The deal Schumacher offered Hank was so good for him that he immediately started worrying about why he was getting off so easy, just as Doc Luchesa had told Donna and Jack. He was even more worried about what would happen to him if he somehow failed to fulfill his end of the bargain. He knew all too well that in the boxing game, at least in Boston, if you screwed around with a deal, you could end up looking like a piece of Swiss cheese, like poor Eduardo Gomez.
Hank had never taken a dive in his life, and knew, deep down, he never would. But he knew that guys who would make those kinds of deals were playing a dangerous game with very dangerous people. They were also often hard up for money, which Hank wasn’t. He had been doing well enough with his fights, and was typically careful with hi
