Respect: Fear Has No Rival

“On Saturday afternoon just as Carmen was closing the store, Joey appeared with a straight face and told Carmen, ‘I think we have a problem.’ Carmen’s reaction was, ‘What’s wrong?’ Joey had rehearsed his threat several times in a disguise as a friend looking to protect a friend. ‘We got wind that the spicks from Park Slope were planning to stick you up and rob the store at gunpoint, and they would kill you if necessary. Carmen looked like he was ready to cry or faint as he said, ‘What does that mean?’ “You need protection pronto before they make the hit,’ Joey expanded, with a phony look of deep concern…”

ISBN-13:  978-1-63944-985-9