'You tried to rob a bank and got covered in money dye?' Alison asks after she and her brother finally stop laughing. It was a stormy night outside, typical for mid summer in Miami.
The siblings were watching an old Jai-Alai match on TV when Izzy and an old associate of his who calls himself Noogie had shown up at the Castillo house. Sonny, Stan and Rico had shown up not too long after that and Stan dared Izzy to tell the story about the bank robbery.
Before they knew it, they were telling Ali and Miguel about what they did back before they were informants for the Vice squad.
'It didn't go so well so i started giving up information on everyone i've known since the sixth grade. Not as bad as when we stole a cement mixer.' Izzy says, his face red from embarrassment as he remembered how wrong that went.
'That was your idea, not mine Izzy.' Noogie says, equally embarrassed.
'Now i know why Uncle Stan wasn't too happy when the bug van got stolen.' Miguel says as he and his sister start laughing again.
'Hey, back to the bank robbery Moreno. That would've been your fourth felony conviction if the tip about Louis McCarthy hadn't worked out.' Rico says.
'I want to hear more about what it was like before they became informants.' Alison says.
'Patience, little lady. They'll get to that part.' Sonny says as lightning flashed outside and the power went out.
'Aw, not again! Same thing happened last week!' Miguel says.
'Well, i started my schemes when i was eleven. One of my friends found out and wanted in. Things were going well...until one night in 1962. It was a night like this actually.' Izzy says...