“Yes,” said Moe.
“The word is said. Now my first order is for all of you to have faith in me. You’re my army, I’m gonna find us some ammunition,” Colin said.
“Fuckin’ eh!” Moe said brightening up. “Gondor is yours to command my king.”
* * *
Jack Reynolds sat at the same table as Colin and Moe; he was considered one of the stoner group. What most of the group didn’t know and only a few assumed was that Jack had gone onto harder drugs. He was able to hear some of the conversation between Moe and Colin, especially the part about Colin agreeing to help bring Seth down.
Seth had been good to Jack. When Jack was in desperate need for a fix it had been Seth who sent him to the right person. All he had to do was say “I’m a friend of Seth’s” and he was supplied with the heroin he so fiercely needed. Seth had done this for him without demanding anything from Jack except that he return the favor some day.
Jack thought about it and figured that informing Seth about the people plotting against him was a good way to return the favor. Besides, Jack knew there may come a time when he might need another favor from Seth, it was getting harder and harder to get the money he needed for his fixes. It would be wise for him to facilitate his relationship with Seth that he could count on him to return favors.
Jack knew that the people he sat with at lunch with every day were supposed to be his friends and it would be betraying their friendship to rat out Moe and Colin, but when Jack had been in his hour of need it was Seth who had been there for him. He knew who he owed his allegiance to.
NEXT CHAPTER: IL CANTO DI MALAVITA PIÙ
(More songs of the bad life)
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