Letters To The Mafia Don

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Julian King

As soon as I was out of the car, I slammed the door so hard I thought the glass would have shattered. "Now Julian, calm down. It's not as bad as you think, trust me." Lance assured. 

"You told me that I had to promise not to get mad. It must be pretty fucking bad if you don't want me to get angry. Now let me go into my fucking house before I tie you up and use you as my brand new punching bag." 

"Yes Boss." He bowed his head and instantly moved out of my way. When he told me not to get mad I was expecting something like Ellie (my gun) had gone missing, or my mothers vase was broken. What I hadn't expected was to be greeted by Leonardo, the traitor, to be sat in my living watching Gilmore girls. 

"What. The. Fuck." Leo reaches for the remote and turns off the TV before turning to me and straightening his suit jacket. 

"Boss." I whip my head towards Lance who is stood at the door looking anywhere but me.

"You have got to be fucking kidding me. 6 months! 6 fucking months I was gone and you have already let this betraying piece of shit out of warehouse!" I yell. "Did you really think I wouldn't be mad when I saw this dick? And why the fuck are you watching Gilmore Girls?"

"Boss, it's not what you think. We got it wrong, he didn't betray us- well he did but it was for a good reason." Lance tries to defend him.

"How is any possible way of breaking Omertà a good reason? Hm? If you have one please enlighten me. I will happily be wrong." Lance looks at Leo. Leo looks at Lance. I look at both of them.

"Was he being sarcastic?" Leo asks. 

"Yes I was being fucking sarcastic! I am not wrong! You betrayed us! Ci hai tradito per unirti ai russi, fottuta fica!" [You betrayed us so you could join the Russians, you fucking cunt!] I was pissed and angry. "We were supposed to be brothers and dropped us like we were an inconvenience. So don't you dare tell me that we were wrong because even if we were wrong I don't care, I don't give a fucking shit because you still betrayed us." 

"Julian I am sorry! I'm sorry! I had to do it, I had no choice the Russians were working with the French, they had joined together and they were planning to attack you. I decided, stupidly, that I would go and earn their trust, pretend I was on their side. That meant I had to break Omertà. I overheard Dimitri talking to Pierre, they gave all of the information that connected you to every single criminal you committed to the FBI, that is how you were arrested. They also made sure that you went down for life, Boss there is some real dirty pigs in that Prison. They have one guy in there, Devon Thompson, he is really dirty he is working with Dimitri and Pierre sending them information about you. Julian you weren't supposed to be coming out, at all the only way you were supposed to be coming out is in a casket." 

"What about the other men?"

"They were in the wrong place at the wrong time, Boss. It was only supposed to be you. The FBI came up with a plan to just connect them to the crimes you were doing and the fact that you was in a warehouse full of weapons and a blueprint of the Russians place, it did not do anything in yours or their favour." Leo finishes.

"Lance is this true, have you checked up on this story of his?" I ask Lance who is standing by the, now closed, door.

"Yes Boss, everything adds up."

"Why didn't you come to us?" I question, glaring at Leo. "All of this could have been avoided if you told us your plan."

"I wasn't thinking at the time! I wanted to protect my friend, my fratello." [Brother] He pauses. "I had to do something and by the time I was going to tell you, you had found out there was a rat and connected it to me and I had no time to tell you what there plan was because you was too busy beating the shit out of me, I decided that maybe I should just accept my fate and I understood that you wouldn't believe anything I said so I kept my mouth shut."

"Well I might beat the shit out of you again!" 

"Don't! I feel like I am still trying to recover now." He groaned, rubbing his ribs. 

"I am not apologising. Not going to happen."

"I didn't think it would."

"Good. Now enough of this sappy shit, we have to become Mafia men again."

"Not yet." Lance protested. "Who's this girl you've taken a liking to? Is she the Queen you have been longing for?" A wide smile immediately found its way onto my face. "Ooo I think Julian is in love." Lance sang. 

"Shut up. I am not in love, I don't do love. I have just taken a liking to a girl and she is the perfect fit to be queen, that doesn't mean I love her."

"Well if you see her anymore then you will definitely fall in love with her." Leo stated. 

"Yeah Julian, oh do tell me what her name is? What colour is her hair? Her eyes? What is she like?" 

"Jesus Lance calm down. You're like child. Why on earth did I allow you to be my Consigliere?"

"Because you grew up with me and you love me."

"Nope I most certainly do not love you at all." 

"Ah I have missed this." Leo commented.

"Missed what?" I ask.

"This." He said, pointing at all of us. "Yours and Lance's constant bickering, just everything. I'm happy that you're back Boss."

"It's good to be back. Those prisons were disgusting, trust me when I say I will never go to a Motel ever again." I sigh. "We have to be careful now, we have to do thorough back ground checks on every one we form an alliance with including our current alliances. We do not tell anyone about what is happening outside of this Mafia and even with the people on the inside we have to keep it on a down low, I still think there is something going on and the only way the Russians could have gotten all of that information to give to the FBI is for there to be another rat."

"What do you want to do Boss?"

"First I want to sleep in my own bed and have a shower in my own bathroom and have a home cooked meal, and then I want to go and get my Queen." I grin. 

I have missed being back.