“Those prints I took of your friend told a real story,” the detective said. “He told you he was a member of the mob? Well, that wasn’t bullshit. He is a member in very good standing. Before he took to killing North Koreans and Chinese, he got some basic training killing good, old fashioned Americans. Of course, the NY cops couldn’t prove it. But they got him for some minor stuff, running numbers, burglary, assault with a hammer on a union boss. That was pleaded down. No jail time, just probation. He is what they call a soldier in the Lanteri crime family.”
“That makes two,” Joey answered. “His girlfriend, Lieutenant Gorgeous, Carmela Fortunato, I should say, is Lanteri’s niece.”
“Wow,” Theiss replied. “Have they come together for love or money?”
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