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I’m standing on the doorstep of 379 Mohawk Street. Nero and I found this place via the property records for Evan Cargill.
After Ali let slip her little comment about Levi and his brother, Nero and I put two and two together. Levi sells drugs out of his house on Hudson Ave. But he makes them in his brother’s basement.
While Evan has been squandering his inheritance in Ibiza, Levi’s been using his house. Now that big brother is coming home, Levi’s pissed because he’s got to find a new location for his lab.
Nero and I confirmed all this by doing a little spying of our own. Taking a page out of Schultz’s book, we tracked Levi to the Mohawk Street house, which he apparently visits every Thursday night to pick up the product for the week. Or I should say, his trusty bodyguard Sione picks it up, while Levi makes sure he never carries so much as a single pill on his person.
But he does come to the house. And that’s where I’ve got to meet him. If I have any hope of Schultz getting rid of my unwanted “boss” once and for all.
I knock on the door, bouncing nervously on the balls of my feet while I wait for someone to answer. I can feel the microphone between my breasts. I’m sweating a little, and I’m afraid the tape might come loose. I try to hold still, so I don’t jostle it any more than necessary.
At last the door cracks. I have to look up to meet Sione’s stern, unsmiling gaze.
“I need to see Levi,” I tell him.
He stares at me, like he’s thinking about slamming the door in my face. Then he cracks it just wide enough for me to pass.
“What the fuck are you doing here?” Levi demands, the second I step inside. He’s standing there with Pauly, Sione, and a guy I don’t know. All four of them look tense and irritated. Nobody is laying around smoking weed here—the Hudson Street house may be for partying, but Mohawk is all business.
“Who the fuck told you about this place?” Levi shouts.
“Nero sent me,” I say, quickly.
“What?” Levi says, narrowing his eyes.
“He wants to make a deal with you.”
“What kind of deal?”
“He wants product. A lot of it.”
Levi casts a swift glance at Sione. I think I see his huge shoulders lift and lower in a near-imperceptible shrug.
“Why did he send you?” Levi says.
“I’m his girlfriend.”
“His girlfriend?” Levi hoots.
Pauly mutters something to Levi, maybe confirming what I’ve said. Levi’s face changes in an instant, becoming much more respectful.
“I didn’t know that,” he says.
“He wants me to check out the lab. If he likes what I tell him, his family will place an order.”
“This ain’t McDonald’s,” Levi says, frowning. “I don’t usually manufacture for anybody else.”
“Fine,” I say, coldly. “I’ll tell the Gallos what you said.”
“What, like . . . all of them?” Levi says, looking nervously from me to his men.
“Yeah, all of them,” I say. “Enzo’s been letting you run your little operation in his neighborhood. I would think you’d want to stay on friendly terms with the Gallos. But don’t let me tell you how to run your business.”
Levi licks his lips, irritated by but not quite bold enough to lip off about the Gallos.
“Fine,” he says, shortly. “Let’s go down.”
I already told Schultz I was going to use the Gallos as a cover story. Still, I hope he doesn’t get any bright ideas about using that part of the tape as evidence.
