THE YOUNG SOPRANOS PART 4--XXXV (CONTINUED)
THE
YOUNG SOPRANOS
PART 4--XXXV
BY
J. BECK
2024
. . .
(CONTINUED)
XXXV
Robbie Pontecorvo returned home to his Hot-Box house after CDL School & A.J.'s phone call giving him the night off.
But when he entered the house he could hear the shower running in the bathroom. Poking his head inside the door he asked :"ALLE?--IS THAT YOU?!"
"WHO ELSE WOULD IT BE?!" Alle answered pulling the shower curtain back.
"What are you doing here?" Rob asked stepping inside to collect her dirty clothes off the floor.
"I live here if you have forgotten?--I've had enough of our psycho Aunt! She is really a whack job! All she does is shoot-up then endlessly getting up & down to look out the windows for Jack or Rhiannon to come home. Which they never do."
"Have you eaten yet today?!" Robbie asked as he leaving her to finish taking a cold shower.
"NO."
"I figured as much--I'll order QUEENIE'S Pizza for us then. By the way?--I'm glad you're back home Sis!" (Ahhh Rob! Thank you for saying!--I am too!)
So Robbie walked out carrying her dirty sweaty clothes & called to order their pizza delivery as he entered Alles room to tossed the clothes in the closet laundry basket when he discovers a strange gym-bag inside.
Alexandra walks in w/a towel wrapped around her wet hair & her torso to find him there.
"What are you doing in here Rob & why are you holding my dirty panties?!" Alle asked snickering.
"I'm not holding Anything?!" & He throws the wadded panties down into the laundry basket.
"I was actually picking up after you!--But what the fuck is this?!" Robbie points at the open gym-bag.
"What the fuck are you doing getting into my stuff Rob?!" (Your Stuff? This bag belongs to you?)
"Yes! It belongs to me! (Where did you get something like this?) Rob gives her a questioning glare.
"I found it! & Dont fucking look at me like that!" Alle declared. (Where? Did you find it?!) Robbie takes a second longer look inside then lifts it to see how heavy it was.
"I found it in a parking lot somewhere. Someone must of forgot to load it & left it behind?!" (SO?)
"SO I TOOK IT!" (YOU TOOK IT?--You aren't strong enough to carry this bag Alle?)
"I am Too!--I've been working out & jogging w/Francesca & Stella!" (YEA?--WHATEVER)
"WHAT?--YOU DONT BELIEVE ME?!" (NO. ALLE I DON'T!)
"TOO BAD!--ITS THE TRUTH!"
"ALLE?!--There are loaded guns & ammo inside this bag of drugs & what not?! I'm taking these weapons away from you! You don't need to get caught w/ goddamn guns in your possession!"
(NO YOU WON'T!--THEY BELONG TO ME!)
"Not anymore little sister--They belong to me now." Robbie proceeds to unload the bullets & ammo clip from them. (This isn't Right Rob)
"Oh Yes it is Right Alexandria!--You do whatever you want w/the rest of that shit but these belong to me now!--So Drop it & get dressed the food will be here soon!" Robbie said sternly as he left Alle standing dripping wet & pouting.
"HERE!--YOU FORGOT SOMETHING!" Alle stomps her foot & throws her dirty panties at him from the laundry basket.
"VERY FUNNY SIS!" Robbie laughes at her swiping her soiled panties away before hitting him in the face.
"Another Thing?! I'd suggest you get rid of that gym-bag it's full of drug residues & all those drugs? You need to remove & repackage them before you attempt to sell any of it.
As much as you may believe this belongs to you now? It belonged to someone else who will be looking for it! & They will be able to identify there own packaging & will trace it back to find you. Trust me Sis. I know first hand!" (Ok) Alle faintly agrees as Robbie left her bedroom w/the two firearms to securely keep hidden from her.
The two siblings sat eating & sweating together watching the Yankees Baseball Game on the television when Alle asked Rob if he missed their mother?
"Oh--I don't know if I miss her but it's strikingly apparent that she is missing. It's Ike she's going come home anytime--Falling face-first drunk through the front door!"
"Yea.--I get that. But I don't miss her. She was like a cancer that was slowing eating us--killing us. I don't miss her or that Fat Sweaty-Fuck Romeo for that matter." Alle admits. Robbie agrees as he's fanning his hand over hisopen mouth after taking a hot bite of pizza. (CAREFUL!) Alle opens a can of soda-pop to reach him to cool his mouth.
"Aunt Belinda is as bad as mom was except she is so needy. She's like a fucking Black-Hole that socks you dry. I feel exhausted around her like mom but in a different way. Mom made me hate myself. Belinda makes you feel sorry for myself.
She is so pitiful. All she does is Smoke Crack & Meth. Then she shoots up those Speed-Balls that makes her all paranoid & she jumps up everytime a car passes to see if its Uncle Jack or Rhiannon. They've both been missing over a month now?!" (I Know.)
Later that evening after they ate their fill of Queeie's pizza Alle enter Robbie's bedroom carrying her box-fan. & She asked her big brother if she could sleep w/him because the house felt spooky to her being there at night. & They could use their two box-fans in the same room if they slept together.
"Sure Sis. Whatever you want?" Robbie agrees as Alle crawls into bed next to him asking if all the doors were locked? (Yes.)
"Good." Alle sighed feeling exhausted asking her brother to hold her until she fell asleep. So he wraps his arms around his little sister to cradle her securely before she instantly falls asleep.
"I love you."
(I love you too Sis--Now go to sleep!)
LITTLE DREAMER
VAN HALEN--1978
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II
The next morning Vito arrived at the riverfront condo at 6AM Sharp w/a box of pastries when Stella & Franny were leaving shortly before sun-rise to take their morning jog around the dewy golf course.
They exchange pleasantries to kiss & hug before he entered inside. He takes the elevator up to the top floor where he found A.J. awake & waiting for him.
THE two Young Soprano Brothers went out onto the roof patio to drink coffee & watch the sunrise up over NYC & the Hudson River to discuss family business.
A.J. asked if everything went down disposing of the two bodies of Compagino & Suzanne last night after he & Tommy left T-Storage Unit Compound.
Vito assures him that everything went down as expected. He delivered the two body-bags to Hymie who in turn sent Vito back w/Raymond Curto's mother Nucci's Urn of Ashes & an envelope of money he said belonged to A.J.
"Good Deal! We can use this to celebrate Tommy Making His Bones & becoming a Made Man that evening at the CRASS CLUB where Perry worked as the Door Man & Bouncer.
"There was something else that you should know about though T." (What's that V?)
"Last evening when I took Raymond home there was a man waiting outside the front door for him." (Yea?)
"Yea. He said he was an old friend of Raymond's Father "Buffalo Ray". & He read the obituary in the newspaper about his mother Nucci's dead.
So he came by to personally pay his condolences out of respect for Raymond's father. Then he hands Raymond an envelope saying that it didn't total much but he was the only surviving member of his Dad's old Curto Crew." (What was his name V? Did he Say?)
"Yea. A Kevin Sharkey. He was dressed in a plain black suit but nothing flashy. He'd been a much younger man amongst those older mobsters. I'm guessing he's in his mid 50's-early 60's now maybe?" (Did Raymond accept the envelope?)
"Yea. He did! He was composed & politely thanked the gentleman shaking his hand then excusing himself to go inside the house. & Telling me to get the fuck out of there!" The two brothers have a laugh.
Then A.J. asked Vito:
"How much money do you think we netted yesterday V? Christ All Mighty! Between those six suitcases of cash & all that GOLD?"
A.J. shakes his head as he lights a cigerette & tosses the red-pack unto the table in front of Vito. (Have One)
Vito lights a cigerette & sips his coffee before answering:
"It's hard to know until it's all been counted & weighted. But I can tell you T. there is much more gold from Bobby's garage then we found inside Benny's vintage billard table that's stashed now in the family crypt!"
"That's my thought exactly little brother! & What? That was like 6 Mill worth? There must be nearly 10M$ worth of Gold from Bobby's Toy Train Collection purchase?!" (PERHAPS?!)
"PLUS ANOTHER 10M$ between the other suitcases?!" (I'd Guess So?!)
"Goddamn It Vito! That's Knocking it down for one good day of fucking work! PLUS--WE got rid of Compagino Once & For Good! I didn't want to have to whack Suzanne but she left us w/ no choice.
By her own omission of guilt by attempting to flee after the fact of being informed of Corks demise w/the suitcases preloaded in her car trunk was proof of their premeditated conspiracy.
Besides That? Her & I were business partners of T-Storage Unit Rental Business & Now it's all mine! I have controlling interest at 45/55% ownership." (A Real "Sammy the Bull" Move)
"Yea?--You're Right V." A.J. admits.
"It is--What it is Anthony. As you said: You had No Choice! She was involved & was conspiring w/Numb-Nuts to steal from you like that T."
"Yea Fuck them Both! I am pleasantly satisfied w/all the results of yesterday! That fucking Compagino was like a goddamn stone in my shoe that I could never get rid of!" (Well? You're Rid of that Rock Now!)
So Vito you know what the real question to deduct from these latest chain of events is?!" (No. Tell me T!)
"I intend on telling you little brother! But first it's almost 7 o'clock & Robbie should be here any moment now. One thing I can say for the kid? He maybe alot of things but he is never Late! This guy is always on Time! (Unlike Me?!)
"Yes! Unlike You V! But as you said earlier: It is What it is! I love you brother!" A.J. said Chuckling patting Vito across the back as the descended downstairs together to greet Rob.
Robbie Pontecorvo arrived exactly at 7AM Sharp at the riverfront condo.
"What the fuck is this place T?!" Robbie asked as he scanned over the five story condo in between the Upper Bay of the river w/ a dock & boathouse & a golf course. on the opposite side.
"This is the new Sopranos' residence. I bought it for Stella's belated Wedding Present. Did you have an easy enough time finding this place?" (No. Not w/ GPS!)
A.J. tells Vito to give Robbie an envelope from the Family for his mother's death.
"I don't want it." Rob bluntly refused to accept it holding out his arm. Vito looks at A.J. who knods his head a for Vito to give it to him again. (Take it Rob) Vito urges him but Robbie refuses a second time & A.J. groans as he turns his head to look away.
After an awkward momentary pause A.J. turns back to face Rob staring eye to eye. Neither man blinked.
"Give me that fucking envelope V!" A.J. rips it out of Vito's hand to hold it up & ask:
What the fuck is so wrong about accepting this? Are you too Proud? Or maybe it is you're too goddamn Good to accept it?--Which is it Roberto?" (NEITHER.)
"NEITHER?!" A.J. glares over at Vito who stood w/a blank look across his face.
"OK. --Let's start over here! Who am I Rob?" (Answer him Rob!)
"You are the Don."
"OK Then!
"So Whose Don? Am I? (My Don.)
"There you fucking go Rob! So now that we have established that let us continue. Vito refresh Roberto here's memory of what the first two "Always Nevers" are:
#1 The DON is AWAYS Right.
#2 The DON is NEVER Wrong.
"So when your DON gives something to anyone it is always right & it is never wrong unless the person recieving refuses to cheerfully accept it which is a sign of disrespect & dishonor."
A.J. hands the envelope back to Vito & he lights a cigerette before instructing Vito to give Robbie the envelope which he gladly accepted once A.J. made himself clear. (Thank-You Anthony!)
Robbie reaches out his hand to shake & A.J. accepts to shake his. Then Robbie bows his head to kiss A.J.'s ring assuring him that he would never make that mistake again.
"Good Man!--I knew you'd see it my way!" A.J. cracks a smile.
I know you don't think you need it Rob but you could find it useful to replace your broken A/C heat-pump?! Maybe remodel & refresh the house if you're going to live there? Rip out the carpet spray a fresh coat of paint & purchase some new furniture?
It would certainly up-grade your creature comforts & may make you & Alle feel better about matters? I'm only saying--You do whatever you want w/it." (Thanks T!)
"Don't think about it Rob. Trust me--You will be asked/required to kick up for a thousand more envelopes for others before your lifetime is over living this Life!"
A.J. leaves the condo once Vito & Robbie left to play his new neighbor Raymond Curto Jr a surprise visit to inform him of the dinner celebration in Tommy's Honr that evening at the CRASS Night Club located outside of Lincoln Park. As well as delivering his freshly cremated mother Nucci's Urn of Ashes.
& To inquire about who the person of this Kevin Sharkey gentleman was that Vito spike of earlier? Was he actually a Made-Man who would still be on the Family Books? & Could he be trustworthy enough to have a useful purpose?
Now that Jake was gone & Compagino being out of the way A.J. could use any additional qualified & willing soldiers.
(A.J. also had full intentions of recruiting Perry Annunziata back into the Family as an associate to be a Driver & for Back-up Muscle.)
CONCLUDING
PART 4
. . .
(To Be Continued)
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