THE YOUNG SOPRANOS PART 3--XXIV (CONTINUED)
THE
YOUNG SOPRANOS
PART 3--XXIV
BY
J. BECK
2024
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(CONTINUED)
XXIV
The late arriving Albie came falling inside through the swinging kitchen doors.
"OH--LOOK WHO FINALLY MADE IT?!" Jerry jeered.
"Finally is Right--Christ." (What did you do? Get lost?!) Hardly. You can't get lost when you're stuck in fucking traffic." Albert surveys the table for food & questioning the empty seats. (Don't Ask!) "Don't Ask What?!" (I said: Don't Ask!) "OK?!--But is there any food still left?!"
"TOMMY?--JOEY?" (YEA. We Saved Back Enough For Albie--If he'd made it here.)
"Well--I Made It! & I am hungrey as Hell!" Albie takes a seat beside Raymond & Patsi to pour himself a glass of wine. "So. How did it go this morning?!"
"GODDAMN IT ALBIE--I SAID: DONT ASK!" Jerry chokes on a mouthful of lobster.
"OK--So that sounds like it went poorly. I was afraid of that." Albie looks around the table at his fellow Men of Honor.
"SHUT the FUCK UP ALBERTO!--I AM TRYING TO EAT OVER HERE!" Jerry hissed wiping dripping butter from off his chin.
"Where are all the Girls?!" Albie asked looking around the table.
"GODDAMN YOU ALBERT!--I TOLD YOU TO SHUT UP!" & Jerry lifts his empty plate & slammed it down onto the table to loudly smash it into pieces as he stands ripping off his plastic bib & says:
"Come on Raymond--Get Marie. We are fucking leaving. I always forget how bad Jersey smells until I get over here."
"LEAVING?!--I JUST GOT HERE!" (OH YEA?!--WELL THATS WHY WE'RE LEAVING." Jerry wipes his mouth throwing the napkin down ordering: "Larry--Get That For Me So We Can Go." (Albert repeats.)
"Get What?!" Albie looks around. Raymond has to grab & restrain Jerry. "I'm going to beat that mouthy little fucker's ass!" (No you aren't Boss!" Raymond pushes Jerry towards the back door as he yelled for Marie. "I will go get that from Larry--Just go wait in the car "Hot-Head."
"It just fucking pisses me off Raymond." (I know Boss--I know.)
After Jerry Marie & Raymond left the ALBATROSS SOCIAL CLUB to return to NYC Patsi wipes off his mouth saying: "That went Well!" Albert repeats. As the others remained silent.
Until Albie asked: "What went Well?!" (Shut the fuck up Albie!--Just Eat!) Breaking the awkwardness everyone agrees by laughing.
"So Angie sure lost her shit on Jerry?!" (What happened?) Patsi smiles: "EAT ALBIE!--YES.--We all miss Benny-Boy but she can't get over it--She just won't let it go!"
"I can't let it go either!" Larry added. "Benny should still be alive & the Family Boss instead of that "Little T." Soprano. (Albert repeats.) I tried to tell Benny when he was still alive that we should of moved on Butch & Paulie Walnuts before they moved against us!"
"Now. We don't know who Clipped Paulie & Benny nor then who Whacked Butch?! Was it on orders of New York Families or was it an inside job?! & our young Don Anthony John doesn't appear to give a fuck about finding out who was responsible either!"
"What do you make of this Kid-Boss Larry?!" Albie asked in between bites.
"He is Non-nonsense like his Oldman was but he made a telling statement concerning his father. He said to us that he wasn't Tony & accused his Oldman being a Pretender!" (PEETENDER?!)
"Yes. He said Tony was a Prentender! He said that Tony hid behind Junior by pretending Corrado was DIMeo Don but then Tony would pretend to be the family boss on the street! & Anthony assured us that he wasn't pretending or hiding from anyone behind someone else."
"He really said that?!" Albie coughed. (Albert repeats.)
"I can believe he'd say that!" Angie remarks. "A.J. & Tony never had any love loss for each other. They both resented one another. Tony believed A.J. was lazy & spoiled due to his own greedy ambitions. & A.J. resented Tony for neglecting his real family for his Mob Family."
"What makes you such an expert now Angela?" Larry questioned & Albert repeated.
"Well besides the fact that his mother Carmela & father Tony have been my childhood friends? & I have known & watched A.J. grow up into a young man since the day he was born 32 years ago yesterday!"
The other two girls returned following Angie back into the banquet room resuming their seats. Angie sat where Raymond had beside Patsi while Polly & Tina sat back down beside Albert & Larry.
Larry tells Tony Black & Joey Marino to clear their table after Albie finished eating. They came in & gathered the edges of the table-cloth to remove it with all the dirty (& Broken) plates.
. . .
(To Be Continued)
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