“What Liam did wasn’t right,” Pasco says before Pat can get a word out. Pat says, “But he didn’t deserve that.” “They beat him half to death,” Danny says. “He almost died.” “He touched a made guy’s woman,” Pasco says, adjusting the tension on one of the lines. “If that girl and Paulie were married, Paulie would have been within his rights to kill your brother.” “Liam was drunk,” Pat said. “We all were.” Pasco shrugs. Drunk or sober, Liam had disrespected Paulie Moretti in a very personal way. The beating got out of hand, no question, but the Murphy kid had taken his chances.
