Mickey's Delayed Date

O my God, I am heartily sorry for having offended thee,

and I detest all my sins because of thy just punishments,

but most of all because they offend thee, my God,

who art all good and deserving of all my love.

I firmly resolve, with the help of thy grace,

to sin no more and avoid the near occasions of sin.

Amen.

You're okay?

Shall I make some coffee?

You were here the whole time?

Yeah. I planned to stay awake until you got back, but...

Is Fango...

I botched it. With Fango, at least.

Vanno Clemente.

Are you working with Orco?

Did you kill Vanno?

If I had, I'd be out of town by now.

Bring me Serpente's body.

If you don't...

So where is his body?

It wasn't you, right?

Where the Footfalls Lead

Damn it...

Cerotto.

Corteo!

What do you want? I'm busy right now.

Last night... where were you?

D-Drinking with a friend.

All night.

You were near Fango's apartment with Avilio and Vanno, weren't you?

Ow!

Y-Yeah, but I didn't do anything...

Avilio is looking for you.

Nero ordered him to kill you.

W-Wait!

Why would he do that?

Last night, Vanno of the Vanetti family was killed.

You're the one behind it, aren't you?

You gotta be joking! You've got the wrong guy!

I'm telling you, I...

Damn it!

I can't stay here.

This is serious trouble. I gotta make tracks.

Cerotto. I haven't told Avilio about this bar.

Tell me what happened.

I might be able to help you.

I didn't kill him.

I really didn't.

U-Um...

Not enough butter in the sauce.

D-Don Orco, last time, you said there was too much butter...

So you just put in less butter?

Lasagna is about harmony, you know. It's not math.

Just adding and subtracting won't get you the right answer.

Don! Great Don Orco...

Please, give me another chance!

You didn't feed us lasagna. You fed us pig slop.

I'll ask, just to be sure. Does anyone like it?

You heard them.

Give my regards to the pigs.

Please! Give me one more chance!

D-Don Orco! Please! One more chance!

Hey, take a look at this.

What's wrong? Got some bug bites, did you?

Nope. Someone tried to run a hit on me last night.

Wasn't anyone I know, but it's gotta be Vanetti who arranged it.

Let's toss a little dynamite onto their turf, take out the whole...

Shut up!

Do you have any proof that it was the Vanettis?

Who else could it be?

I've been taking huge chunks of their turf, after all...

Meanwhile, you've all been here, stuffing your faces like pigs.

Why, you—

Not enough butter.

The Galassias want to see us make nice with the Vanettis.

I'm not about to start a war over a few cuts on your stinking feet.

Whatever, I'll just do things my way.

By the way, anyone seen Serpente?

Not me.

Maybe one of Vanetti's guys seduced him away.

I'm done.

Ottimo Orco... Some feeding trough you've got here.

That bastard...

Don't bother with him.

As ostentatious as he's been, he's bound to have an enemy or two.

Yeah. I went to Fango's apartment with Avilio and Vanno,

but all I did was offer Serpente some booze.

What happened then?

I knew things had gotten bad, but I couldn't help getting curious...

So I hailed a taxi and followed him.

They took each other out?

I'm pretty sure he was still alive when Vanno carried him out of the apartment.

But Serpente's corpse is gone.

The way things are, it looks like you killed Vanno and helped Serpente escape.

Damn! I got greedy!

No, no... I don't have time for this! Shit!

What do you mean, you got greedy?

That's right. I need to tell Bro...

W-Wait!

I didn't kill Vanno!

I see.

Then what happened to Serpente's body?

I sold it.

I sold it to Scusa.

Scusa?

The Federal Bureau of Prohibition guy who showed up in town recently.

And he took the body?

Take me to it.

If it's not there, I'll kill you.

If word of Serpente's body gets out, it's going to cause a lot of trouble.

Oh, please. He killed our Vanno.

It's an eye for an eye.

Nero. If he can't find the body,

what will you do with him?

Dunno.

They're out!

All right, show us the way.