I know I said that I was leaving,

#01 – Air
It was the stillness that terrified him about Dodd’s basement; how quiet everything- everyone was….

#02 – Apples
Ryan swallowed hard right before he lied; he wondered if the agent ever figured out he wasn’t fooling anyone.

#03 – Beginning
It was Salvatore Barrone who use say he always wanted to write a book; and he’d clap a heavy hand on Rossi’s back like a father with son. Dave remembered every word.

( It's about time law enforcement got as organized as organized crime. )

1. David Rossi was born in 1956 in Commack, Long Island, New York. He grew up his mother Lisa, Aunt Rebecca and Uncle Chris. He supposedly has a half-brother upstate (or so he’s heard.)

2. He grew up literally across the street from Ray Finnegan. He can’t remember when they met but knows it was probably his fault. Normally, when they got into trouble (and yes, they got into a lot of trouble) it was usually his fault. Ray was the one more willing to take it on the chin. David never met a problem he didn’t try and talk his way out of.

3. He was twelve when ten year old Emma Taylor moved in down the street and entered his and Ray’s life. From then on, Emma called the shots. Ray and David were just enforcers.

( Thirty years in the racket abrindled crew-cut and a silk-lined jacket And it isn't my name that brings them in It's a little girl just starting to begin It's her they're piling in to see And I'd kill that kid if she wasn't killing me...And along from the darkened and empty tables By the covered-up drums and the microphone cables At the end of the room the piano glistens Like bones at the end of a cave And I play a few things while no-one listens For an hour alone spells freedom to the slave )