THE YOUNG SOPRANOS PART 4--XXIV (CONTINUED)
THE
YOUNG SOPRANOS
PART 4--XXIV
BY
J. BECK
2024
. . .
(CONTINUED)
XXIV
Once A.J. had concluded conducting Family Business sit-downs & discussions w/various members privately behind the funeral home office's closed doors he slipped out w/out a word.
A.J. left out the back side-door as the Capos' five hour poker games were beginning at noontime in the funeral home basement. Jumping into his car A.J. digs for a red-pack cigarette pack inside his suit jacket w/his left hand while turning the key ignition to start his rental car.
A.J. needed to take a break away from all the drama to catch his breath & he also wanted to go visit Geno at the hospital during the day; Instead of having to do so in the evening after the Wake for Deanne's public showing finished up at the funeral home.
A.J.'s intentions afterwards that evening were to take Stella Meadow Francesca & Caitlyn (w/their Aunt Barbara &Tommy) to view the new 5 story riverfront condo beside the golf course he purchased w/ his realtor Julianna Skiff's assistance as a belated wedding present for Stella.
Since Stella was hired by the Newark Police Department & recieved a promotion to Detective she was required to have a New Jersey residence address. & Stella could take her ritual morning jog at dawn around the Bayonne golf coarse grounds.
A.J. & Stella would reside on the top-floor unit w/a sun-roof patio while Meadow & Franny could share a unit on the lower level & Caitlyn could be installed in a unit w/a Nanny in between them them.
That would leave one unit for family & visitors as well as a community room unit on the ground floor leading out to the riverside docks & boat house.
A.J. also bought a large White Player Piano to place on the ground-floor over-looking the River-Front for Franny to Practice her music lessions when she visited Home from college at Columbia University in the Autumn.
Everyone will be extremely excited about it except for Meadow. Which A.J. expected.
As A.J. returned to Hyles Funeral Home in East Orange in through the outdoor after visiting w/ Geno (& His new care-giver Melissa) Meadow & Stella were arriving. Hymie stood like a gentleman holding the front lobby doors open for them to enter elegantly dressed in slim tight black dresses nylons & heels.
A.J. takes a deep breath to adjust his tired suit & peered into mirror to adjust his loosen tie while looking back in the mirror & checking out his wife Stella's perfectly round ass snugged in the soft smooth panty-line-less dress material.
It wasn't everyday he could admire his newly-wed wife dressed in such attire. Normally she was dressed in a police uniform or athletic wear. But Stella looked dressed to kill wearing her 20K$ diamond wedding ring w/matching diamond necklace earrings & bracelet he had given her.
Stella & Meadow both approached A.J. to greet him w/ a hug & they both kissed a cheek at the same time causing him to awkwardly blush.
"What's wrong A.J.?!" The two girls asked giggling at each other.
"Nothing's Wrong!--I'm happy to see you both!" Then he returns the kiss to Meadow on the cheek before he embraces & dips Stella to kiss her deeply w/an open mouth. Taking her breath away. Stella staggered to maintain her balance atop her high-heels.
"ANTHONY!" Meadow presents a shocked look as she slaps her little brother's arm. "This isn't the place for such a display of affection!"
Stella straightens her dress grinning at A.J. & glaring at Meadow.
"Shut-up Muffy!--PDA turns me on! Besides he's my husband!" (PDA?!) Then Stella steps forward & wrap her relaxed bare arms around his neck to return Anthony's intial long deep kiss. Then she lifts her bent black nylon leg up to press her knee against his bulging trousers in front of Meadow. (STELLA!)
Meadow's gasp caused the kissing married couple to both laugh out loud & separate their lip-lock. A.J. grins as he takes out a hankerchief & wipes his mouth asking:
"Where's Franny?!"
"She's not here yet?!--She told us to go ahead together & she'd follow to be here?!" Meadow answered looking to Stella to agree.
At which moment Francesca arrived entering in through the back side door w/Sophia & Nica. Sophia followed Franny to the ladies room while Nica ran up to hug & kiss A.J.
Then Aunt Barbara & Caitlyn arrived entering the front lobby. Once everyone exchanged greetings Caitlyn & Nica ran off together when the heard Franny begin to play lowly organ derges.
Stella stood striking a pose staring at A.J. who grins. (WHAT?!)
"WHAT?!--What You?!" Stella leans in to smell his musky collougne mixing w/her own heated seductive perfume. (What Me?)
"Yes You! Husband.--I know that Look!" (That Look?)
"YES!--THAT LOOK! I live for that Look! It's that same Look you gave me the first time we met!" (What Look was that Wife?)
"It was the Look that you wanted to drag me off & fuck the living shit out of me!" Stella giggles as she slides her hand inside under his dress-jacket to pinch & twist his nipple hard beneath his shirt.
"Really?!" A.J.'s eyes flash as he firmly gripped her hand to disappear around the corner together.
After their short prolonged recluse Mr & Mrs Anthony John Soprano Jr emerged from their absence to part & meander amongst the growing crowd of guest. A.J. was amazed by the turn-out for such a rotten person.
But it all appeared appropriate & proper between all of the flowers sent surrounding the beautiful open coffin w/ her made-up hag-ass corpse. While Franny created a haunting atmosphere playing foiling funeral derges in the background.
Until Robbie & Alexandria Pontecorvo arrived at the Wake w/their Aunt Belinda Black who immediately began crying uncontrollably when she seen her sister Deanne laying inside the open coffin.
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Everyone became silent being taken off guard by Belinda's shocking response to the gravity of the stricken reality that her sister was gone.
Belinda was devastated & distraught. A.J. pulled Vito aside & instructs him to go into the funeral home office & rig-up two syringes w/"Speed-Balls" for him.
Then A.J. approached Belinda to comfort her as everyone stood around helplessly watching her melt-down.
Even Robbie & Alle stood staring in amazement at their unstable Aunt breaking down.
A.J. made a hand gesture for people to carry on speaking as he knelt down behind Belinda collapsed down beside her sister's casket hanging from the coffin by her ringy fingers weeping.
A.J. cradles & lifts her up into his arms like a rag-doll before standing to carry her out. Belinda was a life long drug-addict w/ a thin boney body as light as a feather.
A.J. carried Belinda into the funeral home office while Compagino held the door open for him w/one arm in a sling. A.J. instructs Cork not to allow anyone inside.
Gently laying her down unto the brown leather couch & propping her up w/a pillow he knelt down beside her to wipe her hair from her teary face.
"Get me a cold wet cloth to wipe her face V." A.J. said as Vito handed him two syringes. Then A.J. straightens out her near arm to hang in front of him & he grips her tiny upper arm w/his left hand to apply preasure against the inside artery to force her outside veins to show so he could shoot her up. Belinda was a junky & needed drugs to deal w/normal day life let alone dealing w/a family death.
Belinda had been upset the entire week leading up to her sister Deanne's Funeral because she couldn't locate her daughter Rhiannon & her brother Jack Black who had gone missing weeks before. That was why she was clinging to her nephew & niece because they were all the family she had left.
Robbie & Alle both appeared to be unmoved nor distressed by their mother's death or by their Aunt's grief. Neither sibling displayed any outward emotions. It was a matter of accepting the reality of it for both of them. There was no love lost for her besides that of Belinda's.
A.J. slowly released his grip on her arm as he slowly pushed the plunger to inject the cocaine & heroin cocktail mixture from the syringe into her aching vein. Once her finished he recapped the needle of the used syringe to exchange w/Vito for the cold wet cloth to wipe her pale face.
"Pour us a couple drinks V!" A.J. requested as he stood to drop the second syringe into her purse for later.
A.J. & Vito silently sat watching over her as the two strong drugs took effect enabling her to regather herself reclining on couch.
Once they seen she was laying peacefully they both slipped out of the office to allow her to rest.
But when A.J. entered the funeral home lobby he found Hymie at the door greeting Devon & Patrick w/Claire Honeywell. As soon as Claire eye allergy A.J. she immediately approach him to embrace & kiss his cheek. Devon followed her sister's lead & joined in on Claire's fuss over A.J. to embrace & kiss him.
Then the most extraordinary thing happened: Dolly Darling arrived making her grand entrance. A.J. could only smile as he watched his dear friend & associate Hy.ie being placed in an awkward position between Dolly & Claire!
Both ladies being Hymie's gay transgender girlfriends from opposite sides of the Hudson River. Hymie & Claire would carry-on together on the Jersey Shores side. & He then would frequent the SWIZE CLUB in NYC to Hook-up w/ Dolly Darling.
Now the two of them were standing merely a matter of feet apart w/Hymie standing & sweating in the middle between them. A.J. could hardly contain himself before Vito walked up to intervene by greeting Dolly Darling & leading her away to locate Robbie in the funeral parlor.
. . .
(To Be Continued)
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