Chapter 02

‘Santa Maria Madre di Cristo (holy Mary mother of Christ’ she yells as she looks at the caller id ‘not now’

‘Monalisa honey’ the caller says weakly ‘please come back home, I’m seriously sick…. *cough cough*… I want to see you before I die’

‘Seriously mother’ Monalisa replies angrily as she sits up ‘you and I both know nothing can make me come back home well except a relative is DEAD, so mom stop pretending cause I’m not in the mood’

‘Monalisa dear I’m really serious ‘she replies as she coughs and composes herself for some minutes ‘Monalisa please come to New York, have pity on this old woman’

‘Seriously mom, you’re not old, you’re just forty-s....’

‘Monalisa, just stop talking about my age, *cough cough* whether am old or young, I am your mother and it’s absolutely normal for me to miss my child’ Monalisa mom pauses for a while before she continues ‘besides I’m really sick and am receiving treatment from our family doctor,  Mr. Wood’

Lisa sighed and debated in her mind whether to go home or not. ‘Fine mamma, I will come home, expect me tomorrow.’

‘Really’ her mom said, one would know she is elated because of the tone of her voice.

‘Yes mamma’

‘Ok darling see you in the tomorrow bye’

‘Bye’ Monalisa replied as she hung up, she then lay down on her bed and stands up immediately, she takes a ribbon and uses it to tie her jet-black hair.  After tying her hair, she walks out of her room to the living room where the Cosa Nostra (members of a mafia gang) is.

‘Silvia, is the contract signed?’  Lisa asks her secretary as she uses her fingernail to itch her tattooed neck and sits on a vacant blue couch.

‘Oh My God, I’m so sorry boss’ she replies as she stands up and goes near Monalisa with her head bowed.

‘WHAT?’  Lisa shouts and Silvia flinches ‘get that contract signed before I f*****g blow your head with ma pistol,

‘Yes boss’ she replied and dashed out of the living room

‘You scared her Lisa’ Amanda, Lisa’s best friend who had a petite structure and a long natural light hair says as she drinks her alcohol.

‘She deserved that besides she’s too damn slow’ Lisa replies as she sighs and relaxes on the blue couch

‘Lisa, are you worried about something’ Luca a thin guy who was a natural red hair asked ‘or did something bad happen’

‘No, nothing bad happened but it’s just my mom is sick and I’ve got to see her so I’ll be staying in New-York for a while’ she then paused for a while before she continued ‘Angelo while I’m gone take care of the business and everyone, if there’s a problem don’t hesitate to contact me’

‘Ok boss, I’ll do my best’ Angelo said.

‘You better, and you guys’ she said referring to both Amanda and Luca ‘you will follow me to New York since we are the only ones who are still in high school’

‘Ok boss’ they both replied obviously excited’.

‘Good’ she stated as she watches her gang members do their stuffs, she sighs as she relaxes her head on the couch and thinks whether going to New-York is the right decision.

AT THE AIRPORT

Angelo, Monalisa, Amanda, and Luca all sits on a long bench waiting for the time of the flight.  No words were exchanged between them, they were in a comfortable silence, and they were just looking at the people around them.

‘I need to use the rest room’ Luca informed Lisa as he stands up, Lisa gives him a sign of approval by nodding her head and he walks away on a hurry. Lisa checks her wrist watch 2 minutes after luca had left and mumbles incoherently looking at the direction he had left multiple times.

‘What in the name of God is luca doing in the restroom’ Angelo asks no one in particular as he also checks his wristwatch ‘it’s almost time for your flight’

‘No idea’ Amanda replied not focusing on anything but her red pants.  Luca starts to approach the trio and seemed to think about something as he walks sluggishly.

‘What the hell took you so long?’  Lisa asks pissed off by his action and that seemed to snap him out of his thoughts.

‘I’m so sorry boss’ he apologized looking anywhere other than her eyeballs.

‘Angelo, do exactly what I told you to do….  Ok’.

‘Yes boss, bye’ Angelo replied with an expressionless face. ‘Let’s go’ Monalisa says talking to both Amanda and Luca.  They both stood up and started walking away. 

Amanda who was at the back of Lisa held her pants because it was dropping,  Luca who had been watching Amanda intently tried not to laugh as the scene while Amanda glared daggers at him as she struggled with her pants but what they did not seem to notice was that Lisa knew everything going on at her back.

 ‘I wonder why I ever took these immature teenagers with me …   Maybe it’s because I am close to them’ she thought still pretending not to notice them.