I reached behind me and grabbed Pelato to take Guappo’s place.
He tried to back away, but I put my gun to his head and marched him up the stairs.
Another black suit fired down –
But Pelato took the bullets as I fired over his shoulder.
TheCosa Nostraasshole stumbled backwards as I lit him up.
Pelato was done, so I flung him to the side and ran up the last few steps.
Three guys in black suits were lying on the floor in pools of blood.
They were bleeding out and beyond fighting back –
But just to make sure, I shot them all in the head.
Three of theirs for three of mine.
It was an even trade, but one I wasn’t going to be able to keep up much longer without running out of men.
I kicked open the door but stayed inside the stairwell.
Good thing I did, because the door immediately got blasted with gunfire from down the hall.
FUCK.
This was going to be harder than I’d thought.
I pulled out my cell to call my guys in the elevator –
When I saw I had an incoming call from Mignolino in the lobby.
I nearly didn’t answer, but unease gnawed at my guts.
“I’m a little fucking busy!” I snarled as I answered.
“Something weird’s going on outside, boss,”he said.“I heard gunfire.”
“Well fuckin’ go see what it is!”
“If I leave the hostages, somebody might call the cops.”
“Then DON’T go see what it is!”
“But – ”
“JUST HANDLE IT!” I screamed and hung up the phone.
Suddenly, automatic gunfire broke out in the hallway.
I peeked out the door.
The elevator was open on the opposite side of the hallway, and my guys were raining down hell on theCosa Nostrafucks that had been shooting at me.
Good.
I grabbed another guy from behind me – Bambino – and forced him out in the hallway ahead of me.
