Now it was Wanda who was looking at Black without speaking. She hadn’t expected him to ask that, so she didn’t have an answer ready. “I haven’t given that any thought,” she was forced to admit.

“What’s the second question?” Nick asked.

“How do we get out? I mean what do we do, just walk away from it all? Do we make everybody buy us out?”

“I hadn’t thought of that either,” Wanda admitted quickly. Now her appetite was gone.

“When you have an answer to both of those questions, we’ll talk about this again.”

“Yes, sir,” said a defeated Wanda. She had taken her shot, but she wasn’t prepared. That wouldn’t happen again.

“Don’t get me wrong. Everything you said is true. I’ve been thinking about gettin’ out before Michelle loses her father too. Maybe it’s time.”

“What about Vinnelli?” Nick wanted to know.

“I gave Angelo my word that I’d let that go.”

“Angelo?” Bobby questioned. Now that Angelo thinks it’s a good idea he gives his word, he thought. Bobby had been saying all along that after what happened with Masters and Mylo that Black should back off of Vinnelli.

“Well for once I agree with him,” Wanda said. “We dodged a bullet with Mylo and that other character, no point pushing our luck any further.”

Bobby got up from the table. “Well, if we’re finished here, I got to get back uptown.”

“You goin’ to the club?” Black asked.

“Not right away, but I’ll be there sometime tonight.”

“I’ll see you up there later. I wanna run something past you.”

“Cool,” Bobby said and left the restaurant.

After Bobby left, Black, Nick, and Wanda talked and had drinks. When Wanda excused herself to the ladies room, Black turned to Nick.

“There’s somethin’ I want you to do for me.”

“What’s that?”

“There was a robbery at Paradise Fish and Chicken. Two people were killed.”