Chapter Twenty-Three“Come sit next to me,” Jean said. Rico abandoned his chair and sat on the sofa next to her and she snuggled in close to him.
“Some of this I saw and some of it I heard about,” he said. “But all of it's true. Then in his best story-telling voice and with near perfect grammar and diction he began.
“Her name was Samantha and in D'Angelo's words, she was 'a knockout'. He was crazy about her to the point of obsession. She had short, curly auburn hair, was tall and statuesque, and was blessed (or cursed, depending on your point of view) with the kind of figure – exaggerated curves, and peaks and valleys – that made men salivate. The effect was not lost on her.
“She was a hostess at a restaurant frequented by regulars of The Five Aces. It was called The Satin Doll. Nobody s
