An American Crime Saga Part Two
Hello Again! I couldn't wait to start this one, so I started right away! Anyway, enjoy part two and REVIEW!!!
Chapter One:
"Honey! I'm back!" Jimmy called for his loving wife Cindy in their resort home in the middle of Madagascar. If you read part one, you'd know that Jimmy had performed a heist with Sheen and was in hiding in Madagascar until things cooled down in America. Everything seemingly went smoothly and Jimmy was just waiting on Sheen to deliver his share of the money.
That was the day Sheen was due to arrive.
"Oh, Honey! I was just making dinner. It's smoked salmon fresh from the Atlantic!" Cindy explained in great detail what the pair was going to eat that evening.
"As long as it's dead and it tastes good, I'm all for it." Jimmy said, unenthusiastically, "You know, today's the day Sheen arrives with our money!"
"Oh! I'd completely forgotten when 3 million dollars was being delivered at our doorstep. How could I miss that?!" Cindy was being sarcastic, of course. She and Jimmy hadn't had many problems since they'd arrived.
"I'm going to go on a walk on the beach, okay?" Jimmy told his wife.
"Be home by dinner, Jimmy. I don't want this fish eaten cold!" Cindy only ever argued about when Jimmy ate her tropical dinners. He could tell she was making the most out of living on a tropical island south of Africa.
Jimmy drove down to the beach in his rental car, a green minivan. It had only been a month since they'd arrived at the island, and they immediately blew most of their savings on a resort house (with one hell of a view) and all of Cindy's meals. They were just waiting for their 3 million dollars.
"Ah, the smell of the beach…" Jimmy muttered to himself. It was a small walk and he didn't expect to be out too long.
Jimmy began walking on the rough sand and passed by a few beautiful palm trees. Cocoanuts hung down from their branches. He took it all of the scenery. A bright blue sky, birds chirming in the distance, children laughing, and a hot woman who made Jimmy regret getting married.
It was at that moment he noticed a dark black Austin Martin. Leaning against the doors were three men, each in black suits with blood red ties. One man, the tallest, had a long scar running from his right eye to his chin. The smallest had on a bowlers cap and was dressed to impress. The middle sized one just looked like he had a bad day and was obviously the oldest. Then there was just one more thing…
They all were pocketing guns. Jimmy was shocked at first, before blowing it off as nothing he should concern himself with, much like he'd done with that newspaper article a week before. Probably cops, he thought.
After a long while, Jimmy began his walk back to his car, which he planned on replacing with a shiny new corvette once Sheen handed over the money. Speaking of Sheen, where was he?
Jimmy soon found out, as when he pulled into the driveway of his home, there was an unfamiliar low-rider in his spot. Flames were painted on the sides to go with the red paint job. As he opened the front door, he noticed a cat spray-painted onto the hood. Sheen was there.
"Yo, Sheeno!" Jimmy greeted his friend as he entered.
"Yo, Jimbo!" Sheen embraced his friend in return.
"So… how'd it all go?" Jimmy asked.
"It went by just fine. Nobody called the cops and we got out with the money. We delivered most of it to our boss, Salvador Castillo III, but left this for you. 4 million dollars. A bonus for your troubles!" Sheen exclaimed.
"Any cop suspicion?" Jimmy continued.
"Well, we lost a couple of hombres to the feds, but no links to you. Now, there is one slight… problem." Sheen replied.
"Problem? What problem?" Jimmy had to know.
"Well, we never really evaluated whose money we stole… and I've lost a bunch more guys to the guy we stole from than the feds." Sheen stopped smiling.
"What?! Who did we steal from?"
"Some cat by the name of Maxx Lazanno. He's a mob boss and needed all of the money for the business. He's Italian and is very angry at us. Now, the thing is that we think he knows about you." Sheen explained.
"Wait a minute, you mean the mob boss who's been taking over Retroville and beyond? You mean the man who was responsible for every five-out-of-seven deaths in the Retroville area last year?" Jimmy remembered the newspaper headline from a week before. it read: MAXX LAZANNO STRIKES AGAIN.
"Yep, that Maxx Lazanno. Now, if you see any dudes in suits with red ties, run the other way 'cause they're Maxx's lackeys. And if they're in Madagascar, they're here to kill you." Sheen warned his pal.
"Wait! I saw three guys in suits with red ties! Does that mean that me and Cindy have to leave?!" Jimmy remembered the three men at the beach. Thank god they didn't see him, but they probably knew his address.
"Wouldn't be a bad idea, Jimbo. I mean, you got four million bucks! Why not go anywhere else!" Sheen recommended.
"I gotta go tell Cindy!" Jimmy signaled for Sheen to wait where he was. Jimmy slowly walked up the flight of stairs down the hall to Cindy, who was in their bedroom. He needed time to think.
"Why did you do this?"
"How will I get rid of those guys?"
"Where are you going to now?"
"Why should Cindy be involved in all of this?"
These were all questions that ran through Jimmy's head as he walked upstairs. All of those questions had to be answered, and soon.
"Oh, Cindy!" Jimmy called for his wife.
"You're late! The fish was getting cold, so I ate yours for you! I told you to be back by dinnertime!" Cindy went on and on.
Jimmy quickly explained the matters at hand to his angry wife. As he finished, he could see a lone tear dripping down Cindy's cheek.
"Look, Cindy. All I need is for you to go with Sheen back to Retroville. You can stay at his place for a while as I fix up this whole matter." Jimmy explained.
"Fix it up?! How?! By politely asking Lazanno not to hurt us?! What then?! I thought you had this whole thing controlled! You said there would be no more crime, and that's what I expected!" Cindy was upset for one of the first times in her new home.
"I'm going to go to Castillo and get the money back for the heist! He won't hurt us if he gets his money! We'll be able to stay with Sheen or Libby until we can get our house back. We'll just go back to how we were before all of this!" Jimmy tried convincing her.
"Okay, fine! But promise you won't get hurt!" Cindy started crying.
"I promise, I won't be hurt. Now let me go tell Sheen the plan and go with him! Here's the money for the plane." Jimmy promised his wife something that he probably couldn't fulfill. He was dealing with the leader of a gang, Salvador Castillo III, and a feared mob boss, Don Maxx Lazanno. He was bound to be hurt somewhere along the line.
"You sure, Jimbo?" Sheen asked after Jimmy explained his plan.
"Yep, just get going. Those guys should be here soon." Jimmy had made up his mind.
"Hey, Jimmy." Cindy said in sadness.
"Yeah, honey?" Jimmy asked in the same tone of voice.
"I love you." Cindy answered.
"I love you too, Cindy." Jimmy kissed his wife goodbye. Sheen and Cindy shut the door on their way to the airport.
'The Sharp Dressed Men' as Jimmy had named the three men of Lazanno's, would most likely be coming for him soon.
He had to be ready…
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