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           TheparadoxinSonny’sviolentnaturewasthathecouldnothitawomanandhadneverdoneso.Thathecouldnotharmachildoranythinghelpless.WhenCarlohadrefusedtofightbackagainsthimthatday,ithadkeptSonnyfromkillinghim;completesubmissiondisarmedhisviolence.Asaboy,hehadbeentrulytenderhearted.Thathehadbecomeamurdererasamanwassimplyhisdestiny.

           Buthewouldsettlethisthingonceandforall,Sonnythought,asheheadedtheBuicktowardthecausewaythatwouldtakehimoverthewaterfromLongBeachtotheparkwaysontheothersideofJonesBeach.HealwaysusedthisroutewhenhewenttoNewYork.Therewaslesstraffic.

           HedecidedhewouldsendConniehomewiththebodyguardsandthenhewouldhaveasessionwithhisbrotherin-law.Whatwouldhappenafterthathedidn’tknow.IfthebastardhadreallyhurtConnie,he’dmakeacrippleoutofthebastard.Butthewindcomingoverthecauseway,thesaltyfreshnessoftheair,cooledhisanger.Heputthewindowdownalltheway.

           HehadtakentheJonesBeachCauseway,asalways,becauseitwasusuallydesertedthistimeofnight,atthistimeofyear,andhecouldspeedrecklesslyuntilhehittheparkwaysontheotherside.Andeventheretrafficwouldbelight.Thereleaseofdrivingveryfastwouldhelpdissipatewhatheknewwasadangeroustension.Hehadalreadylefthisbodyguardscarfarbehind.

           Thecausewaywasbadlylit,therewasnotasinglecar.Faraheadhesawthewhiteconeofthemannedtollbooth.