Yeah , a ladies piece , one of them holdout pistols , but still I was pretty sure she had n't had it earlier . We really needed to talk . Of course we did n't get the chance as they hustled us a block away to an old warehouse and no one would have seen anything , or at least be willing to admit they had . We were in trouble . There were more thugs at the warehouse , but that did n't really change things .
Question: Who is the narrator interacting with in the passage ?
The answer to the above question:


Gangsters