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obvious that Reno wasn’t the kind of man who allowed
jokes about his wife, “I’d better get to the point. I’m sure you’re wondering
why I contacted you.”
    “You’d
be wondering right.”
    “I
contacted you because, friend to friend, I wanted to give you the heads up.”
    “About
what?”
    “Who.   Bruno Lucci.”
    Reno
stared at her.   “Bruno Lucci?   What about him?”
    “He
got out two-three months ago.   Got
paroled after ten years.”
    “Yeah,
I heard something to that effect.   So
what?”
    “He’s
been making noises.   Serious noises.   And not just in Vegas either.   I’m in Jersey and heard the chatter.”
    “What
noise that clown can make?”
    “Revenge
noises.   He wants you bad, Reno.   And he’s got a little money to throw behind
his talk.”
    “Anything
concrete yet?”
    “Not
yet,” Belle said.   “He’s not there yet,
from what I’m hearing.   But I wanted you
to be aware.   He’s a weakling, Reno.   He’s a nobody in the long run.   But sometimes they can be the worst
kind.   Points to prove and all of that.”
    Reno
nodded.   He never took any of his enemies
for granted, and he wasn’t about to start with Bruno Lucci.
    And
as they continued to discuss it, Jimmy Mack emerged from the restroom area and
looked around for his father.   When he
saw him, and saw that he was sitting at a table with some blonde that even from
a distance looked gorgeous, he hesitated.   He wasn’t quite sure if he should interrupt.   And then he took a seat at an empty table
further toward the front of the café.  
    He
watched his father and the woman.   He
thought about his stepmother, Trina, and how much she trusted Reno.   But Jimmy always wondered about his
father.   He was always being singled out
by females.   Every time he was with his
father, it was as obvious as the day was bright that he had what women
loved.   They would certainly give Jimmy a
look, maybe even a double look, but they stared at Reno. And these weren’t just
women Reno’s age, either.   Women Jimmy’s
age were doing it.   If females his age
were trying to get Reno’s dick inside of them, Jimmy could only imagine how
hard women who stood a chance with Reno were trying.    Especially sophisticated women like the one
at his father’s table now.  
    Trina
trusted Reno, and Jimmy trusted him too.   But damn.   There was just so much
resistance one man could endure with all of these females all but begging him
to take them on a ride.   And Reno
traveled often.   While Trina was back in
Vegas, doing her own thing, being the faithful wife, but maybe just a little
clueless.   Did she realize how
susceptible to infidelity Reno really was, Jimmy wondered.   Did she realize how easy he could have a
woman in his out-of-town bed?  
    Even
last night, after they had retired to their adjourning hotel rooms after a long
day of meetings, Jimmy heard his father’s hotel room door open and close as if
somebody was either coming in, or his father was going out.   And this was late, something like two or
three in the morning.   But it bothered
Jimmy enough that he remembered it.  
    And
when the blonde stood up to leave, Jimmy didn’t feel any better.   Because his father stood up too, and hugged her,
which Jimmy thought was innocent enough.   But then they kissed on the mouth.   It wasn’t a lingering kiss, but it wasn’t exactly cheek-to-cheek either.
    Jimmy
thought about how devastating it would be if Trina ever discovered that her
loving and devoted husband might occasionally yield to temptation.   Trina was the kind of woman who wouldn’t
stand for it.   She’d leave him, Jimmy was
certain of it, and their family would be in ruins. And just the thought of it
made Jimmy realize an inconvenient truth.   Their entire family life, and in many ways their very happiness, was
completely dependent on Reno.   It all
hinged on him and his behavior alone.   That was how fragile their existence