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Chapter 28

           ClemenzaandTessioconsideredthissuicidal,especiallywiththeBarzini-Tattagliaencroachmentsontheirempires.SonowtheywerehopefultheseerrorsmightbecorrectedatthisextraordinarymeetingconvenedbytheDon.

           MichaelstartedoffbytellingthemabouthistriptoVegasandMoeGreene’srefusingtheoffertobuyhimout."Butwe’llmakehimanofferhecan’trefuse,"Michaelsaid."YoualreadyknowtheCorleoneFamilyplanstomoveitsoperationsWest.We’llhavefourofthehotelcasinosontheStrip.Butitcan’tberightaway.Weneedtimetogetthingsstraightenedout."HespokedirectlytoClemenza."Pete,youandTessio,Iwantyoutogoalongwithmeforayearwithoutquestioningandwithoutreservations.Attheendofthatyear,bothofyoucansplitofffromtheCorleoneFamilyandbeyourownbosses,haveyourownFamilies.Ofcourseitgoeswithoutsayingwe’dmaintainourfriendship,Iwouldn’tinsultyouandyourrespectformyfatherbythinkingotherwiseforaminute.Butupuntilthattimelwantyoujusttofollowmyleadanddon’tworry.Therearenegotiationsgoingonthatwillsolveproblemsthatyouthinkarenotsolvable.Sojustbealittlepatient."

           Tessiospokeup."IfMoeGreenewantedtotalktoyourfather,whynotlethim?TheDoncouldalwayspersuadeanybody,therewasneveranyonewhocouldstanduptohisreasonableness."

           TheDonansweredthisdirectly."I’veretired,MichaelwouldloserespectifIinterfered.Andbesidesthat’samanI’drathernottalkto."

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