Chapter 50: Tony and Tito Have LunchCHAPTER 50
TONY AND TITO HAVE LUNCH
Brooklyn—18 Months Ago
It had been a few months since I left Gina, and the memories were already fading. For a while there had been a strong desire, but maybe that was just me being horny. What I needed was a “good lay” as Tony always said, but that didn’t strike me as appealing. I might as well beat off. It was faster, cheaper, and I could dream about somebody I actually wanted to be with.
As I pushed the image of Angela out of my mind, the cell phone rang. “Hello?”
“Nicky, it’s Tony. We’re having lunch at Cataldi’s.”
It was early for lunch, but what the hell. “I’ll be twenty minutes.”
When I got there, Paulie and Bugs were at the table with Tony, and it looked as if at least one, if not two, limoncellos had al
