Some of it’s as good as fact.” “Just spit it out, Tats.” “Someone’s—some group of people’s—climbing up the hierarchy killin’ people as they go. “They say it started with a random attack on some street dealers; then, when their boss—Jack Hillmeyer—tried to lay an ambush on one of these guys, Jack and all his muscle just plain disappeared. Then, they hit Lefty’s stash house and killed everyone except for some toady named Thin Tim. “They demanded a meeting with Lefty’s older brother, Rob, and I just got wind that it went down last night, but the guys were a no-show. No one’s sure exactly what these guys are after, Mr. Brass, but they’re climbing straight upwards. Some people fear Rob’s days are numbered and that even though they didn’t attack him last night they got a look at him and followed him. “Above Rob, there’s Ethan Forrester and then just a couple more wholesalers, and then it’s me. No one’s exactly sure what these guys are really after.
