The Prototype

15. La Cosa Nostra

MARCELLUS POV

In February, Italy is still experiencing winter weather, with cool temperatures across the country. The north is generally much cooler than the milder southern regions.

Over the last four days, I've flown back and forth from Rome to Sicily which is only a four-hour flight from one another. Both regions, the weather was great due to the warmer climate.

Today I was in Milan, Italy which by flight is almost two hours from both Rome. Milan is the main city in northern Italy and it is the economic-financial capital of Italy. It is located in the plains of Lombardy.

In Milan, it was a bit cooler, definitely a climate difference from Rome and Sicily.

My Wednesday morning and evening here consisted of business meetings which are always common when I am in Milan.

I have a variety of different businesses through Milan; Lombardy, Italy. Lombardy, Italy is known for its industrial and commercial region of Italy. Milan, known as the chief city, and is one of the largest industrial centers of Italy that produces iron and steel, automobiles and trucks, and machinery.

It's the center of banking and wholesale and retail trade. My businesses always prosper and I without a doubt bring in an abundance of wealth and assets as I have my hand in both industrial and commercial industries.

Nonetheless, I was finally able to relax for a few hours before my next trip for a business meeting.

Staring out at the view of Milan and all of its glory as I relaxed in the black leather chair of my office in my penthouse that shows breathtaking, panoramic views of Milano, Lombardy Lake Como, Italian Lago di Como, also called Lario Latin Lacus Larius, which is a lake in Lombardy, northern Italy.

This was about the most relaxing moment of the trip as I have been with The Casamonica's Mafia more than once in Rome and also traveled to Sicily, Italy to visit Joseph Salvatore.

After I invited Joseph for Dinner at my Restaurant in Sicily to catch up, the next day which was yesterday, he invited me to his estate for private brunch as we discussed and reminisce on more personal things such as him and my father's relationship, him and my grandfather who is my mother and Godmother's father.

We talked about all of his accomplishments and how successful he's been as Boss of the Sicilian Mafia for so long. He expressed how proud he was of me following my parent's death and the transition from PBM to an Italian Mafia such as the Galileli's and how it is now the biggest and most wealthiest 'Cosa Nostra' he likes to call it as Sicilian families rarely say the word 'Mafia' in Sicily.

Cosa Nostra means 'our thing', and it's very common for many of them to say Cosa Nostra instead of the term Mafia.

Joseph and I talked business as he then offered me to travel with him for the rest of the day for an overview of some of his business ventures around Sicily, Italy.

Unfortunately, through conversation, he mentioned him still planning to propose either Leonardo or Vincenzo as Boss once either of them have officially proven to him their fullest amount of loyalty, dedication, and commitment to the Sicilian Mafia and Salvatore Family. Another main focus of his is to see which nephew would bring in the most money and bring the most success to the family.

His goal is for the Salvatore family to be what it once was. The biggest. The wealthiest. The strongest. Powerful and untouchable. Therefore he wants to see which Nephew will be able to do that and how will they go about doing that.

That information only made me wonder more as to why Vincenzo would want Tempest. There's no way he knows anything personal about Tempest.

Verbally, she does not and will not, by her choice break her NDA until she is ready or when she wants to and that's even if she ever wants to.