“You saw the connection, too. I should have come to you sooner. You know too well that I don’t like coincidences,” Jimmy said. “Mickey’s brother, Larry, is a detective with the 10th in Chelsea. A detective who made grade without merit. Larry Dean got the promotion because his father holds a powerful position at One Police Plaza and pulled strings. Gives him better standing in the NYPD, especially considering his other son was a nasty, career criminal. Mickey Dean came back to town this past winter, and he raised hell in a very short amount of time. He wanted trouble, revenge. He killed my cousin. He ran a chop shop. He got cocky though. And then he got killed.”
Jimmy paused, remembering the scene on the docks last December, when he and Mickey finally gave way to their anger, pummeling eac
