Chapter 5: Knock! Knock! Vinny Sent Us!

A huge, bald, cigar smoking man opened the door of "Vinnie's Den". He shouted out at us in a growling voice, "yeah, whadda ya want"? We all looked at each other and I know that I started to shake and laugh all at the same time. My husband said in a pretty weak voice, "Vinny sent us!"

Well, "OPEN SESAME!"...scarey guy let us in. We were pretty shocked to see a huge room with tons of blackjack, craps and roulette tables in full swing. The room was bursting out at the seams with gamblers, men and women. Looking around the room you could see a lot of other scarey looking men checking out the action and watching the people. I am pretty certain the bulge in their jacket was a hiding place for a weapon of destruction...like a gun! I guess they were hired to protect the owner's interests.

Personally, I wanted to get the heck out of there; but, my friends and husband had no intentions of leaving. So, I whipped out my chunk of money ($25-BIG TIME SPENDER),
sat down at the Roulette Table, bought .25 Cent chips and started to play my favorite numbers: 27, 29, 31 & 36. After I placed my bet, I took a deep breath and looked up and around the table. And, lo and behold sitting right across from me was my sister-in-law's, Mother. What a small world! She was a pretty wild woman. Loved to drink, smoke and gamble. A woman after my own heart! I looked at her and said, "if you won't tell...neither will I." Our secret was safe and so was hers.

Coming next: Chapter 6: Vinnie's Place - Win or Lose?