Free To Die: A Short Story

Amos, the Mafia enforcer, wanted out.
At forty-seven – and after twenty-nine years of following orders - he knew his time was limited.
He had served his masters well, but age, and illness, and sloppiness had made him expendable.
But how to exit gracefully – and live to enjoy the freedom?
“Unlike the living, the dead tell no tales.” That was their motto. The way they did business. They left no loose ends.
Was he smart enough to find a way around this long established modus operandi?
Or was he destined to become fish food?