Chapter 72: Rule Number Five—Murder Is A PromiseCHAPTER 72
RULE NUMBER FIVE:
MURDER IS A PROMISE
Current Day
Frankie dialed Paulie’s number at home, got the answering machine, then dialed the cell. “Suit, call me if you get this. It’s Bugs.”
Mazzetti lit another smoke and turned up the radio. “Donovan, I say we let this guy get Tito. Then maybe he goes underground, and we don’t ever hear from him again.”
“You probably would do that.”
“I’d do it in a heartbeat. What did Tito Martelli ever do for this world but suck it dry?” He dragged hard on his cigarette then changed the radio station. “I wouldn’t tell you if we were sitting next to this rat guy at the light.”
“When are you retiring?” Frankie asked.
“Not soon enough.”
“Be better for the NYPD if you did. They ought to do one of t
