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Kay
Adams
laughed
with
delight
.
"
That
sounds
like
another
great
story
.
"
Michael
shook
his
head
"
I
ca
n't
tell
that
one
,
"
he
said
.
"
Trust
me
,
"
she
said
.
He
told
her
.
He
told
her
without
being
funny
.
He
told
it
without
pride
.
He
told
it
without
any
sort
of
explanation
except
that
eight
years
before
his
father
had
been
more
impetuous
,
and
because
the
matter
concerned
his
godson
,
the
Don
considered
it
an
affair
of
personal
honor
.
The
story
was
quickly
told
.
Eight
years
ago
Johnny
Fontane
had
made
an
extraordinary
success
singing
with
a
popular
dance
band
.
He
had
become
a
top
radio
attraction
.
Unfortunately
the
band
leader
,
a
well-known
show
business
personality
named
Les
Halley
,
had
signed
Johnny
to
a
five-year
personal
services
contract
.
It
was
a
common
show
business
practice
.
Les
Halley
could
now
loan
Johnny
out
and
pocket
most
of
the
money
.
Don
Corleone
entered
the
negotiations
personally
.
He
offered
Les
Halley
twenty
thousand
dollars
to
release
Johnny
Fontane
from
the
personal
services
contract
.
Halley
offered
to
take
only
fifty
percent
of
Johnny
's
earnings
.
Don
Corleone
was
amused
.
He
dropped
his
offer
from
twenty
thousand
dollars
to
ten
thousand
dollars
.
The
band
leader
,
obviously
not
a
man
of
the
world
outside
his
beloved
show
business
,
completely
missed
the
significance
of
this
lower
offer
.
He
refused
.
The
next
day
Don
Corleone
went
to
see
the
band
leader
personally
.
He
brought
with
him
his
two
best
friends
,
Genco
Abbandando
,
who
was
his
Consigliere
,
and
Luca
Brasi
.
With
no
other
witnesses
Don
Corleone
persuaded
Les
Halley
to
sign
a
document
giving
up
all
rights
to
all
services
from
Johnny
Fontane
upon
payment
of
a
certified
check
to
the
amount
of
ten
thousand
dollars
.
Don
Corleone
did
this
by
putting
a
pistol
to
the
forehead
of
the
band
leader
and
assuring
him
with
the
utmost
seriousness
that
either
his
signature
or
his
brains
would
rest
on
that
document
in
exactly
one
minute
.
Les
Halley
signed
.
Don
Corleone
pocketed
his
pistol
and
handed
over
the
certified
check
.
The
rest
was
history
.
Johnny
Fontane
went
on
to
become
the
greatest
singing
sensation
in
the
country
.
He
made
Hollywood
musicals
that
earned
a
fortune
for
his
studio
.
His
records
made
millions
of
dollars
.
Then
he
divorced
his
childhood-sweetheart
wife
and
left
his
two
children
,
to
marry
the
most
glamorous
blond
star
in
motion
pictures
.
He
soon
learned
that
she
was
a
"
whore
.
"
He
drank
,
he
gambled
,
he
chased
other
women
.
He
lost
his
singing
voice
.
His
records
stopped
selling
.
The
studio
did
not
renew
his
contract
.
And
so
now
he
had
come
back
to
his
Godfather
.
Kay
said
thoughtfully
,
"
Are
you
sure
you
're
not
jealous
of
your
father
?
Everything
you
've
told
me
about
him
shows
him
doing
something
for
other
people
.
He
must
be
goodhearted
.
"
She
smiled
wryly
.
"
Of
course
his
methods
are
not
exactly
constitutional
.
"
