us out of this infernal place”. Luca lunged
forward to deck Nels, but Judd held him back. Then, when Luca was
calmer, Judd said, “Okay. Good night. I'm riding with Nels.” Judd
was sobbing.

Nels and Judd took off.
Outside, Ulysses' son Diggs Reale was pacing in the alleyway. He had
been in and out of the club all night, seething mad. He was also a
disciple of Octavius Flay and a rather nasty pimp and procurer in his
own right but was jealous of Ray's success. He was waiting, waiting
for a chance to plant certain items in Ray's car and to pay off his
partner in sabotage – Eli Singer. Singer called the police after
the club had closed down at 3 am. Only the Christensen Quintet,
Erszebet, and Ray were inside then. By the time Nels andJudd roared
away, only three of the 'Quintet' remained and they spoke for a
moment about what happened, then resolved to lock up, leave, and
never see each other again.

And so they each departed,
just as police cars came into view. Ray was in his car out back
talking to a sobbing and shaken Erszebet. Diggs had hastily split.
But Eli Singer was heading back to the club to confront the Quintet.
He found the front door locked and began screaming madly. The police
drove up and immediately accosted him; then they spread out and
covered the alleys and the back, where they found Ray and Erszebet.
The cops confronted Ray and asked to check his car. They found a ton
of cocaine and some semi-automatic weapons concealed in the trunk.

The police dragged Singer to
the back of the club.