Chapters 24-26 Summary

In Chapter Twenty-Four, "How You Meet Your End," Albert White is holding a machine gun that Joe recognizes as belonging to one of his key men. Albert says he was down and out when he encountered one of Maso's men. During a conversation, Albert realized that Maso thought Paolo had been the rat, but Albert knew it was Dion, because Albert was the one Dion reported to. When Maso heard this news, he decided to reinstate Albert, because he knows Tampa well. Out the window of the hotel, the police arrive and join Maso's men in shooting at Joe's men, who scatter and disappear. Albert realizes they have escaped into the tunnels under the streets.

In Chapter Twenty-Five, "Higher Ground," Joe awakens in the dark, his hands cuffed, his mouth taped, and his head hooded. From the sound of engines and...