America's King of Poetry

Chapter 11 Abramo

At noon, the two arrived in East Rutherford, Jersey, and parked their car in the parking lot in front of the medical center as planned.This parking lot is shaded by greenery, because it is old and there is no surveillance camera coverage, so you don't have to worry about being photographed.They got out of the car, and Russell opened the trunk, took a short crowbar and stashed it in his pocket.

Arthur had a gun in his arms, and today he was wearing a plain gray jacket, the most low-key and inconspicuous kind.Russell still wore a black coat, and the two of them walked to the street where Abramo's lover lived, found a cafe, sat down at an open-air table, ordered two cups of coffee, and began to wait patiently.

Arthur doesn't like drinking coffee very much. After traveling to this time and space, he found that his eating habits have not changed. He still wants to drink tea, eat rice, twice-cooked pork and hot pot.It's a pity that there are none here. After eating pizza, noodles, sausages and buttered bread for two days in a row, he felt very tired. He really wanted to get a cup of Emei bamboo leaf green to wash his stomach and intestines.

"Hey Russell, do you know where there is a place to drink tea?" Arthur asked. Thinking of the fragrance of green tea, he felt thirsty in his throat. Looking at the steaming coffee in front of him, he felt a little sick, as if it was a bowl of Chinese medicine, and he had no desire to drink it at all.

Russell looked at his watch and said, "It's in Chinatown next door."

It was almost one o'clock in the afternoon, and according to intelligence, Abramo usually came here to have a tryst with his lover from one o'clock to 01:30.He has to deal with work matters in the morning, and goes home for dinner as usual at noon. In the afternoon, he will accompany his wife to participate in social activities or go to the bar he runs to squat.On rest days, I have to send my daughter to learn piano.

Today is Sunday. After church and lunch with my family in the morning, I will send my daughter to the piano teacher, and then he will come here some time.

He didn't bring his subordinates to send his daughter to class. He didn't want his subordinates to know about his lover, so he always came here secretly by himself.It was a coincidence that he was discovered. One of Gigendy's subordinates went to Jersey to work. He happened to meet Abramo when he was refueling at the gas station, and he drove behind him secretly and discovered his secret.

Afterwards, Gigendi sent someone to follow him for a period of time, and found out the rules of Abramo's tryst with his lover, looking for an opportunity to assassinate Abramo.But Gigandi didn't want to take over this task. He was always shrewd and said he was only responsible for the cost of the assassination and escape.He had already given Tony a sum of money, and according to the plan, this money would not reach Arthur's hands.

Arthur heard Russell mentioning Chinatown, maybe he can go there for a walk, have a cup of tea, and get some snacks. It would be perfect if there is a hot pot, skewers or something.Thinking of this, Arthur actually drooled a little.He didn't seem nervous about the assassination in his heart, he touched the gun in his pocket, and touched the playing card in his pocket.

That club 6.

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After about 20 minutes, an engineering vehicle came to the street to maintain the utility poles.But Abramo still didn't show up, Arthur couldn't help being a little irritable, he drank all the coffee in front of him.Seeing this, Russell reminded Arthur not to worry, any hunter must be patient enough to catch the desired prey.

After waiting for another 5 minutes, Abramo still did not show up, but a tall woman came out of the red-walled apartment.She has long chestnut curly hair, is pulling a pair of flip flops, wearing a floral skirt, with her arms around her shoulders, and she walks towards the coffee shop with her neck curled up.

It rained the day before yesterday, and today the sun and air are good, but the weather is still a bit cold, and the occasional gust of wind can make people get goosebumps on their necks.She obviously didn't expect it to be so cold outside, but she didn't want to go back to add clothes, so she could only bite the bullet and trot all the way to the coffee shop, opened the door and rushed in under Arthur's gaze.

Arthur and Russell looked at each other. This woman was Abramo's lover, the Ukrainian girl named Vera.I don't know if she was in a hurry, but she ran down in a hurry, probably to buy some food in the cafe.

Soon, Vera came out of the cafe with a cup of coffee and a paper bag with sandwiches in her hand. She hadn't had lunch yet.Originally, Abramo was supposed to be here, and he would bring some food at noon, but he was late today.

Vera was smuggled from Ukraine and was tricked by a smuggler. She thought she was a hotel receptionist, but she was actually sold as a prostitute.

After being sent to Jersey, Abramo was in charge of the local sex business, and happened to take a fancy to Vera, so he cut her off and raised her.

Vera found a job as a dancer in a nearby bar, resting during the day and going to work at night. She usually doesn't go out very much because she is afraid of being checked by the police.She is a smuggler without a visa, and will be deported once caught.

In normal times, Abramo is responsible for her expenses, and all the money she earns in the bar can be saved, so she doesn't want to leave for the time being, and wants to make more money.Abramo people are very nice and can give her enough sense of security. Although she can only see her once a week, it is enough for her.

She was really hungry today, and there was no food in the refrigerator. Abramo didn't arrive on time, so she hurried down to buy some food.

Coming out of the cafe, a gust of cold wind blew, and Vera tightened her body again, holding the coffee and the paper bag, and trotted towards the apartment, not noticing that there were two people following behind.

Arthur and Russell followed Vera. They temporarily changed their plan and planned to go directly to Vera's house to wait for Abramo, which was less risky than breaking in.The idea was brought up by Arthur, who felt more and more like a killer.

The two followed Vera one by one, and arrived at the door of the apartment building. After Vera climbed up to the first floor, the two followed quickly, taking three steps at a time, trying their best not to be noticed by Vera.

When Vera reached the door and just took out the key to open the door, Russell rushed forward, covered Vera's mouth with one hand, and clamped Vera's arms and body with the other hand, and pushed her into the room before Vera struggled to scream.

Arthur looked left and right to make sure that there were no other people going up and down in the corridor. He picked up the paper bag that Vera had dropped on the ground, followed into Vera's house, and closed the door with his foot.

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Abramo was very anxious. He bought two fried chicken set meals at the McDonald's drive-thru by the roadside, paid the money and told the salesman, "You don't have to look for it." Then he closed the car window, stepped on the gas pedal and set off on the road.Sitting in the co-pilot seat was a little girl, Paula Abramo, Abramo's daughter.

She was supposed to go to the piano teacher's house for class today, but she didn't know until Abramo that the piano teacher had a cold and couldn't go to class today.

Abramo's plans were disrupted. He couldn't leave his daughter alone, but he wanted to see Vera very much.His wife went to Philadelphia in the afternoon and was not at home. Finally, he decided to send his daughter to her grandmother, let her stay for an afternoon, go to meet Vera himself, and pick her up in the evening.

Paula is 11 years old this year and is about to go to middle school. She looks more like her mother, small and round, only her sharp eyes are exactly the same as her father's.She took the paper bag from her father and said, "Dad, why did you buy two copies?"

Abramo said: "One for you, you can eat some if you are hungry when you arrive at grandma's house, you have always disliked eating grandma's cooking. One for me...my friend, I have something to do in the afternoon, he is waiting for me, he hasn't eaten yet."

"She or him?" Paula looked at Dad with her sharp eyes, and the question made Abramo very uncomfortable.

He smiled, wondering if children nowadays are so easy to cheat?

"Oh~ it's Uncle Paul, business. Do you remember him? The one with the big nose, Uncle Paul."

"Remember, did he never get married? Why didn't he get married?"

Abramo didn't know what to say for a while. He loved his daughter very much, and his wife who was very similar to his daughter, but he felt more and more exhausted getting along with them.

Their focus was always on some strange places, asking him some nerve-wracking questions.The things in the gang are enough for him to have a headache, and he wants to be quiet when he gets home, with a gentle wife and well-behaved daughter by his side so that he can have a good rest.

But when he got home, he was not busy, decorating, choosing clothes, children entering school, buying pianos, illnesses of his parents-in-law, cleaning the fallen leaves in the swimming pool, and all kinds of strange problems with his daughter.

Fortunately, the eldest son Dali went to college, otherwise the family would be in dire straits.

So he needs Vera, not only because of her youthful beauty, but also because of her well-behaved and sensible, she is completely under Abramo's control.

In the gang, he is the boss who has to meet the needs of all corners and younger brothers for food. At home, he is a middle-aged father who has to support his family and take care of his wife to make his daughter happy. Only with Vera, he is the complete king, a person who is completely dependent and needed.As strong, cruel, and cruel as he is on the outside, he is weak and needs warmth and relaxation on the inside.

Soon, Abramo drove the car to the door of his mother's house. His father died early, and his mother was a strong woman who raised him up.But the relationship between Abramo and her is not good when she is an adult. She is too stubborn, does not get along with his wife, and is a weird old lady who lives alone.I hope her granddaughter comes to accompany her to make her feel better.

He pulled his daughter out of the car, knocked on the door a few times, and heard his mother's voice, "Who is it?"

"Mom, it's me, Luca." Abramo's full name is Luca-Angelo-Abramo.

The door opened with a click, and an old lady with wrinkled face and drooping eyes looked at Abramo with wolf-like eyes—this was not at all like a mother looking at her son.

Abramo's eyes were apparently inherited from his mother.

When she saw her granddaughter following her son, tenderness appeared in her eyes, and she hurriedly opened the screen door and opened her arms to welcome her little baby.

The old lady pulled her granddaughter into the house, and said to her son with a cold face: "Send Paula to me, and you are going to do your dirty business again?"

Abramo said helplessly: "Work, I'm going to work, Paula's piano teacher is sick today, I..."

"Okay, no need to explain, just like your dead ghost father, let's go, let's go!" The old lady waved at her son, signaling him to go quickly, and then closed the door with a "bang", not even letting her son in.

Abramo sighed and pinched his nose, the women at home really made him feel tired and headache.

Looking at the time, it was almost an hour later than the scheduled tryst time, Abramo hurried into the car, and now his mind was full of Vera.He stepped on the accelerator hard, and drove towards Vera's residence quickly. After a while, he arrived near the red-walled apartment, and he slowed down again.

Although he was anxious, Abramo was still very careful. He slowly parked the car on the side of the road, bowed his head and looked around carefully to see if there was any suspicious person.There are some pedestrians on the road, a couple sitting on the open-air tables and chairs of the cafe, and an engineering maintenance vehicle is maintaining the power poles. Everything is normal.

Abramo took out the gun from the storage box and stuffed it into his pocket. After opening the door, he walked all the way into the apartment. At this moment, he relaxed a little. There was no abnormality in the corridor of the apartment. He took three steps at a time and climbed to the front of Vera's house. He took out the key to open the door, and excitedly pushed the door open, shouting "Vera..."

As a result, the cold barrel of the gun hit his temple.

Two words came to Abramo's mind:

One, Shit.

Two, I should have called.

(End of this chapter)