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Chapter 11

           Weretheygoingtodumphimintotheswampsorwasitjustalast-minutechangeinmeetingplacebythewilySollozzo?Butwhentheywerenearlyallthewayacross,thedrivergavethewheelaviolenttwist.TheheavyautomobilejumpedintotheairwhenithitthedividerandbouncedoverintothelanesgoingbacktoNewYorkCity.BothMcCluskeyandSollozzowerelookingbacktoseeifanyonehadtrieddoingthesamething.ThedriverwasreallyhittingitbacktoNewYorkandthentheywereoffthebridgeandgoingtowardtheEastBronx.Theywentthroughthesidestreetswithnocarsbehindthem.Bythistimeitwasnearlynineo’clock.Theyhadmadesuretherewasnooneontheirtail.SollozzolitupacigaretteafterofferinghispacktoMcCluskeyandMichael,bothofwhomrefused.Sollozzosaidtothedriver,"Nicework.I’llrememberit."

           TenminuteslaterthecarpulledupinfrontofarestaurantinasmallItalianneighborhood.Therewasnooneonthestreetsandbecauseofthelatenessofthehouronlyafewpeoplewerestillatdinner.Michaelhadbeenworriedthatthedriverwouldcomeinwiththem,buthestayedoutsidewithhiscar.Thenegotiatorhadnotmentionedadriver,nobodyhad.TechnicallySollozzohadbrokentheagreementbybringinghimalong.But,Michaeldecidednottomentionit,knowingtheywouldthinkhewouldbeafraidtomentionit,afraidofruiningthechancesforthesuccessoftheparley.

           Thethreeofthemsatattheonlyroundtable,Sollozzorefusingabooth.Therewereonlytwootherpeopleintherestaurant.

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