Given the task definition and input, reply with output. In this task, five ordered key facts are given. All the given facts are expressed in natural language. Your job is to generate a story 100 to 1000 words long, that includes all the facts given as input in their order of appearance while expanding upon them to produce a broader, yet coherent, narrative.

Fact1: maitre d' with aspirations of someday In Italian neighborhood of owning own restaurant Greenwich Village, Fact2: Charlie out of work and in find way to pay alimony and try to buy restaurant debt, Fact3: Paulie comes to Charlie with robbery involving large amount of cash in safe of local business, Fact4: Eddie 's henchmen cut off Paulie 's left thumb as punishment, Fact5: Diane takes money to support unborn child
In an Italian neighborhood of Greenwich Village, cousins Charlie Rourke, a maitre d with aspirations of someday owning his own restaurant, and Paulie Roberts, a schemer who works as a waiter, have expensive tastes but not much money. Paulie gets caught skimming checks, and he and Charlie are both fired. Now out of work and in debt, Charlie must find another way to pay his alimony, support his pregnant girlfriend Diane Hannah, and try to buy a restaurant. Paulie comes to Charlie with a cantmiss robbery, involving a large amount of cash in the safe of a local business. Charlie reluctantly agrees to participate, and they manage to crack the safe with help from an accomplice, Barney McMillan, a clock repairman and locksmith. But things go sour, resulting in the accidental death of police officer Walter Bunky Ritter, who had been secretly taping Bed Bug Eddie Grant Young. Charlie soon learns that the money they stole belongs to Eddie. The mob figures out that Paulie is involved, and not even his Uncle Pete, part of Eddies crew, can help him. Eddies henchmen cut off Paulies left thumb as punishment. Diane leaves Charlie and takes his money to support their unborn child, while Paulie is forced to work as a waiter for Eddie. He gives the mob Barneys name but initially refuses to identify Charlie as the third man involved. However, under pressure, he is forced to rat on his cousin. Barney leaves town and Charlie mails him his cut of the loot. And when Charlie makes 20,000 on a horse, things begin to look up. Charlie prepares for a showdown with Eddie, armed with a copy of the tape that the police officer made. But at the last moment, Paulie puts lye in Eddies coffee. Then he and Charlie casually walk away from Greenwich Village.