Renzo and Cindy

Friends of Des
Renzo was a big man, and well-muscled. Samuel had not seen him since the reditus, something that he had no regrets about at all. Renzo was sour-natured and never forgot a wrong done to him. Cindy on the other hand was even skinnier than the last time he had seen her and was, frankly, dressed like a slut.
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‘Oh, you know, this and that. Pretty tough down on the Delta. I still on Rose Street. My father’s garage got burnt down so now I mainly run with the old Notch. Muta don’t bother us much in the Diamond.’
‘The Notch. As in Pappy Sack?’
‘Naw. His son. He take over now.’
Samuel nodded and said no more. He didn’t want to learn about whatever dastardly deeds Renzo was doing for Baby Sack, he was better off not knowing.
Notes
Diamond is short for - Great Diamond, sort of, and Diamond Grove
Renzo's offer
‘Do I?’ said Renzo turning to look at Samuel. ‘Do we know anyone anymore? You remember what Cindy was like? She always so high and mighty, never look at Renzo. Never look twice at Samuel Benjamin neither. Now look at her. Her parent’s dead, her brother missing. Where else did she have to turn? And her a good Catholic girl too.’ Here Renzo pointed a finger at Samuel with the hand that was holding his glass. ‘She know how to survive. She know what she has to do to survive. Everyone have to know how to survive. You come down to Diamond and I can put some business your way. A man with Temple connections is a man people want to know.’
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‘So what? I afraid of a few raggedy-ass soldiers? Shut yuh battie, Samuel. We go down to the gully for the fireworks. Then I show you a place where they aint no church, they aint no muta and they aint no mutha scunt army.’