America's King of Poetry

Chapter 29 Promotion

Abramo watched Angelo enter the door and went upstairs, and sighed helplessly.

Almost from their generation, parents began to hide their gang identities from their children.Many of them have inherited their father's business in this life. They knew that their father was engaged in gang activities since they were young, and they participated in gang affairs early in order to inherit the family business.Thanks to the help of his father-in-law in Philadelphia, Abramo started out in garbage collection and contracting road projects in the New Jersey area. With fierce means and cunning strategies, he opened up a world in the New Jersey area.

From a penniless poor boy to the upper class, he owns many properties and lives in a villa with a swimming pool in a "bedroom in New York".Son Angelo does not need to drop out of school early to earn a living as a sailor at sea, but can receive a good education and go to the best school in New Jersey.Never had to do housework at home, didn't suffer any hardships, hobbies were basketball and football, had two relationships in high school, and ended his virginity in the family's garage - as his father, Abramo knew it all.

He hopes that Angelo can be an ordinary person in the future, who can work as a company employee, stock analyst, accountant, or open a car dealership.At first, he thought that Angelo could become a doctor or a lawyer, but unfortunately neither Abramo nor Connie were educated, and his son was naturally not smart enough.But it’s not bad to be able to go to university. He majored in media. He said that he wants to be a screenwriter in the future.

screenwriter?what?Will the family story be made into a TV series?

Abramo went into the living room and took off his shirt and changed into pajamas, and Connie handed him a large glass of freshly squeezed tomato juice.Abramo drinks a large glass every night, which the family doctor says is good for blood lipids in blood vessels.After drinking it in one gulp, Abramo wiped his mouth, his face still a little sad.

Connie looked at her husband, stroked his face, and said, "Recently, you seem to be worried all the time. If you have something on your mind, you should tell me."

Connie was always gentle, but Abramo never told his wife what was on his mind. He firmly believed that any man who told his wife what was on his mind was a fool.

"A few things at work, and Angelo...I know why he's upset because I confiscated his car keys and didn't allow him to drive to school by himself. I'll drop him off tomorrow and take him to the garden to watch the game in the evening."

"It's still too early to let him drive. It hasn't been long since he got his driver's license, and he always wants to drive out and run around. You are right to do that. Oh, and, how is mom doing recently, she hasn't come for a while..."

Connie suddenly mentioned her mother-in-law, Abramo's mother, which made Abramo irritated for a while.He shook his hands, expressing that he didn't want to talk about this topic, threw the cup of tomato juice into the sink, and went upstairs to rest.

At bedtime, Abramo and Connie lay on the bed. They have been sleeping together for almost 20 years. They have long since lost the passion they had when they were young. They only live together once a year.Every time before going to bed, they will chat, which is a routine. When they were in their 20s, they often hugged and chatted about what to eat tomorrow and where to go on weekends; when they were in their 30s, they sat side by side on the bed, chatting about their son's study and life, and sometimes quarreled; when they were almost 40 years old, the topics of chatting became more varied, more like chatting between friends, each doing their own things in their hands, talking with each other.

Connie was putting expensive face cream on her face. Although Abramo hadn't admired her face for a long time, she still had to appreciate herself.Abramo kept changing channels with the remote control in his hand, one channel after another, he didn't want to watch TV, he was thinking about tomorrow's work arrangement in his mind, and he still missed Vera a bit.

The television switched to an evening talk show on Jersey Television about gangs in the New York area, featuring ex-gang member turned taint witness Xavier Henry.Only then did Abramo put down the remote control, and withdrew his messy thoughts to see what Henry had to say.

"The crime business in the New York area has been declining, especially the Italian gangs. Young people are reluctant to join gang organizations, including the children of the big bosses. They are all sent to college to become doctors, lawyers, financial traders, and become middle class. Our generation is different. We are not willing to go to school. We only want to go to the streets. I dropped out of school when I was 13 to run errands in taxis...But the black part will not disappear. Mexicans, blacks, and Asians will take over the territory.

Henry was a generation older than Abramo and was active in the 60s and 70s, but because he was Jewish, he never entered the inner circle of the gang.After 80 years of desperation, he chose to surrender to the FBI, became a tainted witness, and testified against a group of gang leaders.Among them is Abramo's father-in-law, who is still in a Philadelphia prison with 127 years left to serve.

"This son of a bitch dares to show off on TV." Seeing Xavier Henry's confident look, Abramo couldn't help but spit.

This old guy has been protected by the FBI for more than ten years. He has no source of income in the past two years, so he ran out to participate in some TV shows, and also published books and signed sales.Because those black bosses died in the early years, and those who went to prison went to prison, no one wanted to touch him anymore.Although Henry put his father-in-law in prison, it was a good thing for Abramo. He inherited a small part of the industry in southern New Jersey, and he no longer had to look at the face of his old father-in-law.

Of course, in front of Connie, he still had to act like he hated Henry.

Connie glanced at the TV, but there was no reaction. After she painted her face, she went to the bathroom to wash her hands. When she came back, she asked Abramo to change the channel, "Changing the channel, now people regard gangs as a kind of novelty and entertainment. TV, movies, and best-selling books are all talking about it, making us like some kind of robber den in modern society. I haven't even killed a chicken. Our children will not be engaged in these jobs in the future. The previous generation has no choice but to live. Stop watching these, I guess the children will one day I found out, I advise you to hurry up and get out, you keep mentioning this, haven't you?"

For every member of the underworld who has reached a certain status, whitewashing is a necessary step, and it is also the most difficult step.Except for a small number of naturally violent and criminal addicts, no one wants to roll in the mud all the time.Especially those who have families like Abramo, no one wants to be shot to death while walking on the road one day, and then the body will be placed in the mortuary of the hospital for the family to claim.Or one day he was arrested and prosecuted by the FBI, and he was imprisoned until he died.

Abramo put his arms around his wife's shoulders, and wanted to kiss her on the forehead, but found that her face was covered with white face cream, and couldn't help feeling disgusted, and retracted his neck.The couple have been together for a long time, and they hate each other several times almost every day, but Abramo still hopes to grow old with Connie in his heart.

"I know that this matter has been advancing. I recently met a very important friend who will help me." Abramo comforted.In the past two years, he has indeed been promoting whitewashing, and the cooperation with Gandolfier originated from this. He hopes to borrow the strength of the Gandolfier family's overseas funds.Out of sincerity, he went to war with the other three families with the support of the Gandolfer family, but he did not expect to become an abandoned son in the end.

Until I met Arthur, everything changed, everything changed.

……

Meanwhile, at Arthur's apartment in Manhattan's Little Italy, Arthur and Gina have just finished exercising.

Arthur's chest was covered with sweat, half his, half Gina's.He fell back on the narrow bed, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath.

"It's nice to be young." Arthur felt sincerely in his heart.

The vitality, fullness and enthusiasm of youth are fully reflected in both of them.Gina came up to give Arthur a lingering kiss, got up and went to the bathroom to take a shower.Arthur recalled the passion just now, got up and sat on the back of the bed, touched a cigarette and lighter from the bedside table, lit it with a "snap", and took a comfortable puff.

After leaving St. James's Cathedral, Arthur went directly to Carlow High School to pick up Gina from school. After returning home, the two began to get tired of being together after dinner, until they went to bed at night.As someone who has experienced it, Arthur knew that such a day would come to an end one day, but because of this, he had to enjoy his life again.

Halfway through the cigarette, Arthur was attracted by the sound of water splashing in the bathroom, stubbed out the cigarette butt and got off the bed, and went to the bathroom to wash with Gina.There was a scream from Gina who was attacked, and then the two got tired of being together again, opened up a third battlefield in the bathroom, and fought for another half an hour.

After tossing until late at night, Gina finally fell asleep on the bed, slamming her mouth in a daze.Arthur turned off the desk lamp, and there was still light coming in through the thin curtains outside the window, shining on Gina's soft and lovely face.After getting along for a short period of time, Arthur has fallen in love with this innocent and cute little girl exuding youthful charm.Sure enough, men are all dedicated, no matter what age they are, they like young and beautiful girls around 20 years old.

Of course, what attracts Arthur the most about Gina is the "authenticity" in her, maybe everyone once had it, but gradually lost it with the passage of time.

When Gina was fast asleep, Arthur carefully got out of bed, put on his trousers, and put away his Italian cannon.Coming to the TV cabinet in the living room, that TV has been sold by Arthur in the second-hand market... He told Gina that he will buy her a better and newer one in the future.In the cabinet under the TV, there is a small safe.

Arthur turned on the light, opened the cabinet, turned the safe a few times, and opened the safe.Inside were a small amount of cash, two gold watches, some bullets, and eight playing cards.On his return Arthur put the four cards into the safe, before he had time to look at them.

Diamond 3, club 4, heart 6, spade J, and 4 poems appeared, corresponding to 4 people.

The lines of the poem were still obscure, and Arthur's head hurt from reading it, and he had no clue at all.But he was sure that he would be able to find them, definitely.

At this time, Arthur noticed that one of the original four cards seemed to have undergone some changes—it was the 2 of hearts that belonged to him. The words on it were different in the past, and it read:

"Name: Arthur Luciano, Occupation: Axeman, Sequence: 8, Codename: Bunch. Comment: The night gave you black eyes, but you use them to find light."

(End of this chapter)