THE YOUNG SOPRANOS PART 4--XVI (CONTINUED)
THE
YOUNG SOPRANOS
PART 4--XVI
BY
J. BECK
2024
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(CONTINUED)
This is WNYC--FM 93.9 Public Radio with the Breaking Headline News:
Today is
July 17th 2017
Nine people were killed on Sunday when a flash flood swept through a normally peaceful swimming hole in Tonto National Forest in Arizona. Another person remained missing overnight. More than 100 people were relaxing in and around the water when the flood hit without warning.
A Princeton University graduate student, Xiyue Wang, has been sentenced to 10 years in Iran over spying allegations, Iranian officials said Sunday. The Chinese-American researcher was arrested trying to leave Iran in August. Mizanonline, the Iranian judiciary's official news agency, said Wang had managed to "digitally archive 4,500 of the country's documents while under covert surveillance."
Sen. John McCain's (R-Ariz.) surgery to remove a blood clot above his left eye has put the Senate GOP's health-care bill in limbo, with neurosurgery experts saying his recovery could take at least a week or two.
President Donald J. Trump Proclaims July 17, 2017, as Made in America Day and this Week, July 16 through July 22, as Made in America Week.
George A. Romero, the writer and director who made the 1968 zombie film Night of the Living Dead, died in his sleep Sunday after a battle with lung cancer. He was 77.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) advanced 0.1% to close at 21,553.09, posting its twenty fourth closing high for the year.
&
Lastly:
National Ice Cream Day in 2017 was on Sunday, July 16.
National Ice Cream Day is celebrated on the third Sunday of July each year. President Ronald Reagan established the holiday in 1984 with Presidential Proclamation 5219. He also designated the entire month of July as National Ice Cream Month.
XVI
A.J. awoke at 5AM automatically without an alarm naked in bed beside Jeni Fazio who was sleeping soundly & resting peacefully.
Slipping out out bed A.J. used the bathroom down the hallway to avoid disturbing Jenis rest as he had before. Which required him to have sex a final time prior to leaving.
But A.J. had a big Monday on his mind w/the beginning of the new week. A.J. showered & discovered Jeni had laid him out a fresh new shirt & dress tie she had picked out & purchased him. & She must of remained awake to polish his dress-shoe before coming to bed.
A.J. left locking her front door closed behind him. He stopped to grab a cup of coffee a large box of assorted muffins & a gallon of vanilla ice cream on his way to Bellville to touch base w/Tommy to start the week.
A.J. entered the back door to find his Aunt Barbara up & sitting w/a cup of coffee in the kitchen.
"My Word Anthony--Look at you w/wet hair & unshaved?!" Barbara said as she stood to greet him w/a hug & framing his face w/both hands to kiss on his bristlely cheek. &Take the box of muffins & carton of "Ice Cream?" off his hands. (Yesterday was National Ice Cream Day!)
"Where did you spend the night--Nevermind. Forget it. I don't want to know!" She teases her nephew.
"I thought you were a married man now?!"(I Am!)
"Where's you wedding ring then?" Barbara asked taking his cup of carry-out coffee & dumps it out in the sink to pour him afresh brewed cup in a mug to serve him.
Then she reaches inside his jacket to remove his red-pack cigarettes to remove one awaiting A.J. to offer her a light as they sat down together.
"You didn't answer my question Anthony?--Where's your wedding ring?!" She pressed him.
"It's in my pocket!" A.J. laughes.
"Alot of good it is there!" Barbara warmly glares as she deeply inhaled the morning cigarette.
"Well for One: Stella & I have an Open Marriage Agreement." (Really?!)
"Yes--That was the only reservation & condition I had to Marriage. After my parents became separated & our family was broken due to my father's infidelity. My Dad was a sex-addict just as I am. & I am not going to risk & jeopardize a Marriage or Family Life for a obvious & predicable behavior of merely being promiscuous." (I See--& Secondly?)
"Secondly--I value my own personal privacy. I don't need to be profiled or categorized by anyone/ friend or foe. " (I'm not certain that I follow you A.J.)
'To say--Considering who I am & my station I don't want anyone/stranger/enemies to know I have a wife or a family to use against me or possibly endanger them for who I am." (That's Understandable I Guess?!)
"Anyway--Where are the girls?" A.J. asked removing a cigarette for himself commenting how much better his Aunt's coffee was compared to that cup of "Shit-Water" he picked up on the way.
"They are still asleep in there in a pile like puppies. They were up half the night watching movies when I found them after I got up. They were asleep on the couch w/the television still on. Caitlyn & Nica have sure hit it off together. You'd think they have been cousins their whole lives!' (They have Been!) "OK--Smart'Ass! You know what I mean!" (I Do!) The two chuckled together as Barbara butted out her cigarette.
"Come on Anthony let's get you all cleaned up for your big day today! Get that jacket & short off so you can shave."Barbara stood to loosen his new tie commenting how nice it was--Did your wife get it for you?!" (No.)
A.J. follows Barbara into the hallway bathroom while she warmed the water & retrieved a razor shaving cream & a towel.
"Now--Stand up straight in front of the mirror & Dont make a move!" (What are you doing?)
"I am going to give you a smooth close shave! You have three days growth from over the weekend!" She answered as she firmly gripped his chin turning his face from side to side looking back at him in the mirror.
"Don't worry T!--Mom shaved Dad's face for him every morning for the past 30 years! She is an old pro! Tommy side squeezing himself past them at the sink to relieve himself in the commode. (OLD?!)
"You know what I meant Mother!" Tommy hugs & kisses her on the way back out to leave them.
The stock was hoovering around 2K$ a share loosing over 500$ following it's prior gains.
A.J. instructed Tommy to purchase 10 Blocks/10K shares for 20M$ this time immediately after the start of the Monday morning Stock Market Open.
A.J. had aquire & collected additional investment capital. Between relatives; Carmela Meadow & Janice who all wanted to invest 3M$ each after learning how Barbara had invested in A.J. & Tommy's new Fiduciary Fund House on the Ground-Floor.
Plus A.J. had the accumitive capital from Monroe Haus for a Murder Contract from Lawyer's Neil Link & Harold Melvoin plus from such Hits on Paulie Walnuts Mr Monte & Jack Black.
A.J. had taken Tommy on Saturday w/Vito & Robbie all carrying 5M$ bags of cash to deposit in the First Hand Bankafter their Noon closing hours.
A.J. personally introduced the 3rd generation banker Mr Hand to his cousin & Accountant Thomas Giglione.
Mr Hand stood behind the bullet-proof clerk booth window inside a large steel-cage from the vaulted ceilings to the porcelain tile floor of the vintage building enclosing the large walk-in wall safe.
Inside the Cage w/Mr Hand was a young nerdy looking young lady he introduced as his granddaughter Charlotte Hand who would continue their Family's Banking Heritage marking the First Hand Bank's 100th Anniversary in that year since 1917.
Mr Hand charged A.J. a full point to wash all of the dirty money & a 1/2 a point for each transaction.
The First Hand Bank paid no interest on money's nor any protection guarantees of deposited funds besides the Bank's only guarantee that their Funds would never be stolen.
The First Hand never had a successful bank robbery in their 100 year history. Mr Hand assured A.J. saying that his Grandfather Hand had designed the bank buildings security like an Edward Longshank's "Iron Ring" Castle.
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