THE YOUNG SOPRANO PART 2--XXVII (CONTINUED)
THE YOUNG SOPRANO
PART 2--XXVII
By
J. BECK
2024
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(CONTINUED)
XXVII
Compagino opened the office door to inform A.J. there was someone there to see him. Looking up A.J. from sitting behind the desk where he sat pondering all that he had heard & learnt throughout the long afternoon of receiving guest. "Who is it?" A.J. asked. Compagino shrugs his shoulders & made an ugly face to say he didn't know?! A.J. motions to Cork to allow them in.
"GEORGE!--GEORGE PAGILIERI! I hadn't realized that you came!" A.J. reaches out his hand to shake & embrace as Compagino closed & locked the door.
"Well I had planned to attend the funeral at St Stephen's tomorrow but when I learned that Venus was personally delivering food from "Little Napoli's" I invented myself along!"
"I am glad you came George!" A.J. said as he poured each of them a half a glass of rum.
"I am glad I came too & found out about that Capos Poker Game going on downstairs! It proved to be a profitable day after all!" George smiles as he hads A.J. an envelope with 10K$.
"What's this for George?"
"It's for the House!--I won Big-BIG!" George chuckles to himself. "I played with Carlo Coco & Geno & took all their chips before a second round where I played against Albert Barese & your little brother Vito. Vito & I took the rest of Albert's chips between us. But I was praying for time to run out because that Vito was leaking me bad!" George half-laughs & shakes his head in finishing. Your brother has no "Tells" in his game! I could read every man's hand downstairs this afternoon except for Vito. He's "Cool as a Cucumber!" The two men have a good laugh as they raise their glasses--"Salute!"
"So the poker game is over already?!" George knods at the large wall clock. (It's after 6.) " No wonder I'm fucking starved A.J. pats George on the shoulder.
"You better get downstairs before everything is gone!"
As A.J. walks Geoirge towards the office door to leave when Meadow entered after ordering Cork to unlock the door for her.
MS MEADOW (SOPRANO) WEISS
George takes a step back & says "Hello".
Meadow caught off guard takes a step back &says "Hello?" as she peers over to A.J. to apologize for barging in on them.
"GEORGE.--This is my big sister Meadow Weiss. Meadow this is George Pagilieri--He is Venus' father. He came with her to deliver food for downstairs."
"It's nice to meet you Mr Pagilieri!" Meadow reaches her hand out to shake with him.
"The pleasure is all mine! But are you a Miss or Mrs. Weiss?"
"Neither." Meadow blushed.
"Very well then Ms Weiss--the pleasure is entirely mine! Thank-you & if you two Young Sopranos excuse me I have to go round up my daughter to return home across the Hudson!"
George exits the office gracefully.
"What was that all about?"
"Oh. I said I was sorry for interupting you two."
"Yea. I heard you--But I'm talking about George." (George?) "Yea--George. I seen how you were stammered & blushing!"
"Oh I was not Anthony!"
"Oh yes you were Ms Weiss--I could tell & so could he!" A.J. chuckles as he digs for his cigarette pack.
"So--What did you want anyway? After barging in like that?"
"HERE. LET ME HAVE A PUFF OF THAT!" Exhaling Meadow asked A.J. as she handed him back his cigarette saying "Thanks. Where is Bobbi? She's not here yet. All the other woman out there are asking about her. You did inform her didn't you A.J.
"YES.--I told you that I did. She was the first person that I sent to tell. I brought her here with one of Junior's old suits she had kept in plastic in her closet. She came asked us to leave her with him as she washed his body for the last time with rosewater. Hymie said she even trimmed both his finger & toe nails before she finished. But--(But?)
"But it was all too much for her to bear."
"So she's not coming?"
"No."
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(To Be Continued)
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2024
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