My Ex Mafia

Chapter 13

My Ex Mafia
Chapter 13

Nicole

"Rico please talk to me" I said as we sat in the car in silence. Rico knew more than I did and I was aware of that, but he needed to explain why he got so jumpy with Kevin.

"how do you know Kevin?" I asked and he sighed. "I know everyone in this city Nicole it's my job, he's a cop a Hella good one and I'm sure he knows that you and Sylvester have a history. He could be trying to use you to take down Sylvester that's why I don't like him and that's why I don't want you around him" he let out.
I was unsure of whether he was telling me the truth or not but he had no reason to lie to me. His story made sense and that's all I needed to know.

"you can't tell me who I can and cannot be friends with Rico and besides, Sully and I are over and Kevin is a nice guy" I said to him with my arms crossed.

"that's because he has to be nice, it's an act"
"it's not an act Rico"
"please... Please just be safe, don't let your guard down"
"like I let my guard down with Sully"

"Nicole" he said in a soft tone. "look I get it, be safe, don't let my guard down Yada Yada Yada. I'm okay, I just got back home and I'm just trying to get settled in again, I missed my home, I missed my family and friends it's been two years since I left, since I ran away from this life of Sylvesters that I had no idea was real. I just want to go back to being the old version that I was before I found out who you guys really were. So I'd really appreciate it if you could stop following me around. I'm not a kid goodbye Rico" I said before getting out of the car to go to work.

I felt relieved to finally get that out of my system. I said my part and watched Rico get out of the car and he walked away. Hopefully that meant that he would leave me alone.

I turned the corner and suddenly felt a sharp pain in my head as I feel unconscious into someone's arms. I didn't know what happened and who the person was but when I woke up I found myself tied to a a bed with my back on the bed rest.

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Sylvester

I was sleeping peacefully before someone barged into my room uninvited. "wake up Sylvester!" he said as he walked to the curtains and opened them up letting a large amount of sunlight hit my face leaving me exposed to the harsh raze of light.
"go away Rico I'm still sleeping" I said as I turned my head the other away and covered my head in the pillow.
" it's 10am, we have work to do!" he pulled the sheets off of my body and I got annoyed.
"then go deal with it Rico, your my right hand man you can handle it. Now leave."

"unbelievable" he whispered under his breath and left. I had no intention in working today, work was the last thing on my mind, all I could think about was Nicole thinking back to the day I first laid eyes on her.

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Flashback

I was with Rico and we were on business dinner at one of my restaurants discussing plans with the Gambino family on how to merge our families together to be more powerful. But my head was elsewhere.

A beautiful woman sat by the window in a red dressed that clinged to her body perfectly. She sat Alone with her head tilted towards the window with a cocktail in her hand. I couldn't take my eyes of off her, it left me wondering how she was alone on such a night in this beautiful restaurant.

That was before a gentleman sat down with her and she smiled but seemed uncomfortable. " what is someone as beautiful as you doing alone in this place?" he asked her. I observed the view carefully as she spoke back. "I'm just waiting for my date, but I don't think he's coming so I'll just head out" she said as she stood up from her chair. "I can take you home if you'd like" the man insisted and I felt a tad annoyed. " I'm good thank you, I'll just call someone" she said as she tried to walk away from him but he stopped her. "please, let me help you, no one as beautiful as you should go home alone at this hour, it's dangerous" he let his hand sit on her waist and she carefully moved away from his grip.

"Uhm Sylvester are you paying attention?" one of the Gambino members said as I broke my attention on the girl and back into the meeting. "I'm sorry you were saying?" I said but my eyes went back onto the girl. "please move"  she said softly as she didn't want to cause a scene "let me take you home"  the man continued and that's when I had enough.

"I'll be back" I said and got out of my seat and walked towards the girl. "is there a problem here?" I asked the girl as I kept my eyes on the guy who was bugging her. He was scared once I placed my hand on his shoulder, he clearly knew who I was and I liked that. "no none at all Mr Gravano, I was just leaving" he said and I smiled as he walked away.

I turned my head to face the girl and saw her face completely. She was beautiful indeed with her brown eyes and perfect body. "Thank you" she said softly as her voice was just as perfect. " no need, he will be dealt with for disturbing you" I said with a firm voice. " wow aren't you Mr tough guy" she laughed making me lift w brow at her in confusion. "was that supposed to be funny?" I asked, I felt mocked. " well Yeah... I'm sorry it's just you said you'd deal with him so... You know what nevermind. Thank you again Mr Gravano was it?"

The way she said my name in question formed confused me even more, did she seriously not know who I was. I was one of the most feared people in New York and she had no clue.

" yes and you are?"
"Hues, Nicole Hues"

Hues, I was definitely going to do some research on her up later on. "well Mr Gravano I should be going home now" she said as she grabbed the remaining stuff of hers on the table. "well then I'll take you"  "oh no I have a cab waiting for me outside so there's no need" she said as she took a step towards the door

"then I'll walk you to your cab"  
" oh there's no need"
"i wasn't asking now let's go"

I walked towards Rico and grabbed my blazer from the chair. " where are you going?" he asked me as he was confused. "I'll be back, please rap this meeting up so long" I said before meeting up with Nicole once more.  "so Nicole, how old are you?" I asked as she looked incredibly young from a closer view.
"I'm 19 and you?"  Jesus Christ she's younger than I expected her to be. I don't know if it was the dress or the makeup that she had on that made me assume she was older in the restaurant or if was my imagination hoping for a better outcome.
" 27" I let out before we slowly began to walk towards the cab that seemed to be closer than I expected. "well damn aren't you an oldie" she laughed making me stop waking. Did she just call me an oldie?
"did you just call me an oldie?"
"i mean that's what you are is it not?"
"I'm not an oldie, that's very disrespectful, do you know who I am?"
"should I know?"

I was about to reply but thought about it. Should she know? I was drawn to this girl with everything in my body and she had no idea who I was and what I do. She took the time to walk with me and It made me wonder. If she knew who I was would we have shared this short moment together?
would she be scared of me? Hell yes, she wouldn't of given me her time if she knew who I was.

She looked into my eyes as the moon shined in hers, leaving me mesmerized in her gaze.
"I'm no one important" I made the choice to keep my life separate from the conversation.
" yeah that suit says otherwise" she said making me laugh a little "I'm a businessman, this is casual attire"
"well Mr Gravano-"
"Sylvester"
"mmmm okay Sylvester my cab awaits me so I'm going to go, hope to see more of you" she said before leaving.

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Present day

And she wasn't wrong, she did see more of me. I made sure of it.

I let go of the thought of her and went downstairs to the kitchen. I couldn't let the past that I had control me, I was a Gravano I had to keep my eyes on the prize and be realistic, Nicole wanted nothing to do with my lifestyle, she was my past and could no longer control my present.

But the only issue I had was that I couldn't believe that, no matter how hard I tried to, I couldn't.

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