Chapter 268

"Charlie, are you on the take? Do they have something on you that they are using to help them get us off their backs? They are dirty as hell, and both you and I know it."

"We knew Mancuso was dirty, also, didn't we, and look where we wound up. Even the cops are calling him a hero."

"We dropped the ball on those three Charlie. It was a fluke, we got set up, and we did not know it, until it was too late."

"I am telling you this as a friend, not as a former subordinate; do as I have asked you to do, and in less than one month, two of your problems will disappear forever. If our agents are still in play, they could be put in jeopardy, and this could turn into a mob war. I do not believe either one of us wants that to happen."

"Can I at least tell them I have a deep cover informant?"

"I can give you a name, Ed, but he is going to die, during this house cleaning."

"At least that will