Крестный отец

Chapter 30

           AlbertNeriwastheonlyonesurprisedwhenhewasbroughtupondepartmentalchargesforusingexcessiveforce.Hewassuspendedandcriminalchargeswerebroughtagainsthim.Hewasindictedformanslaughter,convictedandsentencedtofromonetotenyearsinprison.Bythistimehewassofilledwithabaffledrageandhatredofallsocietythathedidn’tgiveadamn.Thattheydaredtojudgehimacriminal!Thattheydaredtosendhimtoprisonforkillingananimallikethatpimp-nigger!Thattheydidn’tgiveadamnforthewomanandlittlegirlwhohadbeencarvedup,disfiguredforlife,andstillinthehospital.

           Hedidnotfearprison.Hefeltthatbecauseofhishavingbeenapolicemanandespeciallybecauseofthenatureoftheoffense,hewouldbewelltakencareof.Severalofhisbuddyofficershadalreadyassuredhimtheywouldspeaktofriends.Onlyhiswife’sfather,ashrewdold-styleItalianwhoownedafishmarketintheBronx,realizedthatamanlikeAlbertNerihadlittlechanceofsurvivingayearinprison.Oneofhisfellowinmatesmightkillhim;ifnot,hewasalmostcertaintokilloneofthem.Outofguiltthathisdaughterhaddesertedafinehusbandforsomewomanlyfoolishness,Neri’sfather-in-lawusedhiscontactswiththeCorleoneFamily(hepaidprotectionmoneytooneofitsrepresentativesandsuppliedtheCorleoneitselfwiththefinestfishavailable,asagift),hepetitionedfortheirintercession.

           TheCorleoneFamilyknewaboutAlbertNeri.

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