on the outside

             After doing 15 years for the family Tommy Garcia was now free and wanted to get back what he had lost. As he left the gates of the prison, which had been his home for the past fifteen years, he saw his old friend Tony, standing smoking just like before. As he neared, Tony flicked away his cigarette and gave Tommy a hug, "It's good to see you. It's been too long." Tommy looked up with a smile and got into the car and they started the journey back to the city.
             "What happened sucks," Tony said, "doing time for the family is a hard thing. But the family looks after its own, Tommy." Tommy stared out of the window and started to remember the night it all went wrong. The flashing lights, the gunshots played back all so vividly in his mind. "Tommy, you listening to me?" Tony asked.
             "Yeah, I'm listening." Tommy replied. Tony started to explain that business had been bad and a couple of deals had turned sour, but with the legendary Tommy Garcia back in town things would be different.
             As they pulled into the driveway of Diaz Cordana you could see the whole family were there – Salvatore, Corleone, Anthony, and Luciano. Like a dreaded nightmare Tommy found himself being sucked back into the family and there was no way of waking up. "Tommy, it's been too long. What – fifteen years?" said Salvatore. Tommy looked up and smiled – "Yeah, fifteen years on the inside Salvatore."
             "Well, you're out now, ey! Come on, have a drink." It was the first time Tommy had had a drink in fifteen long years ... the cold Scotch went down his throat as the sharp bite of the alcohol pierced his taste buds almost causing him to gasp. He felt the cool ice against his lips, melting as if in the midday sun.
             "Alright gentlemen, let's get down to business." Luciano said in a fatherly way. "Gentlemen we ar...

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