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you can’t reach Yip, then call me at this number . I can always help you, after you first go through Yip.” Creighton gave him a look, waiting for a response while Yip, pleased with Creighton’s respect for protocol, looked on.
    Trenchie glanced at Creighton as if hardly inte rested and answered, “Sure. I understand. Thanks.”
    “I have to go . I’ll catch up with you guys later. Nice to meet you, Trenchie.” And with that, he turned and left the room.
    Trenchie turned to Yip and asked. “Who the hell’s that guy?”
    “He’s on my payroll and watches my ass - that’s who he is. He’s loyal as long as he gets his envelope every month, which I make sure is substantial. He handles the things I have no control over. I could use Doc, I guess, but I’d rather use this guy and keep the doc out of it. He’s my inside guy. Ya always have to have the inside guy. ”
    “The only cop I trust is Frankie,” Trenchie made sure to comment.
    “Don’t worry about Creighton. I have enough on him to put him away for a long, long time. He likes to live beyond his means and with me, he can enjoy that lifestyle. Remember this: he’s very useful, he’s a Lieutenant detective and handles a lot of shit for me and besides that, he’s corrupt as hell, which I love.”
    “Did Red give you the envelope?” he asked.
    “Yeah, he did. Thanks.”
    “Thanks ? It’s you I have to thank. There aren’t many guys who would do what you did and that’s a fact. Look around you. I got all these new guys who talk a good game, but I wonder if the chips were down, would they do what you did? I’d hope they would, but I don’t think so. That’s why I take the precautions I do because most of these guys haven’t proven themselves to me. Sure, they’ve been tested a bit but not to the extent that you have. Look, you just got out after doing ten long years. Take some time to relax, maybe take a vacation, a trip to Florida or Hawaii and when you feel up to it, go check out your restaurant and get used to making money again. Then come and see me. We’ll ease you back into the business and make sure that you make a lot of money. Now, do you have a place to stay?”
    “Red fixed me up at his place. Told me to stay as long as I like . I’ll stay two or three weeks then I’ll take some of that money you put in the bank for me and buy a place.”
    Yip paused a moment, “Trenchie, we have a lot to talk about . I hate to hit you with this right now, havin just got out and all, but these are troubled times. The Gallo brothers have broken away from the Profaci family. They’ve gone rogue, on their own now. They split their gang into several small groups and spread them out over the five boroughs - self-preservation - so they can’t all be taken out at the same time. I did time with two of Joey’s men - an old-timer name of Ernie Zundel, a capo of theirs who’s a legend in the rackets, and Tarzan, who’s camped at The Starlight Club and fills in part time as  bartender. Hoffa himself handed Ernie a state charter for vending machines with the expectation of the State’s approval of slot machines and gambling but , unfortunately it didn’t happen. Think about it - a state charter, not town or county, but a state charter. They got themselves into some hot water when they started charging a quarter a vending machine. Christ, you’d think they’d know better than to charge a tax on every vending machine that came into the state. They got away with it for a while, but eventually it brought a lot of heat down on them. They were arrested by the feds and had the largest trial in history. Hoffa paid all the expenses. He even sent Bennett Williams to Mineola to defend them, but in the end, they lost. Both him and Tarzan did ten years. We met in prison. I think the deck was stacked against them but that’s how I met the old man.”
    Yip continued, “In 1959, Profaci ordered the Gallo’s to murder Frank Abbatemarco . Frank ran lucrative