Chapter 22Piero left to go get his car leaving me there to keep an eye on the one that was alive. After what seemed like an eternity, he backed down the alley in his car. Leaving the car running, he got out, and I helped him put the body in the trunk. He kept looking over at the other man that was just lying there on his side. After we got the body into the trunk of the car, Piero took out a roll of duct tape and started over to the man lying on the ground. When he got there, his head twitched a little with surprise. He turned to me and said, “I was wondering why he didn’t get up and run away or yell. Who taught you to use his shoelaces to bind his hands and feet and to stuff his sock in his mouth?” “Just seemed logical he wouldn’t stay semiconscious for long, and I was not going to fight

