As arranged, he meets the team on the southwest corner of 143rd and Malcolm and they walk into the playground together. Russo’s wearing his leather overcoat and Malone knows he’s carrying the shotgun underneath. Monty has a Harris tweed jacket—the .38 bulge visible at his hip. “It’s Runnymede,” Monty says as they cross 143rd toward the baseball diamonds. “Runny who?” “Runnymede,” Monty says. “The barons are challenging the king.” Malone don’t know what Monty’s talking about—he only knows that Monty knows what he’s talking about, and that’s good enough. Anyway, he gets the gist—knows who the
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