Feeling a bit pressed, I crossed my arms. "C'mon guys. It's really not that funny. We have a job to do." I said to get them to stop. They did not. "Is that how you think you get girls to notice you!?" Emilio asked, still shaking from the mirth he was feeling. Nicolò was no better. "I better not see you swoon over any guys like that. You'll be shot for sure!" he struggled to get out. I put up both of my middle fingers up. "Fuck both of you. I have her blushing and swoon for me! Where's the girls lining up to jump on your dicks, huh!?" I snapped as I walked away from them. They looked a bit deflated after that comment. If I needed to know something, I could always ask Brandon. He was a fixer. To be honest, I could have asked him to set me up with one of the gangs to become an associate for them. With his credibility and my skills, I would have been one right away. Making it to made gangster would be the real hurdle. I wondered if it was still too late. Depending on the identity of Mr. Alfredo Marano, I might have to give up on the Devil Crew. I walked right up to Brandon at his desk. I asked him who he was.
Groaning, Brandon said "What!? No hello? No 'How's it going today?' How about 'Are you feeling okay?' It's always straight to business with you, Mar." I looked at him. It was not like he did not have a point. We were still living in their back room. Brandon and Miracle were hosting us in their shop because of our start. We had the money to rent an apartment. I was a bit too hot coming in. "Sorry. I was just put a bit on edge. Has there been many customers today?" He smirked and said "I was fucking with you, Mar. Thanks for asking though. We've been doing really well. Customers come in for some info, drugs or tattoos all day. Sometimes it's for all 3 at once. Miracle is always cooking something up in his lab." With that crap out of the way, we could get down to real business. Brandon told me that Alfredo Marano was also a lieutenant in the South End. I guess he really was striking out at his rival first. Alfredo was part of White Viper Posse. I asked Brandon where I could find him. He liked to hang out at a speakeasy his gang had. Emilio and Nicolò were shocked that I was still going through with it.
He was not a concern on my list. I knew I could kill him if I had him in my sights. I looked at Brandon. "Emilio is getting in good with Devil Crew. Nicolò works for them. I'll fall behind at this rate. I want be an associate too." I told him. He looked at me for a bit. "It is going to be hard, but... I'll see what I can do." he said. I thanked him. He just nodded his head. I now had some options. I could always find Alfredo and kill him. Waiting for Brandon could get me a great line of jobs. I decided to give it 3 days. Their need for jobs would eventually come my way. Brandon was not the best fixer in the game, but the Red Light district was his territory. There had to be something that all of the lieutenants needed to be done in this district. We were going to see how it played out for now. If I got something from Brandon, I could let Emilio take out Alfredo. You needed to do 10 jobs for one of the big 8 factions to be a made gangster. The next day, I wanted to hang out at the speakeasy. There was another raid. This time, it was at the brewery. I had to run across the street to kill those scouts. I did not want my guards hurt.
