Home Sweet Home New York City NY USA:

May 15th, 1945...

The train was approaching the main train station in Manhattan, and Vito had come home after VE Day, and when the US Troops met the Russians, he was departed from LA after being stationed there for a bit, and then Cole Phelps moved on to become a cop in the LAPD, and then Wei Shen became a cop in the SFPD, and it turns out Wei's sister died when he was overseas, which was very tragic as she ODed. As Joe was walking he came across Joe Barbaro, his best friend whom had become involved in the Mafia and he had said, "Vito over here!" Vito then said "Joe!" Vito then said "How did you know!" Joe then said "I got my sources come on let's go for a drink." Then suddenly cops scowled at Joe when he wasn't looking, especially crooked captain Donnelly of the LAPD visiting the NYPD precincts.

They then drove, and Joe asked "So did you miss New York?" Vito then said "Does a bear shit in the woods, it's not like this place handed me down favors, I always had to work for them, but anything is better than a foxhole." Joe then said "Yeah you know, I kept on reading the papers, and you know how I hate reading, so can you describe your experience, I heard that your friend Merrill, I read you Le--" Vito cut off Joe saying "Hey Joe I don't mean to interrupt but I don't want to talk about it, it was a traumatizing experience that day, please we'll talk some other time, I'm just glad I got the valor and the Medal of Honor and will soon be getting the WWII Victory Medal when we win." Joe then said "I hear you I'm sorry, I read your letters, and it's crazy, I could never know, and anyway I'm sure a drink will cheer you up." Vito then said "Yeah you said it." Joe then said "Okay, here we are, Freddy's Sicilian Bar."

They then sat down and Vito said "Salut." Joe then said "A salut a centanni!" Joe then asked "So how did you win, I heard you were with a Colonial and Chinaman, how did that work out?" Vito then told him "I took a bullet in a POW Camp, and it was absolute torture, I literally shot them to death with a guy named Wei Shen, a Chinaman from San Francisco, he went on to become a cop, and I thought to myself, why not I'll do myself the favor." Then Joe said "Oh really now a cop, nice hey wait here, I can get you to the NYPD Academy and to any Academy you want in the future."

Joe POV (1st Person):

I got up and went towards the telephone and phoned Roy Earle, a Vice Cop in Los Angeles, whom said we can do favors for one another and I said to him, Hey Roy listen it's Joe, there is a guy here that wants to become part of the NYPD, and his name is Vito Scaletta." Roy then said "Vito huh Cole's comrade, sure I'll pull a few strings and get him in the NYPD as fast as possible, and get him into the academy." Joe then said "Thank you you're a true hero." Roy then said "It's my pleasure take care Joey." Joe then said "Alright thanks Roy Ciao." Joe hung up and said to Vito "Alright looks like you are a now promoted NYPD Officer." Vito then said "Wait did you just." Joe then said "Like I said I know people, I'll get you in before you know it." Vito then said "Well thanks." Joe then said "You're welcome, come un frate, you're like a brother to me, get ready for a police academy you got a lot to practice for." Vito then said "I'll take a cab home I want to look around to see what's changed in the neighborhood."

Ten minutes later...

The taxi driver then said "Here you are sir." Vito then paid him the money and said "Thanks keep the change." Vito then looked around and then saw his love interest Lisa Lombardo and she then had said "Hey Vito how are you doing, you're looking good for a guy that just came out of a war, Francesca said you were coming back, finally some good news eh!" Vito then said "Hey Lisa how are you doing, I'm doing just fine, so what are you doing later?" Lisa then said "Oh nothing really just running a few errands that's all." Vito then said "Oh yeah like what, maybe we can make something happen later." Lisa then said "Yeah sure here's my number, call me when you can, say hello to your sister for me, will you." Vito then said "Will do see you."

He then left the diner and then looked around in a good mood, Rocco Santorelli, was cutting hair like usual and Vito decided to grab a haircut and he had said "Hey how are you doing Mr. Santorelli, I came here to get my hair cut, it's been a long while." He then said "Oh Vito the war hero returned, sure I will anything for you." Vito then saw how long his hair got, it was starting to curl and wave up longer and longer due to being in a POW Camp and in combat, and he then had it cut, and it was short again and he paid Rocco and said "Thank you Mr. Santorelli, take care will you." Mr Santorelli then said "You too say hello to your mother for me will you." Vito then said "Will do." As he walked out the shop. He then entered the apartment complex.

He then went to the top floor, and knocked on his mother's door and Vito saw her and smiled saying "Hi Mamma I'm back!" Maria then said "Vito my boy is home, he survived the war, I thought I'd never see you again, Francesca and me we wait and wait for you." Francesca then greeted him saying "Vito I'm so glad you're finally home." Maria then said "Francesca made soup special for you, Zuppa di Pollo, it's good for you." Vito then looked at the soup and said "It looks good Frankie." Maria then said sadly "It's ashamed your Papà didn't live to see this, he would've been so proud Vito." Vito then remembering about his father being robbed and possibly killed by the mob said sadly "Sure Mamma." He proceeded to eat until she became frustrated for not saying Grace and said "Vito you know better." Vito then said "Sorry Mamma Sorry." They then said Grace in Italian and finished with an amen.

They ate dinner, and then Vito went into his room and Maria said "Your room is just like you left it." Vito then yawned and said "I'll see you two in the morning, Maria then said "Sleep well mio bambino." Vito then went to sleep.

Then the next morning he awoke and found his mother washing dishes and then she said sadly "So I heard you captured what happened, I read all of your letters, Francesca did so too, between Sicilia, D-Day, the Bulge, and the rest tells me." Vito said "I don't want to talk about it, all I can say there were two good men named Cole Phelps and Wei Shen that fought with me, and the other was that one of my best friends Hank Merrill was killed by an SS Captain, along with another named Howard, and then Jack Kelso another good friend helped us fight, and a mysterious medic named Courtney Sheldon." Maria then understood and asked "So what are you going to do now since you're all done." Vito then said "Well I'm going to honorably discharge from the US Army and then I'm going to go to police academy for here in New York, Joe got me in the academy." Maria then got a bit mad saying "Joe do you want to get into trouble, promise you won't do anything to that Joe, at least you're like your Papà, and after being a cop, pay Mr. Federico Pappalardo, a Union Boss your father worked for, and maybe you can find what really happened to your Papà, if only I knew, be safe mio bambino, drive back to your apartment safely too, Vito then said "Okay, where's Frankie?" Maria then said "Work, I can't wait until she meets someone and she moves out too, it's bad enough we love together still, heh, be safe mio bambino." Vito then said "Okay bye Mamma." Vito then left and drove to his apartment.

Five months later...

Vito had graduated Police Academy and he was partnered with a man named Edward Dunn and it was 9:00 PM and Vito was finally a Blue Life and he had heard the radio go off saying "Car 11K Car 11K it's KGPL speaking." Vito then said "Go ahead KGPL, as he was driving the 1945 Ford Super Deluxe Police Interceptor." The interceptor went off saying "There have been reports of a stolen 1935 Packard being stolen by a Mike Bruski, up in Greenpoint in a junkyard, we need you and Dunn to check out and scout the area." Vito then said "Alright we'll do so right now." The duo then drove to the neighborhood and Edward then said "You know it's the traffic detectives that should be solving these cases." Vito then reassured him saying "Hey relax it'll be fine what's the worse that could happen, we'll just see what's up and then we lock up the guy." Dunn then said "If you say so Scaletta, let's hope we can get a commendation for this." Vito then said "I hope so too Dunn."

They then arrived at the scene...

Bruski's Junkyard

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, New York City, NY, USA, 09/21/1945 (The neighborhood where botorious mob bosses Alberto Clemente had his slaughterhouse where he ran a place that butchered pigs and filleted them into pork, along with conducting illegal activities. They arrived at the scene and then Vito had seen the stolen Packard and saw the smashed windows and the hot wired vehicle and then he had knocked on the door and Mike Bruski answered and he said "Can I help you gentlemen." Vito then said "Yes hello I'm Officer Scaletta and this right here is Officer Dunn, you're under arrest for grand theft auto." Mike then said "Dammit here I go to the pen again." Mike accepted his mistake and Scaletta handcuffed Bruski and then a NYPD Police Truck came and drove him to Central and have him charged.

Vito was then done for the night and then had arrived back into his apartment in Belmont, Bronx, New York City, New York, USA, and then had gone to go to sleep. He changed into his tank top and underwear, and then yawned and said "Eh what a night good thing I'm off and it's Saturday tomorrow."

To be continued...