Chapter 7: Rigano's Dry Cleaning
The sentinel rolled to a stop in front of Rigano's Dry Cleaning and Sergio turned the car off.
"Ok, I want you and Sergio to go inside and collect my money for the week. These assholes claim they're not paying up since I've been away for so long. They've been paying Rusty instead. Make them understand, that holding out on me isn't a good thing." Richie ordered.
"Alright Richie don't worry. I'll take care of it." Dickie replied.
Dickie cocked his 9mm and tucked it away in the waist of his pants. Sergio grabbed two pipes from the backseat of the car, and exited with Dickie. The two gangsters opened the glass front door of the Dry Cleaners and walked inside. Inside was only one man standing by the register. The place was empty of civilians. Dickie grabbed a pipe the size of a baseball bat from Sergio and slammed it into the register.
"What the fck are you doing?" Screamed the man behind the cash register, right before he was struck in the face from Dickie's pipe.
Dickie pressed a button under the counter, and it opened a door nearby. Inside was a brothel filled with hoes and regular men. Sergio and Dickie walked passed them, pushing people out of the way as they went. They walked directly towards the office in the back and Sergio kicked the door down. The two gangsters raided the office and found Sonny Rigano there counting his money. Rigano had a body guard that immediately tried to stop Sergio and Dickie. Sergio swung his pipe at the bodyguard, but missed when the body guard ducked. The pipe went crashing into the wall, making a hole. Dickie solved this problem by pulling out his 9mm and firing two bullets into the bodyguard's left shoulder. The bodyguard collapsed to the floor clutching his shoulder.
Sonny reached for a gun, but was stopped when Dickie fired a bullet into Sonny's right hand. Dickie used his metal pipe and began smashing it into Sonny's right fore arm, crushing the bones inside.
"You pay up every fcking week to Richie from now on. If you don't then I'll be back here and I'll shove this pipe up your ass you mother fcking ccksucker." Dickie shouted at Sonny.
Sergio collected the money for the weekly payment and put it in his pocket. After that, Dickie and Sergio left the office and walked all the way back to the front door of the building. Just as they were about to open the door to leave, Sonny's bodyguard grabbed Sergio on the shoulder. Sergio turned around and threw hard right punches to gut of the bodyguard. Next he grabbed the bodyguard by the throat and the waist, and tossed him through the glass front door onto the sidewalk. Glass shattered everywhere and the bodyguard passed out. Sergio and Dickie walked casually to the car. They got inside and started the vehicle up and drove off.
"Did you get the money?" Richie asked in his raspy voice.
"Yeah Rich, Sergio has it. We got this week's payment, plus an extra five thousand dollars." Dickie replied.
"Good work." Richie responded as Sergio drove on. "I got a meeting with Rusty at Patrizio's Bistro. I want you two there with me to make sure I'm not walking into a death trap or something."