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her alone. She was around people the whole time. It was her party.”
    “I can’t believe it. The big bad Tommy Dumas couldn’t do his job.”
    “You want to handle it, Terry?” I turn my head and challenge him.
    “Enough,” Mickey says as he lights his cigarette. “Enough of this bullshit.”
    “I say we just go to the house and kill them all, Mick,” Terry proposes. I’m a little bit bothered by it.
    “We can’t do that, idiot. Not while Mickey is under investigation,” I tell him. With a meth lab and a few homicides now linked to Mickey, they have evidence, but not enough. One slip could change that, which is why we haven’t gone after the Pierces yet. Also, I think Mickey is trying to figure out a way to make Roman Pierce really suffer.
    “Tommy is right, Terry. We can’t do anything, but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a little fun.” Mickey smiles. “Terry, you’re still watching his son here in the city, right?”
    “Yep, him and his nice little tail of a girlfriend. I plan on having a lot of fun with her.”
    “Good. I’ll let you know when you can,” Mickey tells him.
    “Tommy, I want you to take care of the daughter. I want you to rough her up a little bit. Let Roman Pierce know that he isn’t safe.”
    “Wouldn’t that give cops a reason to sniff around?”
    “Not if you make it look like an accident. Besides, you’ll finally get to come home.”
    “I got a better idea.” I don’t know why I’m saying that and Mickey looks a little offended.
    “Oh, really? You have a better idea?”
    I sit up in my chair. “I think the Pierce girl likes me.”
    Mickey’s eyes light up. “Really?”
    “Yeah, I figured I play around with her. Maybe I can get some more insight on Roman. Maybe we can take over whatever he has left underground.”
    He’s hesitant at first, but slowly grins. “Good thinking, have fun. The rest of you know what to do.” He points to Terry. “I want you to stand down until I give you my word, which hopefully will be very soon.”
    “Alright,” Terry reluctantly says. Everyone exits the office, leaving me and Mickey alone.
    “So, how is everything else going?” Mickey asks me.
    “Good.”
    “You know you’ve had me worried ever since Leon. Really, I’ve been worried ever since you got out.”
    “I’m fine, Mickey.”
    “You still my number one guy?” 
    “Yes.”
    “You still got my back?”
    “Of course, Mickey.”
    “Okay. Go have fun.” Mickey gives me his usual sinister smile and I give him one back.
    Am I evil? I don’t know. Is Mickey evil? Yes, no doubt about it, but I owe him everything. There is only one thing I’ve ever known and that is loyalty. I am loyal to Mickey.
    I head back downstairs where the richest men of New York are betting their children’s trust funds away. I eye Venus and see she’s working a customer. I could go over there and disrupt it, but strangely I don’t want to. I kind of want to go somewhere else.
    Before I go back to the suburbs, I want to visit my mother’s grave. She’s buried at Saint Angels Cemetery, where all of God’s angels look after the fallen. That’s what my mother always told me.
    I get there and sit in front of her gray headstone. I should have brought flowers. Lilies were her favorite.
    What the hell?
    I look past my mother’s headstone and I see someone else eyeing me. It’s Ella Pierce. You have got to be kidding me.

 
    Chapter 3
    “Ironic Coincidence”
    Ella
                  Okay, now this is weird.
    As I’m visiting my brother’s grave, I look across the graveyard and there he is.
    Tommy.
    He looks at me, probably as shocked as I am. I don’t even know why I’m walking over to him right now. The guy obviously came here to show his respects to someone here. Or is he following me? You never know, especially given my family history with people kidnapping and killing us.
                  “Hi,” I hesitantly say to him. He’s still looking at me,