I woke up in a heavy sweat and looked at the clock next to my bed and it was only 1:37 A.M. I sat up on the side of my bed and breathed heavily. Its been one month since Don Leone was shot and killed before my very eyes. Sindaccos paid for their mistake of killing Don Leone! Sindaccos and the Forelli's have seemed to vanish except for some thugs they left behind. The thugs don't hang in Leone territory anymore with the risk of being shot. The Sindaccos and Forelli's decided to move to Las Venturas and split Caligua's Casino in half as now Don Leone's half was useless. The Leone Family controls most of Portland except for a new gang arriving two weeks ago. The gang is named The Empire. They mostly dabble in drugs and smuggling but recently have decided to move in on our turf. The Empire wants to have a meeting between the Leone Family and themselves to clear any bad blood. They are willing to give us twenty five percent of whatever money the recieve. The meeting is said to happen at a Chinatown resturant owned by them. The Triads have been pushed out and are at war with the Yardies in Staunton Island and seem to be losing. The Empire said to bring five guys from the family and the Empire will bring three.
I was chosen as one of the five guys to be going to the meeting and Don Cipriani is trusting me with the job of bodyguard for this meeting. Don Cipriani was voted the Don by a few of the Leone Capos and Joey Leone was outraged at this and I was ordered to kill Joey. I did as I was told and killed Joey two nights ago and have been moved to the spot of Leone Underboss. I'm next in line for the position of Don of the Leone Family. I'm not sure how or why but when I do become Don I'll take control over Portland then Liberty City!
I fell back asleep after taking some sleeping pills the doctor ordered me to take. I have been having trouble sleeping since Don Leone's death and as I was the Leone driver that night I should have hurried him into the car. I was surpirsed to see Don Leone's head snap back as a bullet passed through his skull. I was told that the Sindacco's didn't kill Don Leone and some guy named Claude sniped him after almost being killed by a Leone trap. It seemed as though time slowed down as I saw the bullet head for Don Leone. The bullet didn't travel at a slope but was going straight so I knew the bullet hadn't been shot from above.
The alarm on my clock rang out and I woke up tired as I've been in awhile. I looked out the window and saw the streets below bustling with activity. I live in St. Marks and have lived here my entire life. I took a quick shower and after I got out walked over to a large closest and looked around and finally it caught my eye. I grabbed the black dress suit and layed it out on my bed. The suit was black with gray buttons and I grabbed ared dress shirt and got dressed. I looked in the mirror and slipped on some black dress shoes and slowly put on my silver watch. I slowly walked down the hallway and out of my apartment.
I walked down to the street and hopped into a white Sentinel and began to drive to Don Cipriani's restuarant. Well the restuarant is actually run by Don Cipriani's mother but we all called it Don Cipriani's. I was the fourth to arrive as I saw Don Cipriati, Johnny Torio who was Don Cipriani's driver, and Benny Gerini who was the Leone Family bodyguard. Benny and Johnny have been close friends with me for years. We came into the family at the same time and have always worked together. I walked over to the Don and exclaimed, "It's great to see you Don Cipriani! I hope the meeting goes well today!" Don Cipriani nodded slowly and replied, "Thanks Ricky! You do the Caprino family proud! I'm glad to have such a loyal man at my side!"