A man walked purposefully toward me from about a block away. It was hard to tell with the amount of available light, but he was definitely African-Ame...ican and well built. I had no way at this distance to note whether or not he was handsome.When he got up close, his intentions were obvious. He was about 10-15 feet away when he took his hand from his pocket and flashed a knife at me. "Hey, Bitch, let's step over into that alley and get better acquainted."I ignored him and kept on walking, just. Just before noon the lookout warned that a truck was heading their way. The men gathered up their weapons to be on the safe side.It turned out to be a Royal Naval three-tonner driven by a sailor who hopped down and presented himself to Ted with a smart salute and handed over an envelope. Whilst the men unloaded the truck Ted disappeared into his tent with the letter.Later he gathered the officers together, “I’ve been informed by Captain Silverman that he wants us all to report to him on. Whoever attended the meeting needed to be able to speak for their people.Upon concluding his teleconference, he sat and thought a moment, cataloging the myriad tasks comprising support of the Martelli family. One issue in particular leapt out at him. Knowing that the younger wives were going to want to shop for and eventually marry, new husbands, he realized that in doing so, they would be vulnerable to (at least verbal) maltreatment at the hands of immature and less-genteel members of the. If they showed up at the rehab center, they would walk right into a deadly trap. The men hidden from sight could pour a deadly hail of fire into the confined entranceway. All Chang had to do was duck and get out of the crossfire.But Chang had no plans of ducking. He would kill the intruders himself. Two new, silver notches in his belt would be good for his morale and cement his status as leader of the small squad. He intended to move up in the organization, no matter what the cost.The alarm.