Millionaire Mobster Blog: Fort Lauderdale Air Show, April 28, 2012
[dcs_p]Took the Stella di Mare south today for the Fort Lauderdale Air Show. I’ve got a full crew on board, plus the entire family. It rained hard last night and early this morning, and the skies have been threatening all day, but that didn’t stop me and hundreds of other boaters from turning out for the show. We dropped anchor off shore, watching the crowds gathering on the beach. Plenty of eye candy here. Victor and my son, Tony, keep trading off on the binoculars.[/dcs_p][dcs_p]I’m sitting on deck with my grandson perched on my knee. He’s fascinated by the F-16 fighter jets, tells me he wants to fly airplanes someday. I look up and catch Angie watching me with a little smile. “Louie,” she says, “I never understood how a man who is so tender with his family could do the things you do.”[/dcs_p][dcs_p]Since we don’t talk about those things, I’m surprised by her comment. For a minute my eyes lock on Angie’s, and then the jets swoop into formation, flying low over the beach with a deafening roar.[/dcs_p]Patricia Bellomo is the author of the crime thrillers Stella di Mare and Louie Morelli’s Daughter. She writes about mobsters and millionaires in South Florida and Detroit.
