Thank God you are OK. For a while I was afraid maybe you were the victim.
That would be bad!
Have I done a few no so up and up things in my life for these guys?
Yes.
But WAY past the statutes of limitations. Going back 25 years.
And I regret the things I did but cannot undo them.
But I was NEVER NEARLY important enough to get whacked.
It was possible that in a few instances I could have gotten killed by other associates (guys that aren’t made or actually part of a family) because of crazy things I did, like busting a guy’s vending machine with a baseball bat because he put his machine in a bowling alley knowing full well my machines were in there already.
There was a sit down and it was decided I would make financial reparations for the machine but the location would stay mine.
I was only able to keep it because some deceased families members had powerful connections.
My pop died when I was 14 but he already had told me never to take jobs or money from some of his brothers.
I took neither but did need help in a few situations and they bailed me out of trouble a few times.
Ancient history now.