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Maybe because the night wasme thankful for the air-conditioned seats inlot The sky was like that night as well Clear, a crescent ht overhead

It was later than it had been when I was a kid, though, well after two in the

I'd gotten the call as I had been doing the cash out at the restaurant, dashinginto bed before four in the e

But that was the price you paid when you were taking over Not fully It was a process My father wasn't quite ready to be done yet And there was the issue with the Five Families in New York ould need to approve of my succession

But er the one who ran out in the ht when there was an issue That was my place

Leandro and his son Dario were standing there under one of the lights, likelyto take off their jackets I left rabbing the gun from under my seat as I went, a ive it a thought

"Alright What's going on?" I asked, approaching them

Ti over the phone, over text You never wanted shit leading back to you So all I kneas I needed at the docks All they kneas I would shohen I could

"We have so much like his father had in his youth, but with fifty fewer pounds They had the same somewhat rounded faces, the dark, sunken eyes, the same wide shoulders

"Anyone we recognize?"

There were always people sniffing around, looking to see if they could get into a container, steal so We had security, but with an area as massive as this, there ays around theh And people often were

"No, she doesn't seem to be from around here"

"She?" I asked, stopping on my way to the office to check out the cameras

"Yeah," Dario agreed, nodding "Pretty thing too"

"She's not here towe had issues with prostitution in the area thanks to a local street gang who didn't realize they needed to keep their asses on their own turf