"Vincenzo, I just got to sleep a few hours ago." Gionna said sleepily as Vincenzo Cilli once again let himself into her apartment in Saint Marks.

"Come on, Gigi. Wake up!" Vincenzo says, walking over to the bed that the 18 year old stripper was sleeping in.

"I'm only Gigi during the hours I work at the Triangle club!" Gionna says, pulling the covers over her head.

"Why not switch to Paulie's Revue bar? Hey, I know it's a Sindacco controlled skin joint but J.D is thinking about switching to our side." Vincenzo says, pulling the covers off of Gionna's head, her hazel green eyes opening sleepily.

"He made his choice when he joined the Sindacco family. I'm surprised Paulie hasn't whacked the bastard yet." Gionna says, her dark brown curls hiding the scar on her neck.

"Hey, Toni's coming back today. I'm sure he'd love to see his little sister." Vincenzo says, Gionna rubbing her eyes.

It had been 4 years since Toni left town after a job gone wrong, the head of the Gambetti family getting killed in the process. From what Gionna had known, Sammy Bottino had taken over since then and he had a hell of a reputation for getting revenge the old fashioned way.

"4 years seemed to drag on forever sometimes." Gionna says.

"Yeah. Salvatore wants your input on the Leone family's involvement with the Colombian cartel, so-" Vincenzo says, pulling on Gionna's right arm and yanking her out of her bed. "-get your cute little ass dressed. Don't keep the boss waiting." He says before leaving.

"Fucking asshole." Gionna mutters as she brushes her hair out of her face and readjusts her pajama pants, glancing out her bedroom window.

Another cloudy Liberty City morning, Gionna really hated this town sometimes… she dreamed of moving to Vice City when she was younger.

Sometimes, she still dreams of it. Her and Terry just taking his bike and riding off into the sunset. Billy wouldn't take too kindly to Terry leaving and Gionna would miss Johnny and Billy like crazy but… LC and Alderney gets to her and Terry sometimes.

The scar on her neck is a consistent reminder of her past problems with the Colombian cartel and now Salvatore wants to form an alliance with them?!

"Sometimes I think you're going senile, Mr Leone." Gionna says, walking over to her closet and opening it, grabbing a dark red lacy push up bra, red satin panties, a pair of medium wash skinny jeans and a black tank top.

Gionna stripped her pajamas and underwear off before walking into the bathroom and closing the door, opening the glass shower door and walking in, closing it.

After a few minutes and with the hot water running down on her, Gionna began to think more about it… she had met Miguel, Cisco's right hand man in the cartel, a while back and he seemed trusting but the young stripper knew that appearances can be deceiving.

There weren't too many people she trusted after one of the cartel smugglers attacked her when she was 13.

A few minutes later, Gionna was back in her room, her robe on and her hair in a towel and setting one of her work outfits aside for tonight before pulling her underwear on and grabbing a bulletproof vest, putting it on.

'Toni's gonna be pissed when he finds out that I'm working as a stripper… well, a lot has changed since he left.' Gionna thought, glancing at the mirror on the wall and seeing the scar on her neck… before turning away from it.

'No… not today… Toni's coming back home.' Gionna thought after getting dressed, putting some socks and her motorcycle boots on before taking her hair out of the towel, putting it in a messy bun for now. She'd fix it later, when she had to get ready for her shift at the Triangle club.

Gionna checked her reflection after applying some makeup and nodded in approval before pulling her leather jacket on and buttoning it, making sure she had her gun and phone before leaving.

To her surprise, Salvatore was waiting in the driveway of his home when Gionna pulled up on her black and red PCJ 600.

"Mr Leone? What's the matter?" Gionna asks after getting off her bike and walking over to him.

"There's something we should talk about before Mickey and Luigi show up. They're not sure that the Colombian cartel can be trusted." Salvatore says.

'Can't blame them…' Gionna thought, absentmindedly brushing her fingers against her neck. She didn't even know the cartel were operating their drug trade in LC at the time.

"Business is business, Gionna but… never go into business with someone you don't trust." Salvatore says before a Leone Sentinel pulled up and Mickey and Luigi got out, walking over to Salvatore and Gionna.

"Boss… hey, Gionna." Mickey says, Gionna nodding before everyone walked inside, seeing Vincenzo and Salvatore's wife Maria talking.

Mickey rested his hand on Gionna's right shoulder and whispered something in her ear before both walk down the hallway.

"Salvatore thinks the cartel are honest about what they want but you know damn well what they're capable of when doublecrossed or one of their smugglers ends up dead." Mickey says.

"So what do you think, we shouldn't believe what Miguel and Cisco said?" Gionna asks.

"I think we should keep them at arm's length until we're sure about the deal.

"Vincenzo trusts them though." Mickey says.

"Well, Vincenzo's an idiot. Couldn't find his ass if he was sitting on his own two hands." Gionna says, Mickey trying not to laugh.

"There's the sassy attitude I've missed. Toni's gonna be glad to see you again." Mickey says, him and Gionna hugging.

It was later into the day that Gionna found herself walking around Chinatown when she stopped, seeing a bus pull up by the curb and the door open.

Toni grabbed his suitcase and stood up, getting off the bus and walking to the payphone when he stopped, Gionna running over and both of them hugging.

"Oh, I missed you kiddo." Toni says after they let go.

"I missed you too, Toni." Gionna says, Toni looking her up and down.

"You ain't really such a kid anymore. You grew up while I was away." Toni says, the cool autumn air making them shiver slightly. "Damn… every year, it seems to get colder here." He says.

"This time last year, it was snowing. It's mild compared to that." Gionna says.

"Oh, says the girl who just shivered a second ago?" Toni says, Gionna playfully shoving him.

"You're one to talk, you've been hiding in Vice City for 4 years." Gionna says, both laughing slightly.

Toni turned to the payphone and dialed the number for the taxi company while Gionna leaned against the brick wall, looking up at the mid October sky, seeing the sun barely visible behind the clouds.

'One day… I'll live in Vice City… one day.' Gionna thought.