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Now I can go back to watching Giulietta

The Moretti fa to expand their territory, here in Nevada as well as in Boston They have interests in LA, too

Here they are in the ga business, just like we are Their resort on the Strip is called the Cosa Nostra A cute double bluff What could be more fun than a -era Chicago? The cocktail waitresses are dressed as molls Dealers wear uniforms styled like flappers and hoods

Tourists think it’s edgy They cluck over their winners’ cups as the video poker ulp some more money out of their plastic credit Gee, Blanche, what if it really was run by the uess what, Beryl? It is

The Moretti faht Just like we O’Malleys do Politicians, cops, and the gaht and paid for, many times over Once per crime family, at least The Life, as the Italians always call it, has rules and codes, and it has disciplines

Skills are needed They’re not the skills that nice people have

The authorities are not a problem for us O’Malleys Not for the Morettis, either Their problereatest obstacle to peace, harlia Moretti

And that’s why Giulietta is my deepest, darkest secret

I’ve spent longer than I can ever ad deeper and more hopelessly in lust for Giulietta Moretti She is so heartbreakingly fucking beautiful She is perfect And I a doomed

If she knew an O’Malley was stalking her, she would probably shoot me Or maybe she carries a stiletto and she’d cut me I could wind up with a scar like my brother Paul’s Would she like me with a scar?

I have to get out of here I need a drink

Driving through old Vegas onhere Don has always been a down-as Boulevard Locals and sae in the air Like the place is ready to wake up