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                          THE JAZZ SIPPER

     with him. But his Aunt Jessie was not having any of that, through her old
     contacts she was able to get in touch with him and relay a sincere message,
     she told him where ever she see him at, that is where he would take his last
     breath, and he knew she meant it, so he drop the petition, and never contacted
     Vance again.

       The last time Vance heard about him, was some years back from a family
     friend that stated he had passed from cirrhosis of the liver. That was that,
     Vance thought any man can help conceive a baby, but it takes a real man to
     help raise a child.

       Vance wished that things between his mother and Ben had worked out. Ben
     was his mother’s longtime boyfriend, he taught Vance about life lessons and
     street smarts. He showed Vance how to fight but not how to win, but how to
     live. Ben said, “Speed was everything, he showed him how his speed could
     neutralize his opponents speed. Ben would say “the quickest way to any
     distance was a straight line.” So, when you are fighting he said throw nothing
     but straight lines, and throw them as fast as you can, and as hard as you can,
     no matter the size of your opponent they will fall. Vance relied on that advice
     on many occasions, and so far it had not failed him.

       Ben taught him all about gambling, particular how to shoot dice, and Ben
     said that the best position in gambling, besides not gambling at all, is to be
     the houseman. The houseman get a cut off every bet. The houseman run the
     games, he is the person that act as the referee of the game or the bookie.

       Ben also taught Vance how street con games worked; he would say that the
     key was greed, never let greed control your actions. Because if you did let
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