HARD TIMES - The True Story - Part 4

HARD TIMES - THE TRUE STORY - Part 4

(continued from Decemer 11, 2010 blog...)

The two men came face to face - thirsty blue eyes searching hungry gray-green ones - both men vulnerable to each other’s souls…Neither one politely glancing away…neither one afraid of being seen. Two street dogs sizing each other up - instinctively sensing destiny - and concluding that each was a worthy contender…To clinch the “deal”, they gripped hands and…came out fighting!

“Bronson, you are one ugly man”, said Hard Times.

“Yeah. My nickname in Rome is ’llBrutto’. Means ’ugly one’. I earned it”.

“Yeah”, Hard Times nodded at him, then reached for his Pall Malls.

“How did you get your nickname?”, Bronson asked, as he pulled out a pack of cigarettes, and struck a match for the both of them.

“Earned it”.

“Yeah…”

To be continued...