Run

Connections

Squeezing through the hedge and out the fence me and Elena walk to where Nico is waiting. He's waiting in front of his car and as soon as he sees us he walks over and pulls Elena into a kiss.

I like Nico. He's kind, sweet, and caring, three traits no man in our world possess. "Gia" a window rolls down revealing three others in the car. I recognize two of them but the third a girl with black curly hair is new. "This is Jordan," Aaron explains. Aaron is Nico's best friend.

"Oh" I say smiling. Aaron is a bit of a man whore so whenever he introduces someone to us it means it's serious. "So when did this happen?" I ask.

Disgust flashes his features. "God Gia she's my sister". Oops, honest mistake

"You should have led with that. Besides how was I supposed to know, any woman I've seen you interact with, was solely because you laid them or wanted to".

"I did not need to know that" Jordan says.

Next to Jordan is Angelo Elena's dream man for me and her cousin. He smiles at me but doesn't say anything.

I'm sure he receives equal pressure from Elena to get with me. While he's nice there is not a single other factor that I find attractive about him. His father is also a Capo like Elena's but he seems to lack any interest in taking over. Elena says he's in college for some fancy sounding physics degree but to people in our business that's as good as graduating kindergarten.

"The hell am I supposed to sit". I ask as Elena and Nico finally pull themselves off of each other. "Pick a lap" Nico says shrugging. Thankfully Jordan squeezes to the side so I get an actual seat to sit on.

The party is at Vince's house. I know him through my cousins but we're friendly enough for me to get an invite. Usually we wouldn't go to these parties since they are full of people who know us but Vince is not a part of the business thus the only person who we are at risk of running into is Alessandro and Dante. But they rarely have time for frivolous parties like this.

There are dozens of cars parked near the gate leading into his house. I can hear the music and conversation from here. A few people are stumbling out already; it's nearly 2 but anyone who knows him knows that things only go into full swing around 4. I tell Nico to drive up to the buzzer and say my name. He does and the gate swings open, having connections is god sent.

Inside liquor is inhaled like water and smoke makes the air almost suffocating. I see a group in the back doing lines and bongs being passed around by a group sitting on a blue velvet sofa off to the side. I've been here a few times when the only people here were my cousins and Vince and in comparison to that this might as well be a different house. It's so crowded we have to weave through people. Many are too far gone to notice our presence but a few are alert and talking amongst each other. I spot Vince in the back talking to some girl who is blowing smoke into his face. I catch his eye and he excuses himself and makes his way over.

"The invite was a joke, Dante's gonna kill me if he finds out you were here" he says by way of greeting.

"Who's gonna tell him?" I ask, looking around. Not the crowd my cousin runs with so there's a slim to none chance that anyone will be talking to my cousin. Smiling, I ask "is Ricky here?"

"Why" his eyes narrow.

Why does he think. "He's so unbelievably hot and im dying to fuck him" I answer sarcastically.

"He'll be happy to hear that". Ricky is in his mid forties. He has a potbelly, he's balding, and smells like cheap cologne. Unfortunately for him that is not my type. In fact if he was the only man left on the face of this planet I still wouldn't fuck him. However he is filthy rich and has connections so he's able to catch women way out of his league. This has done a number on his ego making him believe he can bag anyone her wants. "He was up last I saw him" Vince adds.