Honor Thy Mother And Thy Father Ch 08

Chapter 8A

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THIS IS A NOVEL!

27. Fruits and Nuts¬¬¬¬

It was raining heavily, in downtown Manhattan. Victoria Valentino was shopping in her local D'Agostino market. It was not busy, and she was surprised, when another woman bumped into her. She reached across her body to touch a tomato. As she withdrew her hand, the woman placed a note into Victoria's hand, and said "Stephano."

Victoria closed her hand around the note, and continued to shop for a short time. When she couldn't take the suspense any longer, she went to the ladies room and locked the door. The note read, "Mrs. Valentino, Stephano is getting married to Patricia Garrett-Parent; William Zabo's daughter. Bruno has been informed, and he has approved of this match. We can arrange to have you speak to your son, prior to making arrangements for you to see him, and attending his wedding. If you wish, we can take you to the airport now, and you can leave immediately. Or we will wait until you are sure this is not a hoax put on by one of the other 'Families' to take you captive. The choice is yours. A black car is in the back of the store; it will take you directly to the airport, if this is your choice. FBI."

She had no idea what to do. This could be a note from one of the other family's to take her, and put pressure on her husband not to testify against them, as they said, or this could be the real thing.

She wrote on the rear of the note that she wanted to speak to her son, before she did anything. She found the woman still shopping in the store, and passed the note back to her.

She returned to her shopping cart and continued shopping. As she was putting cans of Pope Tomato's and Paste into her cart, a man said, "Ma'am, you dropped your cell phone."

She knew it was not her cell phone because hers was gold and white, and this one was black. She said, "Hello!"

Stephano said, "Mama, it's me Stephano, don't say anything. No one can know you're talking to me. Wait until you have made a decision, if you want to come to my wedding or not. Mom if you would like to leave today, follow their directions. They will keep you safe. If you are not ready to leave, they will watch for a sign, or you can speak into the telephone and say that you are ready to go. Your phones are monitored 24 hours a day. If you cannot come, I will understand. I have spoken to dad, and he is fine. I do not know where they are hiding him, but they are treating him well. I love you Mama, and hopefully I will see you soon. Goodbye."

Victoria had a smile on her face when she said, "I am sorry sir, but this is not my phone."

"Thank you, ma'am; do you believe it belonged to the woman who went out the back, or the front of the store?"

"I believe it was the woman who went out the back of the store."

"I am positive she is still there. I will bring it to her. Have a nice day mam."

Victoria tried to locate her husband's men, who were always watching her, and checking on her as she walked up and down the aisles. She returned to the produce section, and was getting ready to leave through the back, when one of her guards found her.

He asked her how much longer she would be.

She said, "It should not be long now. I have to get some nuts, and then I have to go to the dairy aisle to pick up the items for my lasagna. Then I believe I will be finished."

He replied, "Okay, Mrs. Valentino, I will get the car and meet you out front."

She moved her cart to the dairy aisle, where the man who gave her the cell phone met her. They retraced her steps and walked out the rear of the store. He put her into the back of a Ford Crown Victoria, and drove away slowly.

It took her guard fifteen minutes before he wondered what was keeping her. He walked back into the store, went to the dairy aisle, and found her cart abandoned there. He asked if anyone had seen Mrs. Valentino leave the store. No one could remember seeing her leave. He asked to see the security tapes. When the tapes were rewound, they saw her being taken out the rear of the store, by a man in a black trench coat and hat. His face obscured on all of the tapes by his hat. He knew where every camera in the store was. He was definitely a pro.

The guard ran outside to the car, and found it being ticketed by a police officer. He said, "Mrs. Valentino has just been kidnapped. I just watched the security tapes. Someone took her out the back of the store; I have to get help."

The officer stopped writing and called the crime in to his precinct headquarters.

All hell broke loose; from his Precinct Captain, all the way down to One Police Plaza, where the Chief of Police was pulled out of a high-level meeting to be told the news. After a stream of expletives, the Chief called George Fellock, New York's District Attorney. He used longer words than the Chief, but they meant the same thing. George breathed deeply, and gathered his wits about him. He wondered if he should bend over now, or wait for the US Attorney to drill him a new ass hole first. He decided it did not matter.

Fred Fielding got on the phone and asked, "What can I do for you, George?"

"They took her, Fred; they took Victoria Valentino."

"Already, I didn't think it would happen so soon."

"What do you mean, 'I didn't think it would happen so soon?' What are you talking about?"

"I knew it was supposed to happen this week, George, but I didn't think it would be this soon."

"You took her, you son of a bitch, and you didn't tell me."

"Are your people running around looking for her, George?"

"You bet your ass they are."

"Now you know why we didn't tell you. It had to look real. It had to look like one of the families took her to keep Bruno from testifying. He even kept a straight face, when he talked to his son. He was told of our plan to kidnap his wife so she could be at Stephano's wedding."

"He probably did not have a one-point rise in his blood pressure, when you told him about it."

"You have that right, George. He just told us not to fuck it up."

"I would have hated to meet him on the streets, when he was in his prime. That bastard must've been as cold as ice."

"I couldn't agree with you more. Don't call the police off this case. Let them search, and do whatever they think is necessary to find her. She will be back in three or four days. We will pick up the overtime tab."

"That is mighty nice of you, Fred, but who is going to pay for the heart they going to have to put in my chest, because of you?"

"George, it is all part of the training for higher office."

"I make more money than you do Fred, and I work for New York City."

"You had to say that; didn't you?"

"Next time you will tell me in advance, when you are going to pull a stunt like this, you prick."

"Not until they pay me more than they pay you, you pussy."

"Goodbye Fred."

"Goodbye George."

Forty minutes after she left the market, Victoria Valentino was in the air, traveling westbound. She did not know her destination; she just knew she was on her way to see her son, and that was good enough for her. She was handed a phone. "Hello?"

"Hello Victoria, are you surprised by their little subterfuge?"

"Yes, Bruno, I think you could say I was surprised. Why didn't you tell me that you were going to turn yourself in? You scared all of us to death, when your man came running in, and said you were taken away in a limousine."

"It is all smoke and mirrors, my dear. They want you to look one way, while they take you the other. I cannot even begin to guess where I am, and I am not even allowed to say anything more about it."

"Is it true, you have spoken to Stephano about this wedding?"

"Yes, I have, and I have given him my blessing. I hope it works out for them. I have spoken to her father, who I know I have wronged for so many years. This was my fault Victoria. I had her mother killed, because I was a hardheaded old man. William and I should have been friends, instead of enemies. I would like you to treat him as a friend when you get there."

"Bruno, I have known you for forty-two years, and that is the first time I have ever heard you say that you were wrong. That must have really hurt you."

"Not as much as you would think, Victoria. It was due to a conversation I had with Stephano, before I talked to William. All the threats they made about hurting him, all the pictures I saw of him being mangled and bloody were fake. Stephano told me he was never hurt. They treated him well, because they could not hurt an innocent man. I had innocent people killed, because my pride would not let me forget a vow I took when my father was killed. I blamed the wrong man, when I knew the men who really killed my father. I have confessed this crime, and many more to the government attorneys. I am implicating the heads of the other four families, in many crimes throughout the years, also. I will never be a free man again, Victoria. Begin to make a life of your own. Prepare for your own future, without me. You might be wise to divorce me now, and take the house and whatever monies you can, before the government seizes everything."

"I am sixty-one years old, Bruno. I have never worked a day in my life. Where would I go, and what would I do, without you."

"Stephano and the girls will always be there for you. There are trusts set up for them, and I do not think the government would leave you penniless. I will not allow that to happen to you. I will work that out with them. Speak with Stephano about this, when you see him."

"I will Bruno. Will they ever allow me to see you?"

"I doubt that will ever be possible, unless I have an open court date. They may allow me to see you then. I do not believe the other families will go after you, because this is business, and not personal. If they do take you, tell them anything they want to know. Hold nothing back from them. I do not want them to have reason to hurt you."

"I can take care of myself. I have learned how to do that over many, many years. You need not add me to the things you have to worry about. I want you to stay alive, even if I have to visit you in jail."

"Thank you, Victoria; you have always been a good and faithful wife."

"You're welcome, Bruno, you have always been a good husband."

"You never mentioned one word about my dalliances."

"You always came home, and that was more important to me, than anything else."

"I love you, Victoria, I always have."

"I love you, Bruno, I always will."

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"Come back any time Robbins', I will have your enemas ready and waiting for you."

"Callaway, the only way they will get me back into this hospital is if you are in China. You have the coldest hands of any woman I have ever met."

"You know what they say Robbins, 'Cold hands, Warm heart.'"

"Callaway, you don't have a heart."

"I know you do Robbins. I saw it when it wasn't beating, remember? Now, get out of my hospital."

"Doc said you don't own the hospital."

"Doctor Vincennes is not getting laid, either."

Susan yelled from the car, "Are you two finished yet, or is she moving in with us so you two can continue arguing?"

"She started it, Susan."

"If you are not in this car in thirty seconds, I am leaving."

"Goodbye, Callaway, it's not been fun, but it certainly has been interesting."

"Goodbye, Robbins, if I ever need to have anyone killed, I know who to call."

"Susan, don't forget to call and set up his rehab appointments."

"I will do it first thing in the morning Callaway. Callaway you have to have a given name. I feel like I am insulting you by using your last name all the time."

"No, you can call me Callaway, Susan, I don't mind."

Susan said, "Come on nurse, what is your first name."

"If I tell you, you have to promise not to laugh. I didn't choose it, my father did. I think he wanted a boy so badly, when he got me instead, he picked the first thing he saw and named me after it."

Alan said, "Come on, Callaway, it can't be that bad."

"Callalily.

Susan said, "Say that again."

"You heard it the first time. My name is Callalily Catherine Callaway."

Alan said, "And you need me to kill somebody? I'm surprised that he is still alive after you were old enough to hold the gun to his head."

"My mother divorced him, before then. I have not seen him since. That is one of the reasons I have student loans to repay."

"Would you like me to find him for you?"

"Could you do that for me?"

"Name and Social Security number will do it."

"I will call you tonight or tomorrow. Thank you Alan."

"I repeat, are you two finished yet, or is she moving in?"

"Do you think the bed is big enough for three?"

"Alan, you barely survived a woman tackling you. I am a woman with a horse whip; do you really want to tempt fate twice?"

"No, dear, please take me home.

As Susan started to drive away, Alan yelled out the window, "Goodbye, Callalily."

Callaway screamed, "Robbins, you are a dead man."

Alan yelled back, "I know."

Susan smiled, when she said, "Someone has to tell me why that young woman is not off the market. She is quite a catch."

"Not only that babe, she has balls of steel, and she is one hell of a nurse."

"Would you like to explain that to me?"

"She helped me take down numbers four and five, and she didn't bat an eyelash."

"Maybe that's why no guy will go near her. Her balls are tougher than theirs are."

"Could be honey, all I know is she helped me take down two of them, held one more captive, while I took down number six, and got me to the OR before I died. I owe her a bunch."

"You have a strange way of showing it, Alan."

"She loves all that friendly banter Susan. She gets off on it. She loves to show who the boss is while she is working. She doesn't take shit from any man, especially a man like me. That's why I kept pushing her buttons, and she kept pushing back."

"Well, she is cute as a button, isn't she?"

"Did you see how she changed colors when she hit, Doctor Vincennes? Both her parents must have had a fair skin, because she went from pale white to fire engine red in an instant."

"Okay, Alan, here we are, home again, and I am your nurse. If you ever want to visit the place your child is growing, you had better not piss me off."

"Okay, Callaway, I got the message."

"Oh, I am worse than Callaway, I am Miss Good Knight, remember?"

"Can we visit the barn and start over?"

"Do you think you could walk that far?"

"If you get naked right now, and walk slowly, I will get there. I don't know when, but I will get there."

"I would die of exposure by the time you got there Mister Robbins. Now take my arm, and let's get you into the house."

"Will you get naked when we are in the house, so I can see your belly?"

"If it will help you heal faster, yes, I will."

"I am feeling better already."

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Jemma and Patricia were food shopping, when Patricia threw a pair of heavy oven mitts into the cart.

Jemma said, "We have those in the house already."

"Those are for a special purpose,"

She winked at Jemma, and told her about her plan.

Jemma smiled and nodded her head.

As they passed the utility area of the store, Patricia picked up a roll of duct tape, and put it in the cart.

Jemma said, "You are not taking any chances are you?"

"Nope, none at all Jemma."

When they were finished shopping and on their way to the front of the store, Patricia picked up a large beach ball. "This is the bait."

They returned to the villa, they brought everything in, without any help from the men, naturally.

When Stephano saw the beach ball, he got curious and asked what it was for.

Jemma said that she and Patricia had a bet, and she would explain it later, after dinner.

They spent a lazy afternoon reading, working on their computers and waiting for notification on the progress of getting Stephano's mother to them. They sat down, had an enjoyable meal and Stephano asked about the beach ball again.

Jemma said that they had seen an advertisement for these Teflon coated oven mitts. They were so slick that you could not catch a beach ball with them. The man on television had the mitts strapped to his wrists, so the gloves could not move, or be adjusted. One of the studio audience members threw the ball and the host supposedly could not catch or hold on to the ball. Anyone who could replicate the test, film it, and prove them wrong would get $50 thousand dollars.

Jemma said, "I thought it was worth a try."

William laughed, "Jemma, they are so sure of themselves they got you to buy the gloves."

"William, the gloves are nine dollars. They are not going to break the bank."

"Well, you are not going to put them on me."

Patricia looked at Stephano, and asked, "Please, lets' try it. It might be fun to find out if Jemma is right."

"Since you said, please, I will do it. Jemma, what would you like me to do."

"Stick your hands out, while I read and follow the instructions." Patricia and Jemma made a big show of what they were doing. They put the gloves on his hands, took strips of the duct tape, and wrapped them around the gloves and onto his wrists. When they had used up almost half the role of the duct tape, Stephano began to wonder what was going on.

Jemma took one last look at the directions, and threw them into the waste bin. She looked at Stephano and asked, "Are you ready?"

He said, "Yes, but aren't you supposed to set up a camera?"

Patricia said, "Let's see if it works or not, before we do that."

Williams said, "He is going to catch it on the first try."

Both girls replied, "Yes, we know."

Stephano said angrily, "What do you mean you know?"

Patricia smiled, walked over to him, and said, "I know where your hands aren't going to be tonight."

William, Jemma, and Patricia laughed at the look on Stephano's face. He was furious. "Take these things off of me right now."

"No, thank you. I am a lot safer now, then I would be, if your hands were free."

"What happens if I have to go to the bathroom?"

"My dad will assist you."

"How did I get involved in this," William asked.

"Jemma told me your remark about losing my virtue, before my wedding night. It is not going to happen, papa."

"Jemma, you are going to be punished."

She smiled at him and said, "Can we start now?"

Patricia hit her arm and said, "Down girl."

"I am already married. Butt out!" She shifted her hips and pushed Patricia away.

"Watch out girl; he has turned that thing into a lethal weapon."

"I am available for instructions."

Stephano said, "I will stay like this, if you go with her."

"You are staying like that, and I am not going with her. She has advanced degrees in that subject, and I haven't entered kindergarten yet."

"I know, but you are an extremely fast learner."

"Remember what I told you Stephano, "Lie down and think of England."

William said, "Do you know who that quote referred to dear?"

"No, papa I don't."

"It was actually an Italian princess, who wound up having thirteen children."

Stephano broke out laughing, until Patricia punched him in the ribs.