Angeline Euphrasie

- Chapter 1 -

Stefano Arturo

"Hey Luci?" Leonardo called to his older brother across the living room. "Don't call me that Leo" was all he said in return, refusing to look up from the work on his laptop to answer his younger brothers unnecessary questions. "Luciano?" Leo asked again, finally he looked up from his work and responded, "yes?". "Do you have any weekend plans yet? I wanna go to this new club Riccardo told me about, it's supposed have the best drinks" he told him, smirking, "and hottest girls" I winked, making Leo's smirk turn into a grin. "My only plan this weekend is to try and start making ties with the French mafia again. So I don't care where you two go this weekend, just don't interrupt my work"

"The French?" I questioned, "haven't you been trying for years?". "Yes I have been trying for years" he sighed, "and I will continue to try until I get this deal, we need their help. No matter how incompetent I find the French, our mafia relies on them for our safety" he sighed. "Oh and ever since that girl took over they have completely cut everyone out but the Russians".

later that night

"Steffffff" Leo called from upstairs, "have you seen my favourite black button up shirt recently?". "Yeah, hold on a sec" I called back. It was nearly 10:00pm so I figured I would finally get off the couch and start getting ready for the club. Leo had just gone up the stairs to get ready just before he called for me. But Luciano had left a while ago, claiming that getting any work done while Leo was talking was impossible, he wasn't wrong. I made my way off the couch and up the corner staircase. I beelined towards Leo's bedroom. When I got there he was trying to scrape dried up dirt off of his shoes. They were his nasty "club loafers", at least that's what he called them. Personally, I would call them toxic waste.

"So? have you seen my shirt or not?" Leo questioned once again. "Yeah, I think it's in your closet", I said. "There is no way, i've checked every inch of that thing" he told me. I took two steps in to the large walk in closet, and almost immediately I found the white shirt sticking out from an overcrowded shelf. I grabbed it and roughly handed it to Leo. "There you go stupid, right where you left it". "Thanks" he said coolly.

It didn't take long for me to get ready. I wore the same black pants I had on since I got dressed this morning. I did change my shirt, I put on a red silk button up. I went over to my bathroom mirror to see what I looked like. Tired. I was always tired, work drained me. All I ever did was tortue and kill, it's what i'm used to, although sometimes I wish I wasn't used to it.

By the time Leo and I were ready it was about 10:30pm. We went down to the garage to get my car, only to find Luciano's car was missing. Leo was really concerned about this, I tried to explain to him that he probably just left when we were busy and didn't tell us, but that wasn't enough. Growing up in the mafia is tough, you never know if the time you spend with your loved ones will be your last. So I understand his worry. We both made the decision to call him just in case, he answered almost immediately. Leo quietly sighed in relief that his brother answered. "Pronto", Luciano demanded. "Where on earth are you? why didn't you tell us you left?" Leo questioned. "I'm going to that new club you were telling us about. You think I don't listen, huh?" Luciano teased. "Well I guess we'll see you there then" with that, Leo hung up. We got in my car, I drove fast. I was desperate to get drunk and forget all memories of the mafia, all memories of my life, all memories of pain.

I gave my keys to the guy at valet. We went up the steps, at the entrance there is a large neon sign displaying the name of the club "Fortuna". The music was loud, you could feel the bass from the speakers shaking the pavement outside. Leo ran his hand through his hair a few times then looked at me, with a desperate look trying to get feedback but I just shook my head and rolled my eyes and walked in. I didn't care about impressing anyone, I just wanna get wasted.