Chapter 11
--Respect--
Liberty City, Two days after the China Town shooting
The liberty city mafia was a powerful organization. Despite the fact new gangs were springing up all across Liberty City, everyone had their respect for the older gangs, and especially for the mafia, who still had a strong grasp on most business in the city. For as long as the mafia has been in Liberty City, it was always run by two sides of the family. First was the Leone's, and then the Forelli's. The oldest member from one side of the family co-lead with the oldest member from the other side. It always seemed to work pretty well.
With the unfortunate health of his uncle, Sonny decided to make himself one of the heads of the family. On the other side, it was Salvatore Leone, who was much younger back then. Salvatore sat in his usual place in his St. Marks home, reading the newspaper, and then throwing it down with disgust. Three chinese men dead in China Town. Witnesses saw four black vehicles do the shooting. "He's getting sloppy." Salvatore says as he leans over to his right hand man, Toni Cipriani, also visibly younger. "Did he ask anyone before getting us into this mess?" Toni says flatly.
"No." Salvatore says in a dissapointed manner, looking over at the clock. "He's probably at the bistro, I'll pay him a visit." Right as Salvatore gets up from his chair, Toni does also, then Salvatore motions for him to sit down. "No, no. You stay here. I'll talk to him alone."
Salvatore didn't like driving himself around, he always had to have someone else do it. Eventually, they just hired a personal driver to escort him around. He called out for his driver, who was sitting on some steps a few buildings down. He jumps up and gets into the car, and drives it right up to where Salvatore stands, and he gets inside. "To the bistro, and make it quick, I have some things to take care of."
The car stops in front of the bistro, and Salvatore gets out of the car and walks into the bistro. Sonny see's him come up and frowns, then motions for his henchmen to leave. Sonny quickly removes the frown off his face, then gets up and shakes Salvatore's hand. "Salvatore!" "Sonny, you know why I'm here..." Sonny nods, then motions for him to sit down, and then he does the same. "You had no right doing that, Sonny. When we do stuff like that, everyone's word counts, not just yours. If you're going to us into a fight, then do it yourself, don't drag everyone else down with you."
Sonny smiles at his counterpart. "The Triads have no chance against us. Anyways, they were the first to strike." Salvatore continues to look right at Sonny, not really paying attention to his last comment. "We both have kids, you have three, I have my own." Sonny interrupts. "Ah, Joey! Hows Joey been? Tough like his old man?" Salvatore continues to look straight forward, unamused. "Stop trying to be friendly, Sonny. You broke the family code. We have respect for eachother. Apparently you don't." "Hey!---" Salvtore cuts Sonny off as he starts to talk. "Anyways, I was saying we both have children, and we of course want the best for them in this city. Let's not make this an issue. If you want to go and do a driveby again, get our permission. I'll let it go once, but stay out of trouble. And also, my best wishes to your uncle."
Without saying anything, Sonny watches Salvatore get up and walk out in the same exact way that he walked in. Afterwards, Sonny looks around, obviously thinking heavily.