Mob Lawyer by Dave Daren

Author:Dave Daren [Daren, Dave]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-06-09T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

The next month flew by in a flash. I spent most of it filing documentary requests and subpoenas for Anthony’s murder case. But what I was doing was mundane compared to what Anthony had to deal with.

Salvatore’s plan had been for his long-time lieutenant, Ben Kroger, to take over the family business after Salvatore ‘retired’, but Anthony had assumed the mantle of family leader, determined to keep the Febbos in control until his father awakened.

Anthony’s move was followed by several more shootings among the various Mafia families in the days that followed, but a peace of sorts was achieved and the all out war that the police had feared never emerged. Not that I was privy to any of the details on any retaliatory measures that might have been taken by Febbo operatives. My focus was still on my defense of Anthony on homicide charges, which meant most of my energy was spent tracking down the person who had arranged the death of Anthony’s long-time friend, Francine Mott.

My co-counsel, Liz Bennet, and I knew who had actually killed Francine. That was a goombah by the name of Giorgio Marinello, an old high school buddy of Anthony’s, who also happened to be working for a rival family these days. My mission for the day was to depose Marinello and see if I could learn who had ordered Francie’s death. Not that I expected Giorgio to simply tell me, but I felt confident that I could get him to admit it without him even realizing it.

I contemplated all of this as I stood at the window of my Brooklyn apartment and watched the early morning wave of commuters leave the building and head for the subway. I sipped my coffee as I relished the idea of not having an office to report to anymore, then reminded myself that I did still have work to do. With a sigh, I slipped on my tie and checked my briefcase, then grabbed my phone from the charger. It rang as I picked it up, and I saw the number was for the Febbo estate out on Long Island.

“Morning, Anthony,” I said as I checked my tie in the reflection on the TV screen.

“Morning, Hunter,” my client replied in a tired voice. “Is today the day you’re deposing George?”

“It is,” I agreed. “I think we can learn a great deal about what really happened during our conversation today.”

“Good,” Anthony replied. “You’ll call me after?”

“Of course,” I assured him.

“Well, there’s a meeting around the time you’re supposed to start,” Anthony added. “I expect it will take most of the day, so just keep calling until I pick up.”

“What kind of meeting?” I asked, though I wasn’t sure if I really wanted to know. There were certain aspects of my client’s business that still made me nervous from an ethical standpoint. And while I couldn’t pretend such things weren’t going on, if I didn’t actually know anything about the family’s less legitimate operations, then I wouldn’t have to worry about my duty to report such activities as an officer of the court.

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