Nicholas sat comfortably on his usual sofa, feeling a bit bored with his eyes lowered, yet his ears were exceptionally sharp. His news traveled faster than the police, so even before those old guys could voice their opinions, he already had Murphy notify these people to go to No. 13 Joseph Street.
Though the two dead and two injured were members of the Lucchesi Clan, he indeed seemed rather unlucky lately, with all the incidents occurring around him. This inevitably aroused suspicion, seeming too obvious, but you couldn't say what was wrong. Some contradictions were appropriately magnified as they increasingly grew, just like now, the invited ones were talking heatedly about baseless speculations simply because one person was innocently absent—Casabell Jenvies.
