Life In Liberty City

Chapter 38: Alderney

During the night, Loona still hasn't come out of the room yet, which we assumed that she is asleep already in bed. Clara went to check on her again, but the door was locked. She unlocked it with a small screwdriver since it was an accidental lock mechanism door knob.

She noticed that Loona is knocked out to sleep with a half drank bottle of whiskey on the nightstand. Clara sighed and took the half finished bottle and left the room without interrupting her sleep.

"She's alright Stan, she is in a deep sleep and might be hungover in the morning." Clara says as she puts away the whiskey on the counter.

"Man..." I said while I sat down on the couch.

"She will be alright. We will help her out in the morning." Odette says as she closes the door.

"Are you heading to bed mom?" Clara asked.

  "Nah. Going to stay up to watch my shows." Carmilla says as she went to the kitchen for something.

As Odette and Clara headed to bed, Carmilla headed back with a bottle of wine and a couple of glasses.

  "Have you ever had wine before?" She asked as she poured some in our glasses.

"I had beer. Nothing stronger than that." I answered.

  I took a slip from my glass and it was a little bitter, but was a little good.

During midnight, we talked and watched a few thriller shows on the TV. I tried to stay awake, since I started to doze off a few times, and Carmilla noticed as she pulled me close to her. I gave in and just closed my eyes and fell asleep.

Carmilla chuckled a little as she turned off the Television and put a blanket over me while I rested on the couch and she headed to her bedroom for the night.

The next morning, Loona was a little hungover and she was more calm than yesterday. I did ask if she was okay, but she kept saying she was fine. I took her word for it as I helped pack our things and headed home.

"Hey Stan." Carmilla called.

"Yes ma'am?" I asked.

  "If you need some cash or any jobs from me for some cash. Give me a call. I do have some firearm deliveries to be done." She suggested.

"Sure. I will call you when I have some time for that." I spoke as I got into my Mercedes.

  "Come hang sometime Stan. We've enjoyed your company." Odette says as she gives me a side hug.

We said our goodbyes and I drove back to our penthouse. While the traffic was a little slow, Loona was still groaning from her hangover of her late night drinking.

"You alright?" I asked.

  "No. I feel like shit. Now I have to deal with my annoying step-father if he is waiting for us at our penthouse thanks to your stupid sister." Loona says with frustration.

"I'm sorry about that. She didn't know." I said while I gave her some pain killers from the glove compartment.

"Just please get us home Stan. I just want to take a relaxing bath in our jacuzzi." Loona says while annoyed.

"It may take twenty minutes.Traffic is really bad right now." I said while waiting.

"For fuck sake!" Loona curses as she tries to calm down.

"I know. I know." I said as I stayed patient in the traffic.

The traffic started moving again and were able to drive through Star Junction and headed to the apartment garage. We headed to our penthouse and Loona immediately took her clothes off except her undergarments and headed to the hot tub on the terrace. I sighed as I started unpacking our luggage and took our clothes to the laundry room.

My phone started ringing and I noticed it was Ava and I answered it.

"Hello?"

"Hey honey. I heard what happened. Is everything alright?" She asked with concern.

"Yeah, we are okay. We just headed back to the penthouse." I explained.

"Just be careful while being in public. The police finally stopped hunting down the mafia members, but I'm not sure that Rick might've been found." Ava says.

"Don't worry. When I find him, he will get what's coming to him." I spoke with a hint of rage.

"Just don't get killed." Ava says as she hangs up.

I finished putting all the dirty clothes into the laundry and went to check on Loona and she was relaxing in the warm water. I grabbed a beer from the fridge and sat down and turned on my ps5 and did some online gaming since Fox and Falco are online on some Modern Warfare battle royal sessions. I played a few sessions with them and communicated on our head sets and talked trash for fun like always. After Loona came back a couple hours later and noticed I was gaming with my friends. She went to change into some casual clothes and came back to the living room and grabbed her controller as she joined me on the online session during the early noon until we decided to get out of the penthouse for a bit and take a look around at Alderney island. It wasn't as great as Algonquin since it's mostly industrial buildings and a suburban residential area. Alderney used to be a hotspot of criminal mafia families, mainly The Pegorino Family which went extinct after Jimmy Pegorino was executed on happiness island. However, Alderney was more peaceful afterwards for new organizations. There were many hidden illegal businesses like casinos hidden in warehouses, counterfeit bill businesses, etc.

   We drove to the Hickey bridge which is the only bridge between Alderney and Algonquin islands and went across to the unknown.

"Have you ever gone to Alderney before?" I asked.

"No, I was trapped on Algonquin when the bridges were closed." Loona answered.

"Oh."

As we drove around, I received a call from Verosika and Loona was pissed about how she got my number. Loona snatched it out of my hand and answered it.

"God! What do you want?!" Loona shouted.

  "Whoa! Chill out Loona! We have something that you and Stan might like to make a deal on. Come by at this address that I'll text you later. Ava and Stan's friends are waiting for you as well." Verosika explains before hanging up.

"What does she want?" I asked while taking my phone back.

  "She has an opportunity for us, but I don't trust her because I know she is a snake." Loona explains.

"I know but she never betrayed us before. Come on, maybe it's something that will make us more money than ever." I suggested.

  "Fine, but if she and her friends tried to hit on you in the smallest way. I will tear them apart." Loona warns.

"Don't worry about that. You know I only love you right?" I asked while scratching her ear.

"Yes. I know." She says as she tries to calm down.

  We drove to the address somewhere south of Alderney as we saw Verosika, her crew, and our close friends waiting for us.

"About time you guys showed up." Ava says as she waits for us to come inside the warehouse.

"What is this about?" I asked.

"A way for us to make millions. A nightclub." Kiki says with excitement.

"And also a casino bro." Fox says with excitement.

  "And this can also help with your weed business since we can sell it here and keep it hidden." Ava says.

"How were you able to get this warehouse anyway?" Loona asked.

  "We were able to steal back the other half of the gold that Mr.Freddrick ripped us off on after his death." Verosika explains.

"We still have enough to do some renovations and decorating to turn this warehouse into a nightclub casino in a few days. Are you in, Stan?" Josh asked.

"If it can cover up my weed business, my sister won't worry about it. Then, yes." I answered.

"Your sister came back?" Ava asked.

"I'll explain it inside." I said as we all walked inside the warehouse.