Chapter 271

At 10 o'clock, Frank took the first two-hour watch, and Philip tried to sleep. They rotated throughout the night and into the early morning.

Frank did not wake his dad up until 7:15 AM and Phil was furious. "I am not that old sonny. I can still outshoot you, at my age. You should have taken your rest, when your time came."

"I am counting on you to out-shooting me this morning, dad. That is why I let you sleep longer. If I miss, I know you will hit 'Center Max,' and he will be down for the count."

"Do not try to humor me, Frank. I am still pissed off at you."

"Okay, dad, be pissed off, but let's take our practice shots, while the traffic is still heavy."

15 feet past, and left of the entrance to Montalbano's building, was a wooden telephone pole. Each man made sure there were no civilians in their line of sight, and aimed at center of the pole, just to the left of the first climbing spike.