Henry laments his bad luck; his first major arrest involving significant prison time occurs because he gets in a barroom brawl with a man whose sister happens to work for the FBI. Henry agrees to accompany Jimmy and Casey Rosado on an impromptu vacation to Florida, where Casey intends to visit family and pick up some money that is owed him. Casey's cousin takes them out on the town and they stop into the Temple Terrace Lounge, owned by the guy who owes Casey the money, John Ciaccio. When Casey and Ciaccio get into a dispute, Casey's cousin hands Henry a gun and Jimmy strong-arms Ciaccio out of the bar. In the parking lot, in the rental car provided by Casey's cousin, Henry pistol-whips Ciaccio until he agrees to pay half......
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