Back in the Day Page #7

All right? When are you

gonna realize that?

Enzo,

what are you talking about?

We had to take care

of those idiots

that you got in the fight

with in the bar, right?

Enzo,

you didn't have to do that.

Anthony, Anthony, come on.

You weren't supposed

to get in trouble anymore.

Right? That's what you said.

It was either you or them.

I mean, which way

did you want it to go?

Hey, give me a minute

with him, would you?

I've been looking after you

for a long time, kid,

you know that.

I think the world of you.

Been watching your back

and want to point you

in the right directions

and make sure you got

all the good things of life.

And I'd never let anybody

f*** with you.

Now I'm starting to wonder

if I've been believing

the wrong thing all this time.

Don't make a jerk out of me.

I wouldn't do that to you, Enzo.

You remember...

You remember that dirty,

stinking pedophile?

You beat the sh*t out of him.

Remember that?

Yeah.

Go and do that to this Vito guy.

And you gotta fight

with the same thing.

Oh, I plan on it, Enzo.

I hope so.

Wake up, Anthony.

Come on.

I love you. Okay?

Maria.

Maria.

Dear Anthony...

This last week has been amazing.

I thought about everything

we talked about.

The thought of leaving here

with you

seems too good to be true.

But I can't.

It's just too much

for us both to risk.

And even though Dominick

can be such a jerk,

he's all I know.

I've been with him for so long,

I think it's only right

to go back with him

and give him another chance.

I wish you nothing but the best,

and I will always remember

this wonderful time

we just spent together.

Love, Maria.

Now!

All right. Yeah!

Yeah! Come on.

Move your feet now.

Yeah! Beautiful, beautiful,

beautiful.

You got him!

You got him!

Six, seven, eight...

yeah, I'm good!

- Come on!

- Get in your corner.

Hey, that's what

I'm talking about!

You're on fire, Anthony.

Okay? He's all yours.

Finish him this round.

Hello.

Is this Anthony Rodriguez?

Yeah.

This is officer Johnson.

Can you come down

to the station, son?

Something happened

to your mother.

Hey, hey, hey!

Look at me.

F*** New Jersey!

Show that prick

what Brooklyn's all about.

Come on! Go ahead, baby.

That's it, Jefe!

Okay! Go... go to him!

Finish him!

Now!

Come on now, think!

Oh, he's losing!

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Come on, come on.

No!

Yes, yes, yes!

Hit him... there you go!

Oh, you got him!

Yeah! Yeah!

Yeah, that's right, b*tch!

One, two, three, four...

Five, six, seven, eight...

Nine, ten.

You're out!

Yeah, that's my cousin!

Vito Germano!

Nicky Germano!

Come on!

Awful... sh*t!

Oh, Anthony...

Right now we're so young.

But who knows

what the future might bring?

What the hell is going on?

I don't get it.

I really don't.

That kid was destroying

that Vito Germano.

Come on.

I mean, don't think he took

one single punch

in the first round.

I didn't see it.

Second round, he comes on,

he's all over the place.

He's... he's like... It's like

he's on drugs or something,

like a completely

different human being.

What happened?

Maybe he is on drugs.

What is that supposed to mean?

I'm just saying.

What do you mean

you're just saying?

Oh, f*** you. Just sayin'.

I know you love this kid, Enzo.

I just don't know why.

You don't know why?

You know what, Dominick?

You've had everything

given to you, okay?

And maybe you hate him

because he has a little bit of

Puerto Rican blood in his veins,

could that be?

Well, you're starting to get

a little bit too comfortable

with yourself, I think.

Forgettin' who's running

things around here,

forgettin' who's in charge.

I was coming up in this game,

in this world, on this planet,

before you had hair

on your f***ing nut sack.

You, f***...

Relax, Enzo, okay?

Everybody knows who's in charge.

Good. That's good.

That's a good thing.

I don't want you to think

that I don't like the kid.

What, you think

that I don't want somebody

from our neighborhood

holding up the belt someday?

Ah, maybe you do.

Yeah. Besides...

We love you.

You love me?

Come on, Enzo.

We all do, you know that.

Come on. You know we got

that meeting with Gino.

A lot of people

come and go, Enzo.

But you and me,

we go back a long time.

You believe I've had this

joint for over 30 years?

It's a landmark

in this neighborhood, but...

Everything else

around here is changing.

It's a different

f***in' world now.

Yeah.

I mean, me, I'm old school.

I just can't take this,

you know, social media,

websites and the cellphones,

you know?

Every time you turn around,

somebody's pulling a f***ing

camera out of their pocket.

- Am I right?

- It seems like it.

And this social media thing

is gonna be the ruination

of the life we chose.

Yeah, I agree.

Hey.

I got a good one for you.

Let's hear it.

Vinny Ferrato

has got a Facebook page.

What the f***?

A friend of ours

has a Facebook page.

What is he gonna put on there?

His hits?

The shakedowns?

Pictures of him in the can?

Pictures of his dick?

- Who knows?

- What the f***?

I told that prick to come in.

I'm gonna poke his heart out

with a pencil when he shows up.

He's a f***ing moron.

What are you gonna do?

Guys like us,

we're a dying breed.

It's kind of sad.

Yeah, it is sad.

Speaking of sad...

Enzo, I wanted you to come here

to give me an explanation.

An explanation of what?

I've been hearing some things.

You heard some things?

A lot of people hear things.

Doesn't make it true.

I don't know what

kind of things you've heard,

or who's been saying it.

But I got a funny feeling

I know who said it.

That f***in' mutt behind me!

I'd bet money on that.

He's filled your head up

with a lot of sh*t.

You shouldn't believe

what he says.

He's full of sh*t.

Thanks for the drink.

It's you, isn't it?

You're the mutt.

You couldn't let him speak?

What, so you could hear

a pack of lies?

Come on, Gino,

we been through this before.

He was trying

to make a move on you!

Look, I did this because I wanted

to prove my loyalty to you.

All right. Come on.

Clean up this mess.

So another person

that cared about you,

gone.

Yeah.

As Anthony Rodriguez was knocked

out in the second round,

it was much different for

middleweight champion, Reggie Dawson,

who won again

in the first round.

Hey, hey, come on now.

No big deal.

Look at the first round

knockout by yours truly.

You know, I told you.

I can't be beat.

I cannot be beat.

I told y'all that already.

That's right. Atlanta, Georgia, baby.

All day, every day.

Representin' Atlanta... matter

of fact, man, I am Atlanta.

You feel me?

That's right, all the other

so-called boxers out here

trying to get

in the ring with me,

you better step off

and stop wasting your time.

You're all gonna get knocked out.

You know what I'm saying?

Hey, is that lefty Rodriguez?

The greatest boxer of all time?

Yeah, right.

That's why I got my ass kicked.

Where the hell have you been?

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