Chapter 49: Prince Of The City

"Wait Poppy, you knew about this shit?" He didn't have to answer; the guilty flush on his face said it all.

"Never mind, carry on." I held the bridge of my nose between my thumb and forefinger where I could feel a headache coming on.

"Well, as I was saying, we think just cutting her off cold turkey might not be the way to go, you see, you have to wean her off these things, little by little, it's like you, you can't just go legit, you have to maneuver things around and set things up just right before that can happen, just as with her...."

"Poppy what bullshit, it's only the business part of things that takes time, but I can keep myself from going out and offing a motherfucker if I choose to."

"Yeah, then why do you have guys in Chicago right now?"

"Because those fucks back there are a threat to my wife and besides if I don't do it, she will and I'd be damned if I let that happen."

"Son, you're forgetting one thing."

"And what's that Rossi