Family Matters the Most

"I must say I'm quite surprised to see you, Frank," the head of the Cavazzerre family Phil Sanfino stated towards the NYPD commissioner who was now sitting in the chair in his office.

"I must admit, I haven't expect to see you either. It has been quite some time since you and I have talked the last time," the commissioner admitted, looking at the man his age.

"Commissioner, would you help me to find out what really happened to my parents?" Jimmy Riordan dared to ask him as he was about to leave his apartment. Frank recalled as he was sitting here in front of Phil Sanfino, the infamous wise guy and Jimmy's uncle.

He stopped in his tracks when he heard Jimmy's voice. He gave him a pleading look. "I need to know what happened to them. Please, I need to know!"He begged.

"Not that I want to be impolite or anything, but I thought we have both agreed that it would be for the best if our tracks did not meet unless it was absolutely necessary. Therefore, you must understand my surprised to see you here," the man known between his family and friends as uncle Phil continued.

"I think you know what brings me here," the commissioner replied calmly, he maintained his face hard to read. It did not bring him any pleasure to be talking with the head of the Cavazzerre crime family again.

"You and I haven't spoke since..., how old is that boy of yours?" Phil Sanfino questioned.

"You mean, Danny?" Frank asked, remembering the last time he and Phil Sanfino met.

Phil just nodded his head. "You want some scotch?"

The commissioner just shook his head.

"He will soon be 37," Frank revealed to his old nemesis. The mention of Danny made him automatically think of his other boys - Joe and Jamie.

"Time flies,"Phil uttered taking a sip from a glass that was in front of him the whole time. "You and I have both aged." He complained, half joking, half serious.

"That, unfortunately, is the truth," the commissioner agreed. It was the first time he smiled weakly.

"I heard Mary has passed away," the head of the Cavazzerre crime family brought up.

"Cancer," the commissioner uttered sadly. A single mention of his beloved wife brought back the pain he felt eversince his beloved wife left this world, especially when he lost Joe just few months back. Surely, Phil Sanfino was well aware of that too. But for some reason, he only brought up his wife.

"Well, I'm sorry to hear that. I always thought highly of her, you know that!" Sanfino expressed him his condolences.

"I know you did," Frank nodded his head.

"So, what brings you here, Frank?" Phil Sanfino came back to business.

"It's about Jimmy," the commissioner stated simply.

"You mean our Jimmy, Jimmy Riordan?" Phil wondered.

"Yes, its about him," the commissioner agreed.

"What about him?"

"I know you are well aware of the fact that some time ago Jimmy and I had a lunch after he saved that baby," the commissioner announced to his rival neutrally.

"Go on," Sanfino encouraged Frank to keep talking.

"Jimmy is a bright young man," the commissioner started. "It couldn't escape his attention that we were both trying to use him, and frankly, I also don't feel comfortable for getting him involved. He seems like a nice boy..."

"Well, Jimmy is old enough to fight his own battles," Phil put it simply.

"Phil," the Commissioner interrupted him, "I don't want him to get hurt because of what was between the two of us."

Phil Sanfino just nodded his head.

"Jimmy truly is my pride and joy," the head of the Cavazzerre family admitted. "He is diligent, hard working, but he doesn't really want to be part of the family business. He is the family's lawyer, yes, but that's about it, and my nephew Noble..., well, that boy is just so hot headed, if you know what I mean, nothing like Jimmy." Phil complained to the commissioner.

"That could have been said about my Danny too," the commissioner agreed.

"Jimmy is excellent in everything he does, but I would have been lying if I said his future does not concern me," the other man admitted.

"How did he come to your family?" Frank questioned. This question has been on his mind ever since he met Jimmy and now when Jimmy asked him, if he could help him find out what happened to his parents, he just couldn't help it, but ask the question.

"I knew his parents and when they died, we decided to keep Jimmy and raise him as part of of our family. Besides, it was not long after my sister Francesca, you remember her, right, lost her baby. She needed some distraction, and there came Jimmy at the right time. He seemed like a perfect addition to our family at those difficult times. He grew up with Noble and Bianca as if he was their own brother. Unfortunately, as you probably know, Francesca dieded in a car crash a year later."

"It must have been a hard time for your family," the commissioner stated compassionately, knowing how it felt to lose a family member.

"Frank, we may not often agree with each other, but at least one thing you and I have in common," uncle Phil stated towards the commissioner.

"Family,"the commissioner finished the sentence for him.

TBC

Any ideas how this migt develop? And is uncle Phil telling the whole truth? What steps should Frank and Jimmy take to find his parents.

Otherwise stay safe, it has been a madnesa out there, although my country is slowly opening again.