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?About what??
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?About your mouth Mo laced his shoes and gestured with his head?There?s a mirror over the
bureau, go take a look
?At what?? The capo subordinato walked quickly to the mirror
?At what??
?YourselfSee the yellow on your teeth, the fading red of your gums and how the gums
recede the higher they go??
?So? They always been like that??
?It might benothing, but he should have spotted it
?Spotted what, for Christ?s sake??
?Oral ameloblastoma
?What the hell is that? I don?t brush too good and I don?t like dentistsThey?re butchers!?
?You mean you haven?t seen a cartier picasso tank watches dentist or an oral surgeon in quite a while??
?So?? The capo bared his teeth again in front of the mirror
?That could explain why your nephew didn?t say anything
?Why??
?He probably figures you have regular dental checkups, so let those people explain it to you
Shoes tied, Panov stood up
?Well, he?s grateful for everything you?ve done for him, appreciative of your generosityI can
understand why he?d hesitate telling you
?Telling me what?? The guard spun away from the mirror
?I could be wrong but you really ought to see a periodontist Mo put on his jacket?I?m ready,?
he said?What do we do now??
The capo subordinato, his eyes knock off chanel handbag china squinting, his forehead creased in ignorance and suspicion,
reached into his pocket and pulled out a large black kerchief?Sorry, Doc, but I gotta blindfold
you
?Is that so you can put a bullet in my head when, mercifully, I don?t know it?s going to happen??
?No, Doctor
?Valuable?? asked the capo supremo rhetorically in his opulent living room in Brooklyn
Heights?Like a gold mine just popped out of the ground and landed in your minestroneThis Jew
has worked on the heads of some of the biggest lasagnas in WashingtonHis files have got to be
worth the price of Detroit
?You?ll never get them, Louis,? said the attractive replica louis vuitton purses middle-aged man dressed in an expensive
tropical worsted suit sitting across from his host?They?ll be sealed and carted off out of your
reach
?Well, we?re working on that, MrPark Avenue, ManhattanSay?just for laughs?say we got
?emWhat are they worth to you??
The guest permitted himself a thin aristocratic smile?Detroit?? he replied
?Va bene! I like you, you got a sense of humor As abruptly as he had grinned, the mafioso
became serious, even ugly?The five mill still holds for this Bourne-Webb character, right??
?With a proviso
?I don?t like provisos, MrLawyer, I don?t like them at all
?We can go elsewhereYou?re not the only gucci mens wallets game in town
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?Let me explain something to you, Signor AvvocatoIn a lot of ways, we?all of we?are the
only game in townWe don?t mess with other families? hits, you know what I mean? Our councils
have decided hits are too personal; it makes for bad blood
?Will you listen to the proviso? I don?t think you?ll be offended
?I wish you?d use another word??
?Go ahead
?There?ll be a two-million-dollar bonus because we insist you include Webb?s wife and his
government friend ConklinPark Avenue, ManhattanNow to the rest of our business
?I want to talk about the Jew
?We?ll get to fake fendi bag him??
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