Booze, Broads & Bailbonds

He was born about thirty years too late. In an earlier life he could have been the consigliere for the Chicago mob, but he had to contend with being a small town mobster. He took advantage of every opportunity to ingratiate himself to those with power and influence, and learned to grease the palms of all the right people. He played the part of a well-educated, polished mobster with such success even he believed it to be true. He was a Playboy key club member, wore custom-made designer shirts, and his suits were tailor-made. He wore a flashy ring with a diamond the size of a raisin on the right hand of his manicured nails. Although he never maintained a monogamous relationship, even during his five marriages, he treated every one of his ladies respectfully regardless of the role they played in his life. Each reinvention of himself was more profitable than the one before. Each required a little further loosening of his morale code.

He was born about thirty years too late. In an earlier life he could have been the consigliere for the Chicago mob, but he had to contend with being a small town mobster. He took advantage of every opportunity to ingratiate himself to those with power and influence, and learned to grease the palms of all the right people. He played the part of a well-educated, polished mobster with such success even he believed it to be true. He was a Playboy key club member, wore custom-made designer shirts, and his suits were tailor-made. He wore a flashy ring with a diamond the size of a raisin on the right hand of his manicured nails. Although he never maintained a monogamous relationship, even during his five marriages, he treated every one of his ladies respectfully regardless of the role they played in his life. Each reinvention of himself was more profitable than the one before. Each required a little further loosening of his morale code.

Donna Leslie lost her father to divorce at the age of seven. Moving to another city with her mother and step-father made a personal relationship with an elusive father even more difficult. Combining partial memories with fictional events, she writes a compelling novella as a tribute to her father.