INTRODUCTION
A Dark Sicilian Comedy of Terrors told from the point of view of a modern Italian 22 year old woman of pleasure for adult entertainment purposes only.
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SCHEME.
The Don's major-bozo put the second fluted glass of lemonade and ice cubes on the worn little table between me and my boy friend's father and then the geezer creep beat a hasty retreat, leaving us on the veranda over-looking the bay of Palermo in the dawn's early light.
Franky's been fucking me for a year and he's never once taken me to his father's villa. Still hasn't done it. I'm here because the Don sent me yesterday a beautifully hand-written note inviting me--without Franky--for morning lemonade. He has superb penmanship.
I picked up the sweaty flute of lemonade and tried my best to take a demure sip. It was tart. The way I like it.
"Will Donna Volpone be joining us soon?" I could barely contain my nervousness. I had met the Don in passing in the Club a few times, but I'd never met Franky's mother. He had a photo of her next to his bed. She had auburn hair, same as me. Though my hair color doesn't come out of a bottle. She married Franky's father father when she was eighteen; she still looked good for a woman in her late 30s, if your into that MILF thing.
"She's gone to your hometown with her entourage for a few days Assunta." The Don's deep voice got a certain tone when he said the word "entourage" and it softened when he said my name.
"Milan?"
"Yes."
"How'd you know I'm Milanese?"
"Your accent, your...modernity and my son told me," the Don smiled self-deprecatingly. His face was a better version of Franky's. Franky was lean. His father was huskier with broad shoulders. They both were clean-shaven, with thick, black hair and blue eyes. The Don was twice as old as me, old enough to be my father. But there's no way the Don is a useless cuck like my father.
In a moment of carelessness I had blurted out to Franky that I was born and raised in Milan. I recovered my wits fast enough to lie that my parents were dead. He got clingy after I said that. Gross.
I had dressed as modestly as my wardroom allowed: black dress to my ankles, black sleeves to my wrists, pearl studs in my ear lobes, no other jewellery, plain low heels. Their was nothing modest about my red lingerie though. I enjoyed the feel of them. They were a gift from Franky.
I didn't deliberately wear a tight blouse--it's not my fault I've got big melons. I did keep my long, thick hair down and uncovered on purpose. I hope that doesn't offend the Don--Franky said his father is a stickler for tradition.
"When were you in Milan last?"
My voice trembled for a moment: "Four--four years ago."
"When will you return?"
"Never."
The Don was always sharply dressed and impeccably groomed. The few times I'd met him before he was wearing Armani suits that had a sheen like fish scales in a sun beam. This morning he worn a white polo shirt and loose cotton pants with bare feet. Unlike a lot of Italian men he didn't go crazy with cologne. He smelled good.
The Don took a sip of lemonade.
"What has my first born told you about my family's business?" asked the Don with a warm smile.
I couldn't help flinching. Everybody on the island of Sicily knew the Volpone business. I had to be careful.
"Franky never, never talks about the details of your family's business, never!" Not knowingly. But when Franky is drunk or high he's a real blabbermouth.
The Don made a reassuring gesture with his left hand and smiled warmly.
"Has Francesco ever mentioned the Incorruptible?"
"Never but everybody knows about the Incorruptible!"
"Who do 'they' say he is?" the Don wryly asked gazing at the bay of Palermo.
"He's a pig, from Rome, a real asshole from the State Police, a real pain in the ass to the...honored families!" I'd seen him on news clips on TikToc on my smart phone. He led the investigations that arrested the heads of three families. And he's survived multiple assassination attempts, including a car bombing that killed twenty people. It was all anyone could talk about for weeks.
"My family needs a favor," the Don stated tonelessly as he looked me in the eyes.
"From the Incorruptible?" I asked, baffled, not looking away.