I tried Party Time once — it felt a bit like being drunk, without having to down a few bottles to get there. Despite its frivolous name, Party Time made the Spadros Family a fortune: production, distribution, and marketing of Party Time in the Spadros quadrant was at an all-time high. Tony’s father Roy planned to expand our territory outside the boundaries of Bridges itself.
But the Diamonds didn’t make much Party Time themselves. Since they controlled the prison, they preferred to push for harsh sentencing of those hapless souls caught with Party Time and without a big enough bribe (or good enough Family connections) to escape. Then they charged the prisoner’s quadrant a fortune for care and upkeep. It was a sweet set-up.
A ball came across my path, and a small boy ran to fetch it. I sq
