Chapter 3: Get Hooked
NICHOLAS
"Lets get down to business." I told everybody in the meeting room as me and my father sat down. I looked around the room and inspect the people sitting around me at the table, my father at one side and me on the other across from him. As I analyzed everyone at the table, I realized that there was one person missing, my sister.
"Where is your sister?" asks my father though no one answers him. They all just stare at each other daring each other with their eyes to speak up. Of course no one does it. Why do I have to do everything? I'll tell you why; because everyone other than me and my sister is afraid of him.
"Well, obviously she is not here." I state. "It's not like she cares about these meetings anyway" I mutter and hope my father didn't hear that. But, regardless of my muttering, the way my fathers face went from a blank to glaring at me means he heard me loud and clear.
"Since she's not here yet, I'll start with our less important issue: The French..." Now before my father could finish his sentence or rather start it. My men decided to have a little "fun" they like to call: finishing each other's sentences.
"...bulldog?" Says Jack. He's the joker in the gang.
" ...toast?" Asks Derek. He's always thinking about food.
"...kissing?" Ryder asks. You can already guess what part he 'plays'.
"Fucktards!" Yells Mica(mee-cah), while standing up and slamming her fists in the table. She's the computer expert and has serious anger issues. But, if I'm completely honest we all kind have those issues.
"Wait mica, are you calling the French fucktards? Or us fucktards? Asks Ryder with a curious face. All the while they are bickering my father has his face in his hands. He's probably cursing in italian. I however, am smirking and tired as hell.
"First of all I'm calling you fucktards because all you ever do is joke around and I'm sick and tired of it!! Second, don't you ever call me mica again, you know I can't stand that name! So I would prefer if you call me Jaden. That is my middle name after all. Thirdly, I'm not sure if you three are just thick. But our leaders..." She points to me and my father. " ...are tired from a long night and don't have time for your antics so speaking for both of them. I say shut your pieholes and listen!" She then sits back down like nothing happened and went back to looking at her nails, with a face that translates to: if you utter one syllable I'll hunt you down and gut you like a fish!
"As I was saying the french are at their last end so they plan on teaming with the U.S. We need to find a way where they can't go ask help from the Americans again or it will just end up like it did in the last war, we had. Unless we can persuade both the Americans and the French to trade with us." The Americans and the French have always had an agreement of sorts. I guess it's because of that statue they call a symbol of freedom. Ha!
After about a half an hour we have found a way to get what we want. And as if she was behind the door the whole time, my sister walks in like she owns the place, without a word.
"I see you've finally decided to join us" states my father with a huge smile on his face. She sure is daddy's little "angel". As you can tell I put angel in quotes. My little sis sure ain't an angel from heaven, more of an angel of death.
"Yes. Sorry I'm late. I had a late night at work last night. I'll try to make it on time at the next meeting." Suck up. I glare at her, but she glared right back challenging me to point out that she just didn't care. I listened to her, because if there is one thing I know from hearing her and mom angry. It's never piss off a woman.
"That's quite alright dear. Now that everyone is present we'll get to the more important issue: Nicholas's betrothal" As soon as he said the 'B' word I started to choke on my vodka. While everyone else in the room was laughing except my father. When they saw he wasn't laughing their smiles did a switch to confused.
"As I was saying Nicholas has to get married or at least find a suitable wife before the end of this month or I'm giving all my money and inheritance to Vanessa. Now before I get people arguing that a woman can't lead the mafia. I was planning to give her everything and forcing her to marry Nicholas's second and command. Which in this case would be Alonzo."
Vanessa and Alonzo took one look at each other and shivered. They hate each other. Once they had time to take in what my father had said they both yelled at me in unison: "GET HOOKED!!"
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