THE YOUNG SOPRANOS PART 5--XXIII (CONTINUED)
THE
YOUNG SOPRANOS
PART 5--XXIII
BY
J. BECK
2024
. . .
(CONTINUED)
XXIII
Wednesday Evening:
The unidentified woman police officer stood behind Robbie Pontecorvo who was bent over a table naked inside an empty warehouse w/both of his arms out-stretched behind him by an overhead rope "Posing (him) the Question."
"So Scumbag--Here's the Question: Where did you get this COLE gym-bag?!" The woman asked in his ear.
"Ive never seen that bag." Robbie raises his head to answer.
With that the woman officer lifts her leg to kick the table that was holding him up forward from behind causing Robbie's body weight to drop & caused the rope tension to painfully increase stretching his arms in their sockets.
To Robbie's credit he suffered the pain without making a sound as he teedered on his toes to remain upright.
"WRONG ANSWER APOLLO!" (APOLLO?)
The woman officer stepped out from behind him to reveal herself to her victim & stood facing him as she leaned forward across the table beyond him.
"STELLA?!--WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME?!" Robbie asked glaring up at her before dropping his head.
Stella grabs a fistful of his sweaty head of hair to lift his face up.
"You haven't given me the correct answer to my Question yet Apollo?!--Where did you get this bag?!"
"I FOUND IT!"
"You found it?--So You found it just like I did inside your car garage where your mother committed suicide? WHERE DID YOU FIND IT?!"
"I FOUND IT LEFT IN A PARKING LOT!"
Stella drops his head & slams the table-top between them: "I don't fucking believe you Robbie." (It's the Truth!)
"NO IT ISN'T--THE GODDAMN TRUTH! The truth is you stole this gym-bag I found empty except for an illegal firearm left inside of it. Which I am certain has your finger-prints all over it! (The gun isn't mine!)
"NO?!--Well I can tell you this bag that was once full of drugs & money belongs to some poor fucker clinging to life laying in a coma after someone attempted to murder him & stole this bag!
Which I found in your garage w/only a gun left without serial numbers inside that has your finger-prints on it?!"
"I don't know what you are talking about Stella! I just found the empty bag in a parking lot like I told you?! Someone else must of committed the crime. Took the drugs & money & dropped the bag w/the gun inside it."
Stella leans down across the table to shove it back under his dangling body to take off some of the painful rope tension. (WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS TO ME STELLA?!)
"WHY?! BECAUSE YOU ARE FUCKING SLOPPY & YOU WORK FOR MY HUSBAND!" Stella hissed spit in his sweaty face.
"You are a goddamn liability to my husband Apollo! What if my partner would of discovered your misplaced bag & gun w/your fingerprints in your garage instead of me?!
Or Even Worse? What happens if my husband finds out about all this?!--You are a dead man Roberto Pontecorvo!" Robbie doesn't answer.
"The way I see it Apollo?! Either you are going to jail for a long time minium for drug trafficing this kilo of cocaine which you brought here to me in response to an unknown callers number? Are you really this goddamn stupid?!
Then you throw in the stolen gym-bag & an unlawful gun w/ your fingerprints on top the drug charges?! You'll be going away for a long time! & Then my husband will probably just have you whacked inside prison for being such a fuck-up. Unless". . . (UNLESS?!)
"UNLESS--YOU DO EXACTLY WHAT I SAY!" (WHAT?--WHAT DO YOU WANT STELLA?)
"WHAT I WANT IS YOUR DUMB-ASS TO BELONG TO ME!--& YOU WILL BE MY BITCH FROM NOW ON!"
(WHAT?!)
"You heard me!--Either you become my Bitch?! Or I will haul you in & charge you w/drug trafficing & attempted murder." (I told you I didn't try to kill anyone or steal the bag!)
"Very Well then Apollo!" Stella said walking around behind him again & begins to reading out Robbie's Rights to remain silent & if he needs a lawyer one will be provided for him when he agrees to her Terms.
"OK STELLA--I WILL DO WHATEVER YOU SAY. I will be your Bitch." (You will be my What?!)
"BITCH.--I WILL BE YOUR BITCH!"
"GOOD BOY!--Im glad to hear that for your sake & my husband's! & If you double-cross me?! I will simply kill you myself!" Stella assured him as she let the rope go & he fell face first down onto the table panting.
Stella removes the handcuffs & cracks him across the bare ass:
Now. Stand up & get dressed! You can keep the kilo & I will keep the cash. Consider it my Vig!" (VIG?)
"YEA. That's how it works--Right?! You kick-up to me & I turn my head. You may work for my husband but your ass belongs to me now Apollo. I want 10%. to peddle your dope on my streets!
I don't care what you're doing or where you are but when I contact you from this ghost phone number you better come running! You understand me?! (YES.)
"GOOD BOY!"
Thursday Morning:
A.J. wakes up along in his bed at the family condo & he can smell fresh brew coffee aroma coming from somewhere downstairs. Rolling out of bed he pisses & then goes to find the source of the early morning coffee smells.
"Meadow.--What are you doing here?!" A.J. asked as he took a mug from the cup-tree on the counter.
"What are you doing here?!" Meadow asked her little brother as she poured coffee into her cup first before filling his to sit at the bar.
"Well--For me I live her Bing!" A.J. answered as he inhaled the steamy hot coffee before slurping it.
"OK. So what you're saying is I don't live here?!"
"No.--I'm not saying that Bing. Although you don't technically live here but you are welcome here!" (Then I am a visitor?!)
"NO. You're Family & You're welcome here anytime you want. (I See--I thought you invited me to live here?!)
"I have!--Why? Have you reconsidered my offer?!" (OH--I wouldn't say that I've reconsidered but I like to know the offer still stands!)
"Oh Meadow you always know that is true no matter where I am. I want you by my side Sis!" (Good! Just Checking!)
"When did you get home?" (When did you get home?)
"I don't know--It was Late." (Yea. Same Here.)
"What are you doing up so early then?"
"I have to go to the hospital this morning to relieve Mom sitting w/ Franny."
"No you don't!" (What?--Why?)
"Because Franny isn't at the hospital! She came home yesterday while you were missing in action." (I wasn't MIA!)
"According to Aunt Barbara neither you or Mom had your phones on yesterday to be notified." (OH.)
Meadow gets up to retrieve her phone from her purse to turn it on & it was flooded w/text she missed. (I See.)
"No Biggie Bing!--She's downstairs on the third floor. Mom showed up at the hospital last night to relieve Aunt Barbie when she discovered Franny was missing. She's sleeping down in Franny's unit w/her & Alle now.
"So tell me--How did that happen?!"
"It's a long story Bing. Main thing is she's home safe & sound now!" (Safe & Sound?)
"Yea. I will have to explain it to you." (WHEN?)
A.J. paused to slurp some more coffee before telling her to put on her swimsuit while he grabbed a pair of shorts & meet him on the boat-dock. (OK?!)
"What are we doing down here A.J.? I am not going to swim in that filthy fucking river I can tell you that right now!" Meadow said w/her hands on her hips as he jogged up to meet her.
"You will if I throw you in!" & A.J. snatched up his big sister to hold her over the edge of the dock.
"DON'T GODDAMN YOU ANTHONY! PUT ME DOWN!" Meadow nervously laughed slapping his strong arms.
A.J. only laughes to gently set Meadow back down to stand up on her feet.
"Come on Bing!" A.J. hopped down into his small cruiser boat & tossed her an orange life-jacket as he put his on. (What for?! Where we going?)
"No Where--Let's just go for a ride so we can talk in private & watch the sunrise over Gotham City from the river. (OK--Whatever!) Meadow giggles as she strapped the life preserver on to join him aboard the watercraft.
A.J. checked the time on his wrist watch as he backed the boat off the dock to disembark towards the NYC Shores.
A.J. explained the situation at Question surrounding Francesca's urgent release from the hospital the day before.
He told Meadow everything.
"You got to be shitting me Anthony?!" (NOPE. Its the Honest Truth.)
"What the Fuck?!--You don't think Hymie is involved in something like that do you?!" Her question rose a rage up inside him as he gripped the steering wheel tightly w/white knuckles.
"NO.--I CANT IMAGINE THAT BING!" He lied. (I sure hope that's the case.)
"So no one comes or goes from the condo to visit Franny at the condo except for family & friends. No medical people besides Dr Karen who discharged her & agreed to make doctor-calls at home for her. The two Palmice Brothers will be at the condo constantly in her company until she's fully recovered. (Does Franny know all this?)
"NO.--Only You Vito & I know this besides Dr Karen & I want to keep it that way!" (I understand T. Mums is the Word.)
At that moment they reached the opposite Shores across the Hudson River. A.J. idles the boat down & checks his wrist watch.
"It only took us ten minutes to cross the river." (Yea?)
"See these public docks--with a parking lot beside it?" (Yes.)
"If you were to reconsider living at the condo w/us in Jersey? You could park your car here & bring the boat home to the condo!" (WHAT?)
"YEA!--Then in the morning you just take the boat back across to your car over here waiting for you already in the city. It's convenient & quick as you have just seen. & No Traffic Jams or bridges to cross! I'm just saying: It's something to think about Bing?!"
"Ahhh Anthony that's so thoughtful & sweet of you to suggest! You are the best little brother ever!" Meadow hugged A.J.'s thick neck & kissed his rough unshaved cheek.
"So does that mean you will do it then?!"
"NO.--I just said it was thoughtful of you!" Meadow giggled as she took his arm & rested her head upon his shoulder while he turned the boat around to return to their family's condo on Jersey's Shores.
"Oh--By the Way:
Franny has decided where she's going to attend Music Collegee this Autumn!"
(WHERE?!--COLUMBIA U?!)
"NO."
(WHAT?!)
. . .
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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