You sounded like you thought your number was up for awhile there. What happened?
A little persuasion, a little luck, and a lot of grace of family members.
It's almost certainly too early to be thinking about this, but I would need to find a way to spin it if I got to the endgame. I think I didn't so much save myself here as I was saved. I mean, it can be both. The fact that I established Crystal as an ally back in the Lucchese days clearly helped, and approaching Bill right off the bat and correctly assuming he wouldn't have any close allies and I could fill that niche was also a solid move on my part.
I really thought we were hitting the merge here though. I sure do hope we win this challenge, otherwise I expect I might have another fight on my hands. And at this point I've got a decent few debts...
