“And a career criminal is born.”
“What do you think is Mickey’s racket now? Why target Kellan?”
“He said it was a message…for me.”
“He beat up your cousin to get at you?”
“Mickey came to Paddy’s last night, tried to stir up trouble. Frisano put a stop to it.”
“Hmm, the plot thickens.”
“Meaning?”
“Who are two of the commissioner’s top lieutenants?”
Jimmy froze in his spot, almost like his body had gone numb. “Lawrence Dean, Mickey’s father, and…Salvatore Frisano…Frank’s father.”
“Jim, I think you need to watch your step here. I don’t like where this is going.”
“Nor do I, which is why I’m going to step even closer. Mickey wants trouble, he’s got no idea what he’s stoked inside me. Is his hatred of me because my father busted him a couple times as a teenager? I mean, it’s been more
