Chapter 22 – Everyday Life in the Mafia–1

As I fall into the routines of the Lippert house I’m surprised to find that I’m quickly bored by them. Life at my home with David and Janeen was also boring – but they’re just normal people. A little of me, I think, expected everyday gang life to be more exciting.

It’s not that the house is empty, really. Every day starts with a flurry of activity. Breakfast in the kitchen is a big affair, with everyone rushing through. Kent’s top guys mostly older

gentlemen – drink their tiny glasses of espresso at a table in the corner, bantering. Lower–level guys, dressed in thousand–dollar sweatsuits, run briskly through, reporting and getting new

orders.

Guards are all around – watching everything, but mostly wishing, I think, that they were important enough to be included with the others. If they work hard enough, though, they can level

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As the day passes, everyone spreads out to do their work. Daniel goes out a lot – to school, mostly, wrapping up his spring semester. I’ve been expressly forbidden to go out with him, to school or anywhere else. Apparently, I’m still a kidnapping target. Kent has told the Mafia world that I’m out there, but until he locks me down as part of his family I’m forbidden any freedom.

The first day Daniel left me behind, Fiona had come into the

he wrapped

soul.”

something to do,” I moaned, slumping my shoulders forward in misery. “It’s

this house at all times, it’s

the captains, the made guys – they’re all very nice and polite to me. They smile at me when they pass me in the hall. But no one really talks to me, even if I try. I get

is Fiona, and she’s very sweet, but we don’t have a lot

to keep from being boring. She’s incredibly sexy, but she spends most of her day building and

aerobics, or facials and beauty treatments, or playing with makeup and clothes. Fiona always looks stunning and keeps up with the latest fashions, but it’s a ton of work.

a bit. I think she likes it, giving me a whole master’s course in makeup and hair care that

just seems… ridiculous to me, though I’d never say it to

to my skin

me that I didn’t. “It’s

bubblegum as she leaned back in her chair and let the doctor do his

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the problem of looking fifty when you’re fifty? After all,

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tempted by the enticements of Fiona’s super–feminine lifestyle, I think, because I already had a sister who delved into all of that sort of stuff. Sure, strippers are all about being

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