The gangster and the pianist
She pounced on the paper bag and ripped it open, the smell of freshly baked cheese bread filling the kitchen and mixing with the just-made coffee, and Túlio brought the coffee pot to the center of the table along with butter and milk.
They ate and chatted about trivial things until the young man brought up why he had called Gringo there:
"Gringo, Cloe and I are going to leave the mafia," he said, and Gringo, who was bringing the cup to his mouth, stopped halfway and looked at him sternly and seriously. "Yes, we're leaving the gang, and we're going to start our lives differently, you know, a little white-picket-fence house with some kids running around in the backyard and..."
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