I was nine the year my Pa couldn’t find work and the Albergotti family became part of my life. Everyone knew the Albergotti family was tied to the Gambinos. Still wasn’t the accent you’d expect to hear in Cherokee County. Pa had been out searching for work, and me and Ma had been making ends meet. I was small but my back was the strongest of the two of us. Ma said I was her little man, but I could...
