Chapter 7: Getting Close (Part 3)

Julia POV

Julia arrived and took a deep breath. "How much?" Julia leaned her back as he looks at Giusto.

"over two grand," Julia took a deep breath. She bites her thumb while watching her men doing their job. Tonight it was her first day as Don. She hasn't messed up the dealing with Cartel. She should make some reputation.

"You know him?" Giusto shook his head, "the new guy, huh?" Julia turned off her phone.shook his head, "the new guy, huh?" Julia turned off her phone.

Giusto nods. "You want me to check on him?" Julia nods. She drank her coffee and took a glance at Giusto's hand.

"You have a problem with your wife?" Giusto covered his hand.

"Mind reading? Why I'm not surprised!" Julia put her coffee cup on the cup holder. Julia get out of her car followed by Giusto and they walked approached the scene.

Julia approached one of her capos and patted his shoulder. "Don Salvatore. It's an honor for me..." Julia cut his word.

"I want to talk privately with all of you. Meet me at the office tomorrow at 4 pm," her capos nods and walked to another truck as Julia monitor Carlo's goods on from the side.

"Congratulations for you promotion, you deserve it." Julia looks at her left. She and Giusto straightened her bodies.

"Thank you," she said. Julia gives him the storage key, and he gives the briefcase to Giusto. Giusto opened the briefcase to check the money.

"Let me know if you need help," Julia nods. Salvatore and the Diablo cartel were a partner for decades. Thanks to Julia, she can maintenance good relationship with one of the most notorious cartel in Manhattan. The Diablo cartel.

A lot of gangsters use Julia's service. Salvatore Group maybe a company has an excellent reputation. A multi-billionaire construction company, but behind their 'clean' reputation, she also does a dirty work. Julia uses her company to laundering Salvatore's wealth and another gangster who wants double their assets, they will call her.

She runs the laundering money business, which is her specialty. Also, she tries to avoid taxes.

"Okay, listen up!" Julia took a deep breath and spots some of her soldiers act strange.

Cecilia's POV

Cecilia walks to the dining room with the help of her Nanno. "Nanno, where's dad?" he sat Cecilia in the dining room. Cecilia holds her white cane tight. She doesn't sense Rico's present on their house after Julia visit her. Cecilia waiting for her Nanno to answer, but she doesn't hear a single voice.

Cecilia took a deep breath and tap her finger on the table. "Here, try this." Cecilia eats the food. "How's?" Cecilia nods.

"Undercooked!" Cecilia put the fork on the table.

Rico snatched the pasta and eat it, "oh, shit" he put back the plate.

"Dad? It's that you?" Rico rashly walked to the bathroom.

Richard dragged a chair and sat on the chair. "There's something we need to tell you," before he says the truth, Rico appears.

"Dad? It's that you?" Rico hummed. He stormed to his room to avoid another conversation with her. Cecilia narrowed her eyebrow.

"Cecilia, it's better you take a rest." Cecilia tilts her head. "We talk again later." Cecilia stood up and walked to her room slowly. She closed her door and leaned her back on the door.

Julia's POV

Julia walks to her lobby, and she saw Camelia waiting for her. "Are you mad!?" Julia raised her eyebrow.

"Why? If your dad doesn't like it, it's fine. I can find another client." Julia opened the door. All people inside this house bow to her.

"Julia!" Mariano hugs Julia, "I can't sleep." Julia tries her best to not look tired in front of his brother.

"She tired, Mariano!" Julia rolled her eyes. She clenched his jaw and stared at Camelia.

"Listen up, Camelia Mazzetti!" Julia closed her eyes and groaned.

She forgot that Mariano on her hand right now. Mariano rubbed his sister's cheek, and hopes she can calm, "we talked later, Cam. Don't go anywhere," Julia said as she walked to Marino's room.

"Julia?" Julia hummed. She tucked Marino into bed and kissed his forehead.

"Can you tell me how it's like to become a mafia?" Julia took a deep breath and sat on the side of the bed.

"Don't say you want to become a mafia?" Marino shook his head, "in life there's plus and minus, pro and contra, right?" Marino nods. Julia turned the lamp off.

"Tell me! Tell me!" Julia lies on the sofa and looks at the ceiling. She took off her jacket and covers her body with her jacket.

"Pros, you've met someone will make you comfortable. Cons, you have a lot of…" she looks at Mariano and he was fell asleep. "enemy," Julia gets up and approached her brother. She took a deep breath and picked her phone. She saw 4 messages from Cecilia.

A smiled drawn on her face. She replied to Cecilia's message.

Cecilia's POV

Cecilia took a deep breath, and she let the AI read her message. "From Julia. I'm sorry." the AI said. "I turned off my phone. We have cosa notra tonight." Cecilia took a deep breath. She heard another notification and smiled.

"I already ate a burger and french fries. What about you?" Cecilia picked her phone. She wanted to replied Julia's message, but interrupted with a knocking sound at the door. Cecilia put her phone on the nightstand and she pretends to sleep.

"Cecilia?" Cecilia closed her eyes as Rico approached her.

After Rico leaves, she opened her eyes and looked at the ceiling. Cecilia tries to recall the what happened to her and her mom every night until she fell asleep.

Julia POV

Julia sighed as she put her phone on the floor. She sat and looks at her step-brother and smiled. "Don't followed you sister, Mariano. I'm trying to get out of this dark alley, but I tried my best to not let you and mom get into this mess." Julia picked her phone and get out of Mariano's room.

"Julia?" Julia looks at her mom, "does Mariano…" Julia hugs her step-mother tight.

She sad because of her Nonno's death, and her memories with her Nonno's played on her head like a movie. Gemma rubbed Julia's back.

"I know you were still sad about it," she pushed gentle Julia.

Julia wiped her tears and took a deep breath. "it's your responsibility now, Julia. All of expect this to happen." Julia shook her head, and she saw her dad pointed a gun on her head.

TBC