Chapter 69
THE THIRD MAN IN THE room finally made himself known. Bobby, son of Jimmy Colombo, yelled, “STOP! Everyone shut up. I’ve got some business to take care of here.” He pulled a gun from his waistband, then knocked over a table, and dropped behind it.
Rex grabbed the gold coin mid-air and slipped it back in his pocket. Romano ducked behind his desk when the excitement started. Jimmy Colombo took cover across the room, and Victor Ragu crawled behind the desk with Romano.
“Listen, son, I've got no beef with you,” Romano said. “Why don't you come out, and we can discuss this like men.”
“What is there to talk about, Mr. Mayor,” Bobby Colombo said.
“What the hell has got into you, Bobby?” Jimmy Colombo demanded.
Bobby Colombo was calm, almost trance-like. “Victor, you killed my rea
