Two nights earlier…
"That was fun… hey, I know that we haven't known each other too long but I'm glad that you're around and that we can…" Gionna replied after she and Claude exited Samo's Wok in Chinatown.
Claude nodded… and smiled, taking Gionna's right hand into his left one before he leaned in. Their lips crashed together, the kiss having caught Gionna off guard at first but she didn't fight it, the sexual tension between them having been building in the weeks that they've known each other.
And they had no idea who was watching them…
Present time…
This wasn't who she was… who she used to be at least.
Although the safehouse in Belleville was warm, it looked cold and unwelcoming. 21 year old Gionna was lying next to 29 year old Claude, both naked and tangled up in the bed sheets.
Betrayal stung both of them.
Salvatore's increasing paranoia bit both of them.
The phone next to the bed went off and Gionna cautiously picked it up.
"Hello?" Gionna asked, Juana sighing in relief.
"You're alive! I can't believe Salvatore lured you into that trap!" Juana responded, Gionna knowing that Forest, Juana's father was watching 2 year old Camari.
"Juana, don't think about confronting him." Gionna said, knowing that Juana was ready to kill Salvatore.
"All that bullshit with Vincenzo three years ago and now the old man pulls this?!" Juana seethed, Claude opening his brown eyes and studying the look on Gionna's face. Though he hadn't spoken since Catalina shot him in the throat, he felt the need to ask Gionna what was wrong.
"Friend of mine found out about the car exploding earlier." Gionna replied, putting Juana on speaker and lying back down. "I'm not exactly alone, remember that guy I told you about? The one who started working for the Leones? Well, we're both... sort of in hiding. You're gonna go give Salvatore hell, aren't you?"
"You bet I am. Just keep yourselves in hiding, you two." Juana answered.
"Be careful then." Gionna said.
"Don't worry. And by the way… you can't fool me." Juana replied before hanging up.
"That girl is too clever for her own good sometimes." Gionna responded, putting the phone down as Claude wrapped an arm around her waist. "What a crazy day, huh?" She asked, Claude looking around the bedside table before finding the small notepad and writing on it.
'That's putting it lightly. And with Juana, I think it's called being a mother.'
"And she's a great one, Camari can test her limits but she's a happy little girl. She has a lot of people who love her… but I know that look. You wonder who Camari's dad is, don't you?" Gionna replied.
'Yeah. I haven't seen one around and Camari never mentioned one.' Claude wrote down.
"He's… someone who's not fit to be a parent. When he found out that Juana was pregnant, he told her to get rid of Camari… and that just about pissed me off but Juana refused and the guy eventually fucked off." Gionna said.
Reaching Portland Beach, Juana jumped out of her Blista Compact and charged towards the mansion.
"Hey, Juana, how's the little-" Mickey greeted warmly, screaming when Juana grabbed him by his tie.
"Where the fuck is Salvatore?! He lured Gionna and Claude into a trap!" Juana shouted.
"In the house… yelling his head off!" Mickey choked out, Juana letting him go and walking into the house, opening the office door.
"Sorry, in the middle of a meeting." Salvatore said dismissively, Toni, Joey and Luigi looking at an infuriated Juana. Within seconds, Juana charged over, grabbed Salvatore and yanked him out of his chair.
"You're going to tell these fine people right now why you lured Gionna and Claude INTO A TRAP AND TRIED TO GET THEM KILLED!" Juana growled, yelling at the end.
"You said it was just Claude, you didn't say you tried to kill my sister!" Toni said angrily.
"My wife Maria… she was going on and on about those two, how close they're getting-" Salvatore explained, yelping when Juana grabbed him by his tie.
"So what, you're not okay with your goddaughter dating your associates?!" Juana yelled.
"I grew up in a different time where women were kept far away from the business side of the mob… for their protection! I didn't think she'd tag along with him!" Salvatore manages to say, Juana letting him go. "Is she harmed in any way?" He asked.
"No, she's quite happy with him but quite the opposite with you." Juana replied.
"I… I swear, I didn't-" Salvatore tries to say as Toni walks over, Toni slamming Salvatore against the wall and his forearm against Salvatore's throat.
"You put my kid sister in harm's way?!" Toni growled.
"Toni, I'm sorry-" Salvatore responded.
"Sorry doesn't excuse traumatizing her!" Toni yelled, turning to Juana. "Kiddo, go home and stay safe." He said, Juana leaving.
At the same time, the house phone rang again and Claude answered it.
"Hello? Who's this?" Billy asked, now sobered up and having no memory of what he had done earlier.
Gionna bolted upright and putting her disheveled curls in a ponytail, Claude seeing that she was panicking.
"I can hear someone breathing, who is it?" Billy questioned, Claude handing the phone to Gionna and Gionna hanging up.
"Are you threatening Gionna again?" Johnny responded after Billy slammed the phone down in The Lost MC clubhouse.
"She didn't answer." Billy said.
"What do you mean she didn't answer?" Johnny asked.
"All there was was heavy breathing, then hanging up." Billy responded.
"Well, it sounds like she was spending the night with someone." Johnny said, Billy turning livid and throwing a beer bottle at the wall. "Why would you care? She's an adult!"
The phone rang again, Billy answering it.
"Salvatore's kid. Joey, right?" Billy replied.
"I guess you found out, didn't you?" Joey asked.
"Part of it. What's going on?" Billy responded, Joey handing the phone to Salvatore.
And the more that the mob boss explained, the angrier the leader of The Lost MC got… but before Billy could do anything about it, Johnny grabbed the baseball bat and whacked it across Billy's head.
Billy fell to the floor and hit his head again, rendering him unconscious as Johnny hung the phone up.
"Billy… you really didn't give me a choice there." Johnny muttered before he headed out to go clear his mind.
