Dinner at Hell's Kitchen's Peace Hotel was always lively...
The neighbors nearby, along with the big shots who had "retired at the top of their game" and "gone into hiding," came by to sit for a while whenever they had time.
Whether they admitted it or not, Peace Hotel gave them a sense of security they'd never experienced in their line of work!
Robert sat in his usual spot by the bar, holding a stack of tax documents and repeatedly smacking Wesley over the head with them...
"Church" was tucked into a booth with his curious, energetic young girlfriend, being so lovey-dovey it made people want to puke...
Jordan Beckford looked like a winner in life. With one arm around a supermodel nearly half a head taller than him, he chatted away with several crime bosses, occasionally earning a smile from gang leaders who usually had the power to make the wind and rain...
Good-natured Paxton sat by the bar, gazing adoringly at his wife, Annie. After chatting with the dim-witted Sam for just a few minutes, she had started crying again...
In his distinctive stammering voice, Sam told Annie how he sometimes sneaked off to the school to bring his daughter sandwiches he'd made himself...
How he listened to his daughter's complaints from beyond the school wall...
He even proudly claimed that he'd bravely gone to find Domingo and kicked him in the shin...
Because that terrifying man was always the one who carried the little girl back to her dorm by the scruff of her neck.
These little moments from everyday life made Annie, a woman much too sentimental for her own good, cry as if someone had opened a floodgate, "washing away" everyone within three meters...
Shang-Chi pulled Paxton a little farther to the side, then watched