In an old school restaurant and a broken down gangster anxiously waits for his superior gangster to arrive

What the hell took you so long

Mh

Francesco, I’ve been waiting here for 20 min

Come on, Giuseppe, your the one that brought me to a dump like this. The least you can do is wait without complaining. Show some damn respect.

respect, ha

seppe, what’s going on? why’d you pull me away from, exploiting the fruits of my labour, to this… disgusting…

I wanted to discuss something about the business with you

Business? look Guiseppe, whatever it that concerns you, we can talk about it back at Paulie’s with the boys.

This ain’t something I want to talk with the boys about. I want out

what, are you crazy…are you serous?

I’m done. I'm done with looking behind my back every time I go out, I'm done with not being able to tell people what I do for a living, and I'm done working with people I can't even trust my dog's with.

So you don’t trust us, you don’t trust the people that took you in, trusted you, and changed you from a nobody to a...a damn freeman

I didn’t need it

need it? You’re a gangster. If you wanted to you could get up, walk to the broad up front, pull a gun and walk out with at least 500 dollars. If anyone else tried some shit like that they’d be in jail before they could even figure out what to spend it on.

and what’s the difference? Ya, I can mess around and not worry about cops, but I'm still only one bad move away from getting a bullet through my head

Do you know why I let you into this business? Because I saw a someone that was willing to do anything for his honour and his family. So what happened, what you can't even put yourself on the line anymore. Is family nothing

My wife's dead

Shit, who-

 She dead two weeks ago. Overdose.

I’m sorry to-

I held her in my hands and the only thing I could think of was how much I loved her and needed her.

Seppe, this really isn’t the time for-

In fear of losing her, I ran to the phone, dialled it in, 9… 1… 1… then stopped. I just froze. 3 numbers, that all it took for my to second-guess my wife’s life. I can’t do this anymore.

I’m sorry to hear, she was truly a beautiful woman. Even so, you can’t just give in, It wasn’t you’re fault

Where do you think she got her supply? Even if I wasn’t the one to give it to her, I’m still the one that chose the life for us.

            a man walks in with flower box and sits down. Francesco watches him.

What do you want more protection, more money

Francesco

What’s it going to take; you already know who I am

no, I’m done

Francesco looks at the other member then back

I can’t let you leave…

There’s nothing you can do about this

 If you leave me I will turn your life into a living hell. You said you couldn’t live looking behind your back now, imagine a life, not being able to take a dump without a second pair of eyes behind your head.

if that’s what it takes

I need a smoke

                    Francesco leaves for a smoke and has trouble keeping his composure outside the restraint. As Giuseppe gets up to leave, we hear a box open and a shriek.