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something in here that might offer an explanation.
    Roberto Pellaggio is a big time mafia Don who owns half of Heaven’s Valley. On the surface, he’s opened legitimate businesses all across the city, creating many jobs and generating lots of revenue that he’s re-invested into local areas. He owns car dealerships, barbershops, nightclubs, and casinos. All big business. All above board.
    But underneath all that respectable businessman crap, however, is where he earns his real money. Drugs, prostitution, extortion… you name it. You go down the list of crimes the mob can commit, and he ticks every box. The money they earn gets laundered through their legitimate businesses and it disappears back into the city. With the help of some clever accounting, Pellaggio is running a massive, highly profitable empire, and given how much money he's invested in the city, he’s very popular with local government officials and law enforcement. So basically, the guy’s a pretty big deal and definitely not someone you want as an enemy.
    I look through the details on the e-mail and find a news report from a couple of weeks ago that details how Pellaggio has been trying to buy a plot of land near the outskirts of Heaven’s Valley. It goes on to explain how he’s looking to expand his empire by building another casino, like Manhattan had said to me earlier. The land is ideally situated near the city limits, so it holds appeal to people from neighboring towns and cities. In theory, a casino there would service all of the state’s gambling needs north of Vegas.
    Then, a few days later, another report surfaced in the business section of one of the local papers explaining how the deal has apparently fallen through. There’s a picture of our good friend and future corpse, Ted Jackson. The article goes on to say how Jackson pulled out of the deal for undisclosed reasons, allegedly costing Pellaggio hundreds of millions of dollars in potential earnings.
    I guess that’s why they called me in... No wonder Pellaggio’s pissed.
    Okay, so on the surface it still seems fairly cut and dry: Pellaggio wants to continue his monopoly of Heaven’s Valley, but Jackson unscrupulously got in the way of that by cancelling the deal. Pellaggio wants to send a clear message and get his business venture back on track, so he hired me to take out Jackson.
    But something still doesn't feel right about it all. Jackson would’ve benefitted from the deal as well, making a significant amount of money from selling the land. Plus, while I’m sure there are lots of valid reasons why he would want to pull out of the deal, he’s smart enough to know that not explaining himself to the likes of Roberto Pellaggio would end badly for him…
    Whenever there is doubt, there is no doubt—that’s one of the first things they taught me, back in the day. Trust your gut and never pull the trigger until you’re satisfied. Some people in my line of work prefer not to know anything—they just turn up, shoot, and disappear with their money. Me? I have to know everything about everything. If you ask a shrink, they’ll probably say I have control issues that need addressing or something. But personally, when it comes to this job, I simply want to be the smartest guy playing the game. As much as I like getting paid for shooting people, sometimes ignorance isn’t bliss. Especially when dealing with the mob, because for all I know they’re setting me up in some way by hiring me to kill Jackson.
    I pick up the phone and call Josh. “Hey, it’s me,” I say.
    “Hey, Cupcake, whaddaya need now?” he replies.
    I do my best to ignore his greeting. “I’m just thinking out loud here, okay? So, Pellaggio tries to buy the land off Jackson for this casino venture. Both parties are expecting to make a shitload of cash. Then, suddenly, without any warning or explanation, Jackson pulls the plug, costing both himself and Pellaggio a small fortune.”
    “Yeah, seems strange when you say it