December 30th 1961, 10:30pm at Club La Red
'What the hell?! It isn't what it looks like, the lady and i were just dancing!' A strange man says despite Dominic holding a knife to his throat. Noelle had gone to the nightclub that Fredo had told her about, thinking that she could have fun without one of the usual suspects finding out.
'Damn it, Fredo! I'm going to kill you when i find you!' She thought as she tried to pull Dominic off of the guy. 'That didn't look like dancing! You were grabbing her ass!' Dominic yells as Noelle manages to pull him off of the guy.
'Calm down, Dominic! He asked me to dance with him!' Noelle says as Dominic closes his switchblade knife and puts it in his pants pocket. 'You're only 14, Noelle! Your too damn young to be out partying!' Dominic says. 'Oh, like you weren't going out to bars when you were my age?!' Noelle says.
'I didn't know that she's underage...can you blame me? She looks older!' The guy says before Dominic looks at him. 'If i catch you anywhere near her again, you're going to die slowly and painfully.' Dominic says before grabbing Noelle's arm and drags her outside.
'You've lost your damn mind, Dominic!' Noelle says, pulling her arm out of Dominic's hand when they're a good distance from the nightclub. 'I'm sorry for scaring you, Ellie...but i'm not sorry for being overprotective. You're still just a kid.' Dominic says before Noelle takes a deep breath.
'Yeah, you'll always see me as a kid. I can protect myself, Dominic.' Noelle says as Dominic reaches his hand out, grabbing her smaller one. 'I know that you can but that's not going to stop me from worrying about you. How do you think that i found out where you were?' Dominic says.
'Because Fredo can't keep his mouth shut when he's drunk...you know, i'm glad it was you that found me. My dad would've killed that guy.' Noelle says as Dominic takes his jacket off and puts it on her, covering up her black lace mini dress. 'What? It's not too short.' Noelle says as they walk back to the hotel.
'So how'd you find out about that place anyway, kiddo?' Dominic says as they walk into the hotel. 'Fredo told me about it after he and Johnny Ola were at the sex show last year.' Noelle says before seeing Michael a few feet away.
'Go back to the room, kiddo. I'll be up there to check on you in a few minutes.' Dominic says as Noelle walks over to the elevator, getting on it as the doors open and presses the third floor button, letting the doors close as she leans back against the railing.
'Vacation, huh? It's turning out to be a vacation from hell!' Noelle says as the elevator doors open again and Mr Mangano walks in, pushing the fifth floor button. 'There's a familiar face. Your Aldo's daughter, right?' Samuele Mangano says as the doors close.
'It's nice to see you again, Mr Mangano.' Noelle says. 'It's nice to see you too, miss Trapani and please call me Samuele. You look nice tonight. Were you out with a friend?' Samuele says. 'I was out by myself and i know that it's too late but...' Noelle says, wondering if she should tell him what she saw earlier but the elevator stops and the doors open before she could say anything else.
'Well, i better get back to my room before my dad does.' She says, walking out of the elevator and turns around. 'My name is Noelle...and it was nice talking to you, Samuele.' She says, smiling softly. 'Get a good night's sleep, Noelle. It was nice talking to you too.' Samuele says before Noelle walks down the hallway and to the hotel room at the same time that the door opens.
'Dad...' Noelle says as Aldo pulls her into the room and hugs her. 'You almost gave me a damn heart attack, Ellie! I should lock you in your room until your 18 but i know how stubborn you are!' Aldo says as Noelle closes the door. 'I should've told you earlier but i was trying to forget.' Noelle says, sitting down and taking her red stiletto heels off. 'Did someone hurt you?! It's ok, baby. You can tell me.' Aldo says after sitting down next to Noelle.
'When i was out earlier...i saw a man being taken into custody and instead of being taken in alive, he exploded a grenade hidden in his jacket.' Noelle says before Aldo hugs her, brushing his hand against her hair. 'I'm sorry that you saw that, Ellie. As soon as everything is done, we'll go back home, i promise.' Aldo says as Noelle rests her head against his shoulder.
He could tell that she was terrified, even more than the night that Johnny Ola's men shot up the house in Lake Tahoe.
