THE YOUNG SOPRANOS PART 5--XIX (CONTINUED)
THE
YOUNG SOPRANOS
PART 5--XIX
BY
J. BECK
2024
. . .
(CONTINUED)
XIX
"WHO DO WE HAVE HERE?!"
Francesca sat up in her hospital bed looking past Carmela sitting at Franny's bedside reading the Russian Novel: "DOCTOR ZHIVAGO" by Boris Pasternak First Edition Published in 1957.
A book that Vladimir gifted his older half sister during his visit to the hospital Sunday.
"Who is it Franny?!" Carmela asked as she turned sideways in her chair while blindly marking the book page on her lap to look back preening her hair being startled.
"Pray Tell--How did you two get here?! Don't tell me you landed your helicopter on the hospital roof?!" Franny asked smiling.
"CARMINE & CARRIE!" the two Luppitazzi Siblings stood inside the hospital room door.
Carmine III stood holding a large bundle of fresh cut flowers in cray paper in his arms. & Carrie held a small gift bag & card.
"Yes--We brought the helicopter over from Long Island but we had to land at Newark Airport! Carrie answered. Even their mother Nicole came stepping into view standing alone outside in the hallway.
Carmela rushed to stand to straighten her wrinkled skirt before leaning forward to kiss Franny atop the head while patting her near hand. Noting how Francesca instantly perked up & appeared genuinely happy to see her visitors.
Stepping aside Carmela gestured waving her wrist for the brother & sister to come closer as she welcomes each of them w/ kisses on the cheeks. Then she excuses herself to allow the young people to visit as she went to join Nicole out in the hallway closing the door halfway behind herself.
Carmine III laid the glorious bundle of flowers across Francesca's lap who cradled them in her arms tightly to inhale their aroma.
"These are so Wonderful!" Franny exclaimed smiling.
"Mother fresh cut each of them selectively from the mansion gardens!" Carrie interjected.
"But as we can see--Our Flowers aren't a very original gift idea by the looks of all the other flower arrangements you recieved from the multitude of your caring family & friends!"
"Oh--But your Flowers are Special! Although all these others are beautiful & meaningful?! They weren't hand picked & cut fresh as your very thoughtful gift!" Franny insisted holding them even tighter.
Carrie hands her older brother the gift bag as she slides a card onto the bedside stand for Franny to open after they were gone.
"Give it to her Silly!" Carrie nudged Carmine w/a pointed elbow.
"Here--This is for you Francesca!" Carmine shyly reaches the gift bag out to her w/ both hands.
"OH--WHAT IS IT?!" Franny aasked giggling as she removed a jewelery box from the gift-bag. (OPEN IT!)
Gasping Francesca covers her mouth as she stared down at the glowing gold necklace chain with matching earrings & a solid gold bracelet w/ her name engraved inside it.
"OH MY FUCKING GOD!" Franny choked to hold back her tears.
"Do you like it?!--It was Carmine's idea!" Carrie s.iled knowing Franny's answer.
"YES!--YES!--YES! I LOVE IT ALL! YOU SHOULDNT HAVE!--BUT. IM SO HAPPY YOU DID!" Franny extended her arms still holding her flowers & her gifts to hug & kiss Carmine on his cheeks first then on the lips w/ spriting tears.
Then she had a group hug including Carrie who offers to assist Francesca to put on the chain necklace w/a golden cornetto horn.
"The golden Horn amulet wards off Evil & has Healing qualities! So you can fully recovered & regain your strength again!" Carmine sincerely added.
"I was afraid you might be disappointed me once you learnt that I am not a Virgin?!" (Why would you think that Francesca?!)
"Oh--I don't know. I don't know why I even just said that!--I apologize!"
"Oh Please Don't. Don't ever apologize Franny! Not to me--Not to Us! Not to Anyone for being yourself! Carmine responded.
"We love you Franny for who you are! For being that free spirit you are! You are an Artist & Music is your medium! " Carrie added.
"Yea--Like we are two Pervs. & We make dirty movies as our contribution to the World?!" Carmine laughed making fun of their Lone Wolves Production Studio.
"We do more then just make Porn!" (WHAT?!)
"CARMINE--ENOUGH." Carrie Snapped.
"Besides--Who can claim to be a Virgin anyway?! We all got Fucked just by being Born!"
"Carmine--Don't start in w/that whole Heidegger & Dasein Bullshit!'" Carrie scolds her brother w/grinning glare."
"Oh--So Now Heidegger's Existentialism is Bullshit?!" Carmine protested.
"See how my little sister bullies me Franny?!"
"I'll Bully You--"Little Carmine!"
'DON'T FUCKING CALL ME THAT ALEXANDRIA!"
"Whatever." Carrie ignores Carmine as she shoves him aside w/her hip & rolling her eyes to assist Francesa who lifted the back of her hair up so Carrie could latch the gold chain around her slender craning neck.
"You two are too Funny! You sound just like A.J. & Meadow bickering!" Franny laughed as she held up a hand mirror to admire her new necklace.
Carrie stood behind her to see Francesca's glowing reflection from over her bare baggy hospital gown shoulder while brushing out Franny's bed-head of hair.
"You & Vito ddon't ever argue?!" Carrie asked.
"No.--Not Really. Vito has always spoiled me & always gives me my way! Maybe it's because he knows what a Psycho-Bitch his little sister is!" Franny laughes at herself.
"See Carmine--Why don't you spoil your little sister & give me my way?!" (Never.) They both laugh in agreement.
While Carmela & Nicole were chatting outside in the hospital hallway Meadow arrived to join them. Meadow was ecstatic to see Nicole giving her big hugs & kisses.
Carmela stood looking on w/her hands on her hips glaring. (What Mom?!)
Carmela turns her cheek towards her daughter. (WHAT?!)
"WHERE'S YOUR MOTHER'S HUG & KISS?!" She asked whispering loudly.
"Oh My God!--Really?!" (Yes. Really!) Meadow complies reluctantly blushing.
"Now See. That wasn't so hard was it?!" (I hope you're happy now embarrassing me?!)
"Why would it be so embarrassing for you to kiss your mother?!" (Well for one --We are in Public!)
'Oh so what you're really saying is I am an embarrassment to you?!" (NO. Now you're just Twisting my Words!)
"AM I?!" (Mother!)
"Don't "Mother Me" Missy!--See what you have to look forward to Nicole?! Becoming a Public embarrassment to your children?!" Meadow dismisses Carmela telling Nicole not to listen to her.
"I am the one being embarrassed. Being disrespected by my own daughter in "Public!"
"OK MOM!" Meadow begins crowding Carmela's private-space by putting her arm around her while she adjusted her mother's small crucifix necklace.
"DON'T MEADOW!--I know what you're doing! Now you're just being mean & mocking me!" Carmela pushes Meadow off her & walked away leaving them.
"COME ON VITO--WE GOTTA GO!" Vito kissed Venus on the cheek as he pushed himself down to awkwardly follow A.J. out to their car.
"What's Wrong w/ You V?!" (Nothing.)
Vito drove A.J. from Hell's Kitchen after their lunch to meet the rest of their Young Sopranos Crew at Yonker's Casino Hotel. Enroute enabled the two brothers to carry on a private conversation:
"How is George?" (Fine. I Guess.)
"Yea?" (Yea.)
"WHAT?" (He's Love-sick over Meadow!) The two brothers laugh.
"I came to talk to him about fencing all that high-end jewelry that Jack Black had robbed while we were gone to Italy for our wedding & honeymoon. Now that I had it appraised by Coco's friend at his daughter's soup kitchen last evening!" (Soup Kitchen?!)
"Yea. It's a Rustic Joint. Nice enough place & it had a really clean restroom. (But?)
"But the Menu was much Lacking--Patty & I just settled for the Daily Special!--It was OK."
"So--What did Parisi want w/you?" Vito asked as he pulled out turning right to go north in Yonker's direction. (What do you think?!)
"He wants to be a Made Man?!"
"Now how in the Fuck did you know that V?!" (Lucky Guess?!)
"OK Smart-Ass. Tell me Why? then." (He wants to revenge his brother's death & his father's suicide?!" (Goddamn you Vito!--HOW THEN?!)
"He wants your permission to "Clip" Albert Barese." A.J. remains silent as he gives his little brother a sideways look across the front car-seats while he lit a cigerette.
"You're beginning to make my ass sweat Vito! What? You got some ESP shit going on here or something?!"
"NO T.--I only deducted once you said my original guess was correct. " (Why would you deduct that?)
"Because if I were Patty?--That's What I'd Want!" (Good Point!)
"So what did you say T?!"
"OH--YOU DON'T KNOW THAT TOO?!"
"NO.--I'd never attempt to predict or try to second guess you A.J. No one but a Fool would dare assuming to know your next move."
"Oh you Flatter me little brother!" So without answering Vitos intial question A.J. changes the subject:
"What about that Rhonda Shit?!" (What about it?)
"Christ Vito--Now you're sounding like Roxanne!" (Why?)
"I just seen her earlier before meeting you back at the office." (Yea &?!)
"& She appeared as she could care fucking less about Rhonda's death." (I care. But she did it to herself.)
"Is that what you think?!" A.J. asked coyly inhaling his cigarette.
"What the fuck do you mean T.? Isn't that the Story? She Jumped & killed herself?"
"What if I told you that she didn't jump?!" A.J. asked awaiting Vito's answer as he remained silent staring straight ahead driving. (How would you know that?)
At that point A.J. realized that Vito hadn't spoken to Stella about it.
"Stella told me!" (Stella told you What?)
"Stella told me Rhonda didn't Jump!" (How does she know that?)
"Because she killed her!" (WHAT?! STELLA? KILLED HER?! HOW?!)
"She picked Rhonda up & tossed her off the goddamn roof!" A.J. half chuckles. (& You think that's Funny?)
"YEA.--SORTA. WHO'D EVER THINK STELLA COULD DO THAT?! MY WIFE!" (Yea. I guess You're Right?! WHO'D Think It?!)
"She says to me: " Just call me an over-protective wife!" ( Stella was Jealous of her?)
"NO.--Or at least that's what she claims?" A.J. said. (Well ?--Why Then?) A.J. paused taking a deep breath:
"Rhonda was a FBI Informant!" A.J. slaps the dashboard. (PISSES ME OFF!)
"You gotta be shitting me Anthony!" (No. That's what Stella told me!) A.J. pushes himself down.
"What the fuck's wrong w/you?!--We will be at the Casino soon enough & You'll get to see Allegra Marie!"
"Oh No.--It's just talking about this! It is just making me all horny again!" A.J. admits. (AGAIN?!)
"FUCK YEAH!--Stella made me so fucking hard when she confessed Rhonda's murder to me that we had a night long sex marathon like two wild beasts--"To the Fauves!" (To the Who?!)
"Nevermind.--Just Drive!" A.J. laughs slapping Vito's thick shoulder pointing forward.
"So where did you see Roxy?" Vito asked to change the subject on A.J.
"At Bobbi's House. I was dropping Melissa Barese off there. The hospital discharged her this morning & she's going to stay there w/ Neesha taking care of her until she's fully recovered from her injuries." (Really?!--That's nice of you T.)
"You Think?--It seemed like the least we could do for her after being violated in such a violent manner being a Made Man's Daughter. What Geno did was Wrong & he paid for it w/his own life in the end when he threatened her Uncle Albert." Vito silently agrees.
"So--I had to ask Roxanne if she knew about Rhonda being a Rat!" (YOU DID?)
"You're Fucking Right I Did! (What She Say?!)
"What do you think she said V?!" (She had No Idea?!)
"Of Course--She Claims! She didnt know anything about it!" A.J. slaps the dashboard again harder in rapid-fire succession:
"GODDAMN IT VITO!--FUCKING CUNTS!"
Vito remained silent before announcing:
"WE'RE HERE!"
Inside the Sacrimori Sisters Allegra & Catherine stood together in the Casino Hotel main entrance lobby anticipating the two Young Soprano Brothers' soon arrival.
They were informed by Perry when he & the Palmice Brothers came w/ their Russian volka delivery that they coming behind to meet them there to the Sacrimori Sister's Delight.
A.J. & Vito made their grand entrance to be immediately greeted by Allegra & Catherine w/ long hugs & big kisses before their mother
Ginny came around the corner to join in & crowd her daughters out of the way as she squeezed herself inbetween the two handsome Soprano Brothers.
"Have my men made it here w/your delivery?!" A.J. asked.
"Oh Yes. They have! & Here You Two Are Too! I didn't think you'd take me up on my offer?!" Alegra giggled.
"Oh--For you Allegra Marie? I'd take up any offer you made me especially when you offer to pay me more money!" A.J. teased.
"Well --Let's go upstairs then Big Boy so I can pay up!" Allegra winks w/dirty grin taking his near arm to steer him towards the elevator. Leaving her mother & sister Catherine to play tug of war over Vito! (GIRLS!)
. . .
(To Be Continued)
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