THE YOUNG SOPRANOS PART 4--XIII (CONTINUED)
THE
YOUNG SOPRANOS
PART 4--XIII
BY
J. BECK
2024
. . .
(CONTINUED)
XIII
After Meadow stormed out of their hotel room recieving the news of Stella being promoted to Detective & getting a new job in Newark which would require her to take up residence in New Jersey; Meadow just went across the hallway & locked herself up in Jack Black's old vacant room to spend the night pouting.
The following morning A.J. was awaken by Stella's alarm at 5AM. Stella was reluctant to get up to go for her daily morning jog. She just wanted to lay there w/her new husband to have sex & breakfast in bed.
A.J. told her if she did that she would be cheating herself & allow complacency to compromise her training for her match w/the Championship. Stella glares up at the ceiling & slapping the mattress w/both hands & admitting to A.J. "You are Right!" W/that she rolled out of bed to go asking him if he still be there to have sex after she returned?
A.J. grabs his cellphone before answering her to see a text from Robbie Pontecorvo inform A.J. that he would be late to pick him up due to his mother apparently committing suicid--hanging herself in their car-garage at home. He & Alle spent the night at their Aunt Belinda Black's house as the police investigation lasted until the early hours overnight. Robbie & Alle had to speak to the Detectives & answer any of their questions. It appeared to be a deliberate suicide but there were some suspicious details of interest.
Stella returns to their room after awaking Franny who had continued to go jogging w/her even after their original deal before her last ight. Stella informs A.J. that Meadow never returned home & her made bed was unslept in.
A.J. told her that Meadow was a Big Girl! & She does as she pleases. "She is just punishing us Stell--I'm sure she is just fine wherever she is having her pity-party!"
Then A.J. told Stella about Robbie & Alle's mother Deanne Pontecorvo had been discovered to have committed suicide the day before & she should give Franny the Heads-up so she could be a supportive friend for the two grieving siblings.
Once A.J. heard Stella & Franny leave their room to go for a run he got up to relieve himself & sent a text for Meadow to call him. He sadness for her.
Meadow called him in response immediately.
"What is it?!" A.J. can hear his sister's pissy tone in her Voice.
"Where are you?" He purposely asked Meadow knowing how much it would irritate her.
"What the fuck does it matter?!" Meadow predictablely answered w/a abrasive question.
"Well--It really doesn't fucking matter Muffy besides you are acting like a spoiled child."
"So What?--Maybe I Am?!" (Believe me Bing--You are!)
"What the fuck ever. What do you want? I'm trying g to sleep. You said you had some news? Is it new news or is it like everything else you tell me two weeks after the fact?!"
A.J. hangs the phone up on her--(CLICK.) Meadow speed-dials him back & he walks away from his phone leaving it vibrating to make a pot of coffee.
A.J. steps up to the window where Meadow kept a pair of binoculars to watch Stella & Franny jogging around the park downstairs.
But as A.J. focased the binoculars in on the girls jogging away from him he noticed someone--a man in the bushes wearing a dress-suit & using a zoom lens to photograph them.
Just at that moment Meadow came storming back into the room only wearing her bra & panties from across the hallway.
"Goddamn you A.J.!" Meadow said when she finds him standing bare-ass naked w/his back to her watching out the window. "Why did you hang up on me like that?!"
A..J. sets the binoculars down to step away from the window to face his sister who stood striking a pose w/both hands on her hips glaring him in the eye to avoid looking down below his waist at his limp--hanging penis.
"Where are your clothes?!" A.J. asked her as he walked away to retrieve each of them a cup of coffee.
"MY CLOTHES?! WHERE ARE YOURS? IM NOT THE ONE PARADING ALL AROUND BARE ASS NAKED?!"
"Well you might as well be w/what little you have on!" A.J. hands her a fresh cup of hot coffee & leaves to put on some clothes in the next room.
Meadow follows after him asking him what his goddamn problem was.
"I don't have any problems Bing--You are the one who is acting out here! Not Me!" A.J. politely smiles as he pulls a pair of pants on to grab his cigarettes & return to the front room.
"You know what my problem is!" Meadow answered as A.J. returned to the window to see the man in the park bushes was gone.
"Deanne Pontecorvo hung herself yesterday. Apparently Robbie & Alle discovered her hanging in their car-garage last night late after returning home from picking Alle up from here."
"REALLY?!" (Yes. He just text me that he'd be late coming after me this morning.)
Meadow sat down with A.J. on the couch where they had sat together the afternoon before w/the same two joints still on the coffee-table.
A.J. picks one up to light it to hit & held it out for her to pass. Meadow grabs it from him. "Yea. Give that to me--Hopefully my germs will make you sick!"
That chokes A.J. up laughing which in turn made her laugh as the two sit coughing & gagging on the strong expanding Marijuana smoke.
"You are too Funny Meadow!" A.J. reaches out to give her a big hug laughing as she slapped his arms away playfully.
"& You are a big dick-head!" (That's better then being a little dick-head!)
"WELL? That Depends!" (ON WHAT?!) "WHICH HOLE ITS GOING INTO!" Meadow takes a second hit of the joint before it tries to go out.
"It's my turn Bing! Don't be such a Boggart!" A.J. teased as he snatches the joint back away from her.
"Well that's too bad about their mother." Meadow said. (Is It?)
"What do you mean Anthony?! Of course it is!" (She seemed to be a good-for-nothing bitch to me.)
"A.J.--That's Terrible!" (YEA?!--I DONT KNOW.)
"ANYWAY!" Meadow changes the subject back to He & Stella moving to Jersey & leaving her behind.
"It isn't like that Meadow! You are the one w/the issues & being differcult about it. Stella told you that you can move over w/us."
"But I do t want to live in Jersey again."
"That is totally up to you Bing--Just don't get all shitty about it w/Stella & I. You are the one w/the Hang-up not Us."
"You're Right A.J.--You know how I can be reluctant about changes & Stella is the best friend I've ever had & you were my only brother before we found out about all the other ones. I am just scared I will loose you both as we lost the past 10 years together after Dad's death.
A.J. gives Meadow second hug assuring her that she wasn't going to lose anybody.
At this moment Stella & Francesca returned from their run when Franny asked Meadow "Where are your Clothes?!"
Forgetting that she was only wearing her under garments & Franny was aware she hadn't returned home to her bed overnight.
Meadow confessed that she spent the night across the hallway locked up in Jack's empty room that she & A.J. wete still paying for after his disappearance.
Later that morning Robbie & Alle arrived at the Dumbo Hotel to pick up A.J. & Francesca to accompany the two grieving siblings to visit Hyles Funeral Home in East Orange NJ to make arrangements for their deceased mother.
Robbie drove & told A.J. that the Newark Detectives came to question them at their Aunt's house earlier about their mother's questionable suicide. (Questionable?)
Robbie said that the detectives were questioning the idea of her having her wrist tapped behind her back & tape w/a slit over her mouth? But they told them that she could of possibly bound her wrist herself & that could imply that it was premeditated & purposeful suicidal act. The Dectectives were awaiting the autopsy report & fringer-print test results before making an official ruling.
But they informed them before asking which Funeral Home did they want her body released to? That if it is determined to be a deliberate act of suicide?--Any Life Insurance policies that she may have had will refuse to pay & will be Voided due to Suicide Clauses.
Robbie told A.J. that Hyles Funeral Home came to mind because of Uncle Junior's Wake there & where they had met.
A.J. assured Rob & Alle who sat in the backseat with Francesca listening to their discussion not to be concerned about the cost. He would go in & speak to Hymie w/them.
Hymie welcomed them all into his Funeral Home Office. A.J. silently sat beside Rob as he explained to Hymie what the Detectives told him concerning their deceased mother's Life Insurance situation. Which Hyie was acquainted & well versed in dealing w/ life insurance adjusters.
Hymie understood who Rob was & aware that he was a friend of his close associate A.J. So he offered a possible solution to their financial dilemma:
Hyles Funeral Home could go recieve their mother's body once it was released after the autopsy. They would prepare & fit her for a coffin to Host her public funeral showing.
Then if the Life Insurance refuse to honor her policy & pay? They could elect to cremate their mother's remains after her wake at a minimal cost in comparison to a coffin & burial cost.
Robbie & Alle appreciatively agreed to Hymie's gracious terms without A.J. having to intervene in anyway. His influence was unspoken & understood.
A.J. remained behind in the office to have a brief follow-up discussion w/Hy.ie once their meeting concluded.
A.J. wanted to inquire about the disposable of Jack Black's remains that Vito had dropped off. Hymie assured him that the shot-up body had been fully cremated & stored in a cheap "John Doe" Urn.
Then Hymie reached inside his dress-jacket pocket & produced seven melted lead slugs that were left behind in the body's ashes.
"Here's some Souvenirs T!" Hymie dumps the lead slugs into his open palm.
A.J. can only smile as he shrugs his shoulders & deposited the souvenirs blindly into his jacket pocket while reaching for his wallet w/his free hand. But Hymie pats him on the chest to tell A.J. that there was "No Charge."
Then the two men shake hands & hug before leaving the office together. When A.J. said announcing:
"We have to Run Hymie!--I am a Hungry Man!"
Robbie asked "Where to T?" as he drove out towards the end of the driveway.
"Turn Right." (Right?)
"Right!--Turn Right. Lets go up the road to West Orange! There's a great downtown w/restaurants & stores."
Adding that he also has old school-mate friends that have an Art Gallery w/ a Coffee Shop there too. (Art Gallery?!)
A.J. asked Robbie where he & Alexandra were going to stay? We're they going to return to their family home or stay somewhere else.
"It really doesn't Matter about her killing herself there. We've lived there w/Daddy hanging himself in the basement for the past ten years!--Besides I don't go out into the garage anyway! Alle answered for her brother & herself.
"Yea.--It doesn't matter to Us T. & Personally I wouldn't want anyone else to live there w/their Ghost except for Us. They are our Curse & our Scorn." Robbie agrees w/his little sisters sentiments.
A.J. told them to do whatever they decide & that he & their family will assist them in any way. They would also be welcome to stay w/them. Alle could stay w/Franny & Rob could stay w/Vito on Fleet St.
After grabbing a light lunch at a local diner in West Orange A.J. herded them across the street to the Art Gallery/Coffee Shop for an Espresso.
Devon Honeywell warmly greeted them as they entered the Gallery storefront door:
"A.J. SOPRANO!--WELCOME! & Who are all these lovely young people?!" As she looked them over.
A.J. introduced Robbie & Alexandria Pontecorvo as friends. & Francesca as his little sister.
"Little Sister?!" Devon steps up to lift Franny's chin to examine her face while looking at A.J. to compare there likeness.
"Yes. I can see that now--But I never knew you had a little sister A.J.?!"
"Yea!--Neither did We Know!" Franny giggled as she reached out to hug Devon & tell her it was her pleasure to meet her.
Then from around the corner they hear:
"Did someone say Anthony Soprano?" Claire asked as she appeared in all her Glory.
"No--You didn't hear that Sister! You heard: A.J. SOPRANO not Anthony!" Devon corrects Claire.
"Whatever Devon! Same difference Sister!" Claire waves dismissing Devon's pettiness as she embraces A.J. & kisses him on the cheek.
"Are you Blushing A.J.?!" Franny asked elbowing Alle to look.
"No. I'm Not!" A.J. answered smiling awkwardly while Claire was looking Robbie up & down.
Devon intervenes & suggest she shows the girls the Art & where the coffee shop is to get a frothy lattes. A.J. tells them to get him a Double Espresso as they walked away leaving them w/Claire.
Who asked:
"Who is this "Long Drink of Water? Anthony?" (Roberto: "Robbie")
"I'd like to see him Naked!" (Excuse Me?) Robbie swivels his head around.
"He is a god!--A Human Apollo!" Claire continued to praise Robs appearance & physical features. (What?) Robbie gives A.J. a questioning look as Claire hung from his shoulder.
"Don't Worry Rob!--Claire is an Artist & she's only Objectifying You as a Male Model! She paints male nudes--among other things."
. . .
(To Be Continued)
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2024
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