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It was easy for us to disappear.
My house was in my mother-in-law's name. My cars were registered to my wife.
My Social Security cards and driver's licenses were phonies.
I never voted or paid taxes.
My birth certificate and arrest sheet were all that showed I was alive.
The hardest thing was to leave the life.
I love the life.
We were treated like movie stars with muscle. We had it all.
Our wives, mothers, kids, everybody rode along.
I had bags filled with jewelry stashed in the kitchen.
I had a bowl of coke next to the bed.
Anything I wanted was a phone call away.
Free cars. Keys to a dozen hideouts all over the city.
I'd bet grand over a weekend then blow the winnings in a week
or go to sharks to pay the bookies.
Didn't matter.
It didn't mean anything. When I was broke I would go rob some more.
We ran everything.
We paid off cops. We paid off lawyers. We paid off judges.
Everybody had their hands out. Everything was for the taking.
And now it's all over.
That's the hardest part.
Today everything is different.
There's no action. I have to wait around like everyone else.
Can't even get decent food.
After I got here I ordered spaghetti with marinara sauce...
...and I got egg noodles with ketchup.
I'm an average nobody.
I get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.
Doff +1