Chapter Ten Summary

Al is working when he receives a call from a man on behalf of Sammy, inviting him to meet with Sammy later in the week. Al meets Sammy at his apartment that Thursday evening and Al is greeted by a new member of Sammy's entourage, Sheik Dugan. Sheik has known Sammy since childhood and beat Sammy every day during his first weeks of school. The beatings only subsided when Sheik tired of fighting someone who never fought back. Eventually Sheik went to jail for a crime Sammy refused to go in on and when he was released he looked Sammy up for a job.

Sammy is interested in finding out why Al went over to his house. Sammy's mother raved about Al when he visited his mother for the first time since he left New York for Hollywood. Sammy also offers...