Disclaimer: Im a massive Mario Puzo and Francis Ford Coppola fan and i do not wish to degrade the brilliant work they did with The Godfather, I do not use this for profit i do it for fun.

This is an old story i wrote last year i am just uploading it now unedited.

Chapter 10

The New Year had come fast that year and Catherine Welsh was now Catherine Corleone, they had a large wedding on New Years day in which all the New York Dons attended, Christopher Enrico congratulated Vincent on the job he did on the Malone's and all the other Dons paid him his proper respects, all except Furio Giordano who instead gave Vincent an envelope with thirty grand in it and a note that said: his son already had her but still congratulations. Vincent was angered but ignored it he knew the Giordano's were too powerful on the underworld at this point. The newly married Vincent was a happy man he spent his honeymoon in Miami under the protection of Don Jose Almeida and worked out some business whilst he was down their. On Vincent's return to New York he knew that things were going to get bad fast next as it was now time to pull out of the narcotics. Vincent knew this wouldn't trouble Jimmy DeMeo he hated dealing with narcotics, and besides Jimmy had a new found respect since the trip to the Virgin Islands. Vincent called a meeting on DeMeo's turf in DeMeo's office he spoke first "What's up guys how you?" he was smiling and in high spirits, "Hey Don V, you look good," Jimmy replied first in a happy manner

"I'm a married man," Vincent said proudly

"It's all over for you now, trust me i know," Lou said waving his wedding ring at Vincent

"I keep telling you guys, marriage and our thing don't go together," Francis said wisely

"What the hell you talking about Francis everyone we know in La cosa Nostra is married," Al argued

"I'm not!" Francis said seriously

"Yeah because you're new to our thing," Jimmy told him

"Ok stop the arguing and let's get to business, Jimmy start making arrangements to back out of the narcotics, Lou and Francis get a few men and hit the mattresses around the Enrico family turfs they might try to get rough and i want it to be finished before it has started, any concerns?" Vincent asked sure that their would be no response, "good now you guys leave, me and Al need to talk," the men left promptly, Jimmy at first wanted to hang around as it was his turf but left despite this. "Do the Enrico's have any over allies?" Vincent asked quickly

"Yeah the Barone's, that's how the Barone's manage to stay in New York, no other family likes them," Al answered knowledgeably

"Good, good and when will Gino be back in action?"

"A month or so Vinnie what are you planning?" Al asked nervously

"To win, see you later Al," Vincent walked out the office promptly. Vincent stormed out to his car, Marco Caseti his new bodyguard was at the car waiting for him, he then went back to the Corleone compound. Vincent sat in the card outside the compound gate which was having problems opening as the Corleone men opened the door for him but as he waited for the gate to be opened he saw two men walking up behind the car in the rear mirror, he saw they had guns on him and immediately he alerted Marco Caseti, Vincent himself took out his gun and lowered his head in the car whilst Marco Caseti started shooting out of the window and immediately the two men responded hitting Caseti in his arm forcing Caseti to drop his gun one of the other men run towards the car window and shouted at Vincent "A message from Don Giordano!" the man shot at the window but something unforeseen for the assassin happened the bullet rebounded off of the glass narrowly missed him, this gave Vincent enough time to open the door hitting the assassin and then shot him through his stomach and then finally the Corleone Compound gates opened and the Corleone soldiers flooded out the gates and let off round after round at the assassin killing them. An angry Vincent ran out of the car and ran into the compound, he then ran into the basement where he instructed his family to go in emergency, when he got their he found his wife, his mum, his brother Frank, his niece Alisa and his step mother Sandra. He embraced his wife and kissed her many times rubbing her stomach to make sure the baby was alright. "Now i need to know did anyone leave the compound since me and Caseti?" they shook there heads Frank was holding his daughter saying "No Vincent, what's going on?"

"Stay down here and don't move, Frank if anyone comes down here shoot them," Vincent handed the gun to Frank and then ran up through a secret passageway into his house, he called Al Neri at once, then he called Lou Pennino. An hour or so later fifteen cars arrived at the compound and the men who were on guard at the Corleone compound were sent home and replaced by men from Pennino's regime, they were thank first of course and each given bonuses for their quick responses, Marco Caseti was kept on the compound whilst a doctor attended to him. Lou and Al sat in Vincent's office waiting for him. Vincent stepped into the room after telling his family they could leave the basement. "What the fuck is going on why would Giordano try to kill me now Consigliori?" Vincent asked puzzled

"I don't get it boss you haven't done anything to him, it's an unprovoked attack," Al answered just as puzzled

"Let's go to was Vinnie i got men just ready to hit the mattresses!" Lou abandoning his calm attitude and was enraged

"No, sit tight Lou, I'm alive and that's important, i can't let this throw off my plan," Vincent was finally calm he sat down and started thinking about things properly "Caseti is a traitor have him killed that is first, he is upstairs in the spare room with the doctor, after that set up a meeting with me and Don Giordano."

"If Caseti is a traitor do you think-" Vincent waved his hand as a signal for Al to stop talking but nodded confirming what Lou and Al had thought but never wanted to come true, this just made things for the Corleone family become more difficult.