips, but you have proven to be an asset to Fool Me Once Investigations," she announces "With your help, the South Bend Police Departs in the city, and Fool Me Once got credit for it I aator, and you are free to handle any case that co a drink of cha a sip while the conversations resume around me
"Hey, why didn’t you drink to that? It’s aweso lass down on the closest desk, I turn and cock uess I’m just in shock I mean, this is what I’ve alanted--to be taken seriously"
I trail off and Matt sets his own glass down and gathersSo I stopped believing in a long ti my hands up to cradle his face "I love you, Matt Russo"
Matt se I’h and he presses his lips against ht up in the kiss and don’t even realize that everyone in the room has their eyes on us until we hear so hter, there will be nowhere for you to hide," my mother threatens him
"Don’t you worry, pretty lady I’ll make sureup next to her
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"Are these the only chairs you’ve got in this place? My back is killing me," Mr Russo adds
Matt and I turn away froue about whether food or comfortable chairs are more important to their health
"I love you, Matt And I even love your crazy father," I tell hihtens his hold on ht it wasn’t possible to love you anyup with the two of theet to have you for the rest ofthem meet each other sooner"