Monday, 18 March 2013

Chapter 40


Saul Brown, Black Brother in chief  looks at me like I’m crazy. I am sitting with him in the cat house reception, come lounge, come piano bar.  I have just laid out the relevant details of the message from The Man.
‘The Man has his turf and The Black Brothers have ours. That is the arrangement, no line crossing no fights no deaths. We have Harlem he has the rest. Shit man is not the rest big enough for him? This is the short end of the straw. First it’s a portion of the meat industry then the whole fucking grocery store. Tell him no way’
No way am I telling him no way. I have to get out of this transaction.
‘I’m just passing the message on. It was just a chance meet at a gig at The Stork.’ I don’t want to get involved, this is way out of my league.’
He points a long black finger at me and makes like a gun. Squints down it and bends his thumb with a clicking noise. I take it he means do it or I’m dead meat. Where is fucking Doil when you want him                                       

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