Bugs Returns
Brooklyn, New York
Frankie jumped on the interstate and headed east across the Delaware Memorial Bridge, then north on #295 to the Jersey Turnpike. It wouldn’t take long to get back to Brooklyn, less than three hours even if he hit traffic. That should give him plenty of time to figure things out, maybe decide how to get rid of the baggage in his life and get back to the happy person he used to be.
One thing that made Frankie happy was Nicky agreeing to take on his case. Not that Nicky would solve it, but the fact that he agreed to try told Frankie that Nicky really was innocent—at least of killing Bobby. No way Nicky would leave Frankie out to hang if he’d done it. That, at least, was something.
Happiness was a funny thing. People were either born to it, or not. Nicky was
