My Ex Mafia

Chapter 29

My Ex Mafia
Chapter 29

Nicole

"Papa? " Sylvester said behind me and then it clicked. This rude person infront of me was Sylvesters father, that's why he looked familiar, they have similar features that's for one. "Ah Sylvester my we need to talk, but firstly why is one of your whores in my house?" he asked making me mad.
"Alright that's it" I said as I was about to jump him but Sylvester stopped me. "Easy Nicole, Papa this is Nicole and she's not a whore, so I'd appreciate it if you didn't address her as such" his voice was rough and steady. I eased up and so did his grip on me, but his hands were still around me.

His father looked me up and down as I stood in front of him still in my pajamas, he looked at Sylvester and shaked his head slowly as if he was disappointed. "so this is the famous Nicole that Rico told me about, the girl who is making you weak and a disgrace to the Gravano name. I must say she's a fiesty one but I'm not impressed that's for sure" he hissed and stepped closer towards me.

Sylvester turned his head down and released me, I turned to look at him and he had a sour expression. "she would have better off as one of your street whores who left before the sun came out" he hissed as he went to the kitchen.

I placed my hands on my chest and kept my head down, At least now I know where Sylvester got his heartless personality from "Papa stop it, Nicole leave us" Sylvester snapped "gladly" I rolled my eyes and left the two we I went to get ready.

Olivia invited me over to help her pack up some of my remaining clothes as well as hers. She was planning on moving back in with her parents for a while since her grandmother was sick and needed all the help she could get.

Being called a whore by a stranger was one thing, but to be called a whore by your exes father was another level of low and I really pissed me off.

How can someone just show up unannounced and insult you out of nowhere and what did he even mean by "I'm not impressed" was he not impressed with choice in clothing or me in general.

I couldn't stop replaying his harsh words in my mind as I cleaned myself up. Sylvester should of let me at least nail one hit on his father's smug face.

I got out of the shower and got dressed in a blue above the knee dress, it had straps and covered the top of my body nicely.
I grabbed a pair of high top black and white sneakers and grabbed my my purse with my phone and lipstick.

I came out of my room and walked towards the door. "I'm going to meet up with Liv, Rico is coming with me!" I yelled to Sylvester and closed the door before he could tell me another wise and before his father could judge me further.
"you can't stay inside for one day can you?" Rico chuckled making me laugh. "Nope, besides we're going to Olivia's she's going to stay with her folks for a while so you can say your goodbyes to her too" I smiled as I got into the car.

Rico got in and started driving. I looked out the window and saw there were more people on guard than usual. "what's up with the large amount of guards?" I asked as I turned to face him. "It's just an extra precaution, nothing to worry about" he said with a big sigh. He knew something that I didn't and I could tell he was trying not to tell me, my question was why and what was he trying to hide

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Sylvester

"why are you hear papa?" I asked as I poured him a cup of coffee. It was unusual for him to just drop by without a warning. "well this is my house Sylvester" he hissed. He seemed angry, well angrier than usual and I had no idea why. "I know papa, but what's the occasion, you're not one to drop by unannounced "
"I'm not here unannounced, I told Santos that I was coming, he's actually the reason why I'm here" he took a sip of his coffee and placed it down roughly.

It made even less sense to me now, what did Rico have to do with this and why didn'ty right hand man inform me about jy fathers presence.
"and it all makes sense now on why I was called here,because of that girl" he was referring to Nicole which made me roll my eyes.

"what about Nicole Papa?"
"she's ruining you, she's ruining my name! She's making you weak to the point where you want to kill Alberto Lucchesse, that's not how it's done!"

That son of a bitch, snitched to me and to my father out of all people. "with all due respect Papa-" "no! I will not let you go to war over a whore! That's not what I taught you, that's not what the Gravanos do!" he slammed the cup of coffee kn the table so hard that I thought he'd break it.
"when I left you in charge, I expected you to run this family with the same principles I had. I worked hard to keep the peace and fear in this city and I will not let you ruin it over a girl!"

He was right, when he stepped down as the head of the Gravanos he left it feared and untouchable, no one would even think about attacking us.
I applied the same principles that he did once he left, I followed in my father's footsteps perfectly, I called the shots and made people fear me way worse than they feared him, but I got sloppy and lazy on the way.
Once I met Nicole, everything changed, I skipped a few days just to make her happy and had no idea that I made her a target in this business. I tried so hard to keep her away from this life, that this life slowly took her in without any of us knowing.

"i appreciate you taking the time to come all the way from Italy to home. But I am I  charge now Papa and what I say goes, whether you like it or not. You stepped down and I stepped up, I do not care whether you like my methods of work but I am not you, do not undermine me!"I said as I stepped closer to him. My father was a ruthless man who wanted everything to be done his way and that's the man I grew up to be.

I wanted to handle this my way and so I would, he could no longer control me and he knew it. Maybe Nicole's presence in my life made me weak but it sure helped me grow to stand up to my father.  "that girl will die either way and you know it, if it's not by the hands of the Lucchesses it'll be by the hands of someone else. You can't protect her from his life no matter how much you try." he said and he had a point.

There would always be someone out to get her because of me, but I had to try no matter what. "watch me"

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What makes a man strong is  not the weapon he uses, but the woman who handed it to him.
Behind every powerful man, there's a woman by his side

Sylvester is showing his weakness and that's Nicole. But his weakness makes him determined to protect her at all times even if she doesn't know it yet.