Chapter 15, Part One

No Honor; Chapter 15 Part 1: Heartbreak

When Marco was 18 years old, he fell in love with an English teacher there, in Spain. The teacher was Wendy Thomas, an American woman. Wendy was 45 at the time. Young Marco told Wendy how he felt, and I'm sure she was flattered, but like any sane woman that age, she refused him.

Well, Marco all but courted her, for a year and a half, and at the end of that time, they were lovers.

I don't know how long that went on, but I do know that, eventually, Wendy got old, and Marco lost interest. But that ain't ta say there wasn't love still. As Marco made his mark amongst the gangsters, Wendy stayed by his side, even with all the girlfriends, and whatever else he was doin'.

When Marco took over the Station, he appointed Wendy, now 64, as book keeper. Every mornin' Wendy'd come in, with two o' Marco's camp, to open the Receiving Office, and tend to tha rent money. Well, the mornin' of Rex's first day with us, that happened as normal. What happened next wasn't normal.

See, Marco was still losin' goons. At the time, he was down to about ten or so. This was well known, and the word got out, that maybe that camp was weak. If you think about it, what went down was fated ta happen.

Marco's boys was outnumbered, two-ta-one, and they wasn't given a chance. Wendy was lead, at gunpoint, to the safe in the back. She did open the safe, but maybe the robbers weren't satisfied, or maybe she still felt scared. Either way, she made a run for the front door, and they shot her in the back.

Now Marco's no idiot. That office is three doors down from his estate. One of his lookouts saw the trouble,  got him up, and he had his clothes on before that fatal shot was fired. When it was, the response was quick.

Marco took five, of the eight or so left, and they trapped the four robbers in the place. The shoot out lasted about a half hour. I know at one point, one o' Marco's was firin' shells, inta tha back winda. He wounded one of the guys in there, and that man fled through the front door, durin' a stroke ah genius; he was shot down pretty quick... The word is, that that's when Marco saw Wendy's body.

Before I say what happened next, you should know what didn't happen. Ya see, the Mexicans was armed pretty good, but Marco wanted ta make a statement. He had three o' his guys join 'em, with back up rifles and some kinda bombs. These were the nasty, filled-with-nails kinda bombs.

Those things were never thrown. I think at the time, that Marco musta known about Wendy. He had to know it, the whole time. After seein' it though, he ran into that office, with no help, and nothin' but a pistol.

His boys were so shocked, they didn't stop him, and they didn't follow in time. Their boss burst in, and hollerin' got as loud as the shootin' in there. They were still loyal though. From what was seen, they tried ta go in ta help, or pull 'im outta there.

That just wasn't possible. Bullets was flyin' round, in all directions, and tryin' ta enter was just too dangerous... Well, eventually, the shootin' stopped. They heard Marco's voice, so they got up courage, and went in.

Two o' those robbers was shot, and one o' those shot was bitten horribly. In fact, his nose was all but gone. Marco, with tears on his face, was killin' the third right then. He was stompin' his head into the ground.

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