The Young Sopranos

  THE  YOUNG SOPRANO PART 2--XXXI By J. BECK 2024 ... (CONTINUED) VLADIMIR SOPRANO XXXI Meadow entered the funeral home office walking Compagino backwards with both hands up to open the door for her as she glared him down--daring him to open his mouth. Compagino could only look patheticly in A J 's direction as he stood pouring his guest a drink with a half smile of humor & discuss. "What is it Meadow?!" A J. chuckles as he served his guest a drink. "Forget about him Bing--What do you want?" Meadow continues to give Cork the evil -eye without breaking her glaring stare to ask: "What's wrong with Janice? She just bolted out of here like she seen a ghost & it was apparent she's having a panic-attack!" Then Meadow looked over at A.J. as she gave Compagino a stiff-arm shove up against the door & she sees who her brother's guest was. (I See.) A.J. steps aside & asked Meadow if she remembered Svetlana Kirilenko? "Yes--Yes I d...

  THE  YOUNG SOPRANO PART 2--XXX By J. BECK 2024 ... (CONTINUED) XXX Before A.J. can return to the locked funeral home office to check on his two cousins Tommy & Bobby who were counting all the envelopes of money collected that day from condolences & tributes Deanne Pontecorvo cornered him. "Anthony--I apologize for insulting & disrespecting earlier in the funeral home office.  I feel terrible & embrassed for my children & myself." A.J. sincerely assured her that no apologies were needed. He understood her pain & grief as well as her resentments for his late father & the Family.  "If anyone should apologize it should be myself for striking your face." "OH--NO. I deserved that Anthony! I actually needed that to snap me out of the distorted past & to face the honest reality. Not to mention--I found the blood-rush arousing!" Deanne winks with a warm smile & a single tear running down her cakey make-up cheek which A.J. remov...

  THE  YOUNG SOPRANO PART 2--XXIX By J. BECK 2024 ... (CONTINUED) XXIX A.J. left the locked funeral home office to Tommy & Bobby to count the cash that he recieved throughout the afternoon as the Don Anthony John in tributes & condolences. A.J. decides to duck outdoors to get a blow of fresh air but was greeted by a hot furnace blast of the Heatwave to his face exiting the rear side door. A.J. lit a cigarette & notices Alle Pontecorvo standing alone under the tired tree shade in the private funeral home parking lot behind the tall privacy fence. ALEXANDRA (ALLE) PONTECORVO Stepping up to her she greeted A.J. with a warm smile. "Do you mind if I join you in this intolerant sweltering?" Again Alle politely smiles without acknowledging either way. "Can I ask you a direct question Alexandra?" "Sure Mr Soprano." "OH. Please drop the Mr--just call me Anthony or A.J." "OK. Anthony. You can call me Alle too! So what's your question A...

  THE  YOUNG SOPRANO PART 2--XXVIII By J. BECK 2024 ... (CONTINUED) XVIII A.J. left the funeral home office to go downstairs to the kitchen. Walking in through the swinging double doors A.J. walks directly over to open the refrigerator door when Charmaine approached him.  "I want to Thank you A.J." "For What?-- Charmaine?" A.J.  asked as he turned to face her before returning his attention to the contents inside the frig.  A.J. chooses a large chilled yellow delicious apple to take a big loud bite of the juicy sweet apple with Charmaine standing speechless. "I didn't do it for you Charmaine." A.J. said assuredly as he walked away taking a second bite making a saitey sounds as he chewed it with an open mouth & swallowed to finish saying: "I did it for them!" VENUS PAGILIERI A.J. walks across the kitchen to approach Vito & Venus: " I should of known I would find you down here little brother!" Covering his mouth with one hand t...

  THE  YOUNG SOPRANO PART 2--XXVII By J. BECK 2024 ... (CONTINUED) GEORGE PAGILIERI (RETIRED MOB BOSS) XXVII Compagino opened the office door to inform A.J. there was someone there to see him. Looking up A.J.  from sitting behind the desk where he sat pondering all that he had heard & learnt throughout the long afternoon of receiving guest. "Who is it?" A.J. asked. Compagino shrugs his shoulders & made an ugly face to say he didn't know?! A.J. motions to Cork to allow them in. "GEORGE!--GEORGE PAGILIERI! I hadn't realized that you came!" A.J. reaches out his hand to shake & embrace as Compagino closed & locked the door. "Well I had planned to attend the funeral at St Stephen's tomorrow but when I learned that Venus was personally delivering food from "Little Napoli's" I invented myself along!" "I am glad you came George!" A.J. said as he poured each of them a half a glass of rum. "I am glad I came to...

  THE  YOUNG SOPRANO PART 2--XXVI BY J. Beck 2024 ... (CONTINUED) CAITLYN MOLTISANTI 10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER OF THE LATE CHRISTOPHER MOLTISANTI & KELLI LOMBARDO MOLTISANTI  XXVI A.J. steps out to speak to Compagino in the hallway to tell him to assign those two Palmice brothers with Bryant's construction crew on Thursday morning. Commenting they would pouring be a concrete slab to build 50 new storage units rentals.  "Tell Bryant to put it on them that first day to see what they are made of & will they show back up for work the next day. If they shake out have them show up for a half a day on Saturday."  When they concluded their conversation Carmela approached them holding the hand of a beautiful little 10 year old girl with a bald head. & Her widow-mother Kelli Lombardo Moltisanti the wife of the late Christopher Moltisanti who died from injuries he suffered from a car-accident ten years before. CARMELA SOPRANO (WIDOW) A.J. smiles as his mother Carmel...

 THE  YOUNG SOPRANO PART 2--XXV BY J. Beck 2024 ... (CONTINUED JOSEPHINE "JOSIE" PALMICE (WIDOW) XXV Compagino opens the funeral home office door to inform A.J. that Josie Palmice & her family was there to see him.  A.J. stands up from the corner table announcing: "I'm Out!" Pretending to be pulling out his empty front dress slacks pockets. "We should start calling Rob the "Rabbit's Foot" Either he's really good card-player or he's the luckiest motherfucker I've ever seen?! He cleaned me out in short order too!" Raymond agreed slapping Robbie across his broad back laughing! A.J. could see Raymond had as much fun loosing as Robbie had winning as he counted his money. The two young men left the office as Josephine Palmice leads her three grown children in past Raymond in his wheelchair looking up at each of them with Robbie following behind him. Josephine Palmice bowed her head to lift A.J.'s ring hand to kiss it with he...