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Chapter 11:
Friday 27th January 2012
Estuary Apartments, Harbor Boulevard
Hoboken, New Jersey
1815 Hours
Jameson was on Sniper duty watching over the temporary safehouse of his friend Daniele Rossi and the girls. For Jameson, stakeouts were the one thing he had excelled at.
Just endless hours of staking out a target with only a rifle in his hands. He hadn't grown bored, but the challenge of keeping his eyes open was one he had met with anticipation and eagerness. It hadn't been like the Middle East when he was sweating in the heat, but freezing by the rising night.
Jameson heard footsteps approach as he said, "Who's that?"
"It's me, Hanna." Hanna Marin's voice said.
Jameson softly breathed out as he sat up against the ledge of the building. Hanna then said, "Didn't bring you up, anythin', sorry."
"Don't apologise." Jameson replied as he asked, "What you doin' up here?" "Volunteered to come up, plus, I needed to get out of the apartment. Alison and Emily are all lovey-dovey downstairs." Hanna confessed.
Jameson smirked, "Surprised nobody else joined you." "Everybody else could see the love those two had. Don't get me wrong, I love those 2, it's just I wish I had somebody like that you know." Hanna replied.
"I hear ya. I think what everyone wants is somebody to show them that they're loved, that the world could be a better place… unfortunately, a perfect world… I don't know if it exists." Jameson theorised. Hanna nods, "When I signed Spencer up for that USO thing. I actually wanted her to be happy, wanted to see if she could find her perfect one. I'm glad she found it in you."
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Jameson laughed, "I can understand that. My sisters seemed to think I was incapable of happiness. My brother, he thought I had too high enough standards to find someone."
"What made you think you were incapable of happiness?" Hanna asked. Jameson nodded, "I trusted too easily, I couldn't imagine someone using me for their own gains… but at the same time, I hated that."
Hanna nodded, "What are your sisters like?"
"Lena's a Masterchef in the kitchen, family owns a bakery, she took over and consistently managed a successful business, she's worked in Italian restaurants in the entire New York City area whilst in college. Natalia was a model; she was one for 5 years before becoming a baker. she volunteers at pet shelters and now her latest project is helping Wounded Warriors." Jameson explained.
Hanna smiles, "That's kinda cool. What your sisters do."
"They choose their paths in life. We stand by 'em." Jameson said. Hanna nodded. She then asked, "Promise that when this is over… we'll get live a little quietly."
Jameson doesn't look to Hanna as he says, "I can't promise anythin'. But I can promise that we'll try our best to make sure you live a quiet life." "Thanks, Jameson." Hanna says as she gets up to walk, she then turns and says, "Jameson, if you hurt Spencer, promise me I get to shoot you."
"I give you my word, if I hurt Spencer… you get first chance to shoot me. I give you my word." Jameson replies.
Hanna then nods as she heads down to the apartment.
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1 Hour Later
1915 Hours
Jameson continues to watch over the perimeter of the building. His phone bleeps as he looks to see Natalia is calling him, Jameson answers as he says, "Baby sister, what's goin' on, why you callin'?"
"It's horrible, brother. It's a disaster, it's a nightmare, I don't even believe it." Natalia replied with a shaky voice.
"Woah, slow down, take a deep breath and try again, please." Jameson replied.
Natalia sniffled on the other end; Jameson made a mental note to kick Joe's ass if he did something to upset his baby sister. Natalia then said, "Somethin's wrong with the house, we can't get in, there's an eviction notice on the door. I tried to ask the neighbours… but they're aren't tellin' us anythin'."
Jameson's brain slowed down, he caught onto the 'Eviction' he then cursed as he said, "Eviction notice. Please tell me you haven't left the house." "We're still in our cars trying to go to sleep. I don't get how we get evicted from our home. Lena's panicking, freaking out… I've been on the phone trying to contact that investigator Malevsky or somebody. There's no answer for why this happened." Natalia explained as another round of crying began.
Jameson rubbed his eyes as he muttered, "How about Joe, or maybe Antonio knows." "I don't want to bother 'em. but if they know, I might have to call them up."
"Put me on the phone to Lena, tell her I'm there." Jameson said. Natalia acknowledged, "One moment."
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Shuffling of a phone was heard, Lena's voice was then heard, "Hey big brother."
"Are you okay, Lena?" Jameson asked. Lena sniffled as she said, "All I want to do is just sleep in my bed, but now I can't. Please tell you'll sort this out."
"I'll try Lena, but I can't promise that it'll work. We gotta have faith." Jameson said knowing he just lied to his little sister.
Lena then said, "I want to talk to you, but it can wait till you get back." "Are you sure? I can listen if you want." Jameson said.
"No, don't stress yourself. Just focus on what you're good at. I'll talk to you when you get back, brother." Lena replied.
Jameson nodded, "If that's what you wish, I'll see you soon, Lena. You have a good night." "You too, big brother." Lena said as she ended the phone call.
Jameson looked up to the sky as he breathed deeply before returning to keeping an eye on lookout.
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492 Lipsett Avenue, Annadale
Staten Island, NY
1925 Hours
Lena had cut the phone call with Jameson as she handed the phone back to Natalia who had then said, "Why didn't you tell him?"
"I'd rather tell him in person, I hate myself and I hate that I kept a secret from him. He'll be understanding, Jameson doesn't judge people." Lena said. Natalia nodded, "True, but bear to mind, Jameson now has the weight of the world on his shoulders. We're just adding extra weight for him to carry."
Lena turned to face Natalia as she said, "Don't you think I know that; I have to deal with how dirty my soul is!" "Nobody's perfect. Remember that, you are strong Lena Bacciarelli. You're strong like Mom, like Dad, Stefan, Great-Grandpa Jameson, Great-Grandma Natalia. Hell, Jameson is strong, you're perfect either way. Don't sell yourself short." Natalia passionately said.
Lena took a seat as she ran a hand through her dark hair. She then said, "What do we do?"
"We go to find Antonio, he's the closest. He must have known what happened." Natalia replied.
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Natalia gets into her car but Lena doesn't as they see Antonio walking up the pathway with him was a Belgian Malinois, Lena then says, "Hey Antonio."
"Lena, Natalia. Everythin' okay?" Antonio said.
Natalia then asks, "Do you know anythin' 'bout an eviction notice on our house?"
Antonio looks to see the notice as he says to himself, "What the actual hell."
He turns to the girls and says, "I know you girls live here. But why'd they put a sign up saying, for you to leave?"
"It's that IA Investigator Malevsky, he seems to think that evicting us from our house and threatening to bulldoze it was a good idea for us to tell him if we knew our father was corrupt." Lena growled.
Antonio then said, "My Dad fought side by side with your Dad in the Marines. Never once did my Dad disregard him or do anything that… pardon my French… sounds like bullshit."
"I know, we've been tryin' to get on the phone with the council, the DA's office and even tried the investigator. Nobody's pickin' up!" Natalia replied.
Lena then asked, "I know this is too much to ask, but could give us a place to stay for the night, we'll pay you?"
"Sure thin', we owe your brother a debt for Helmand. You can stay for the night." Antonio replied.
"We?" Lena asked.
Antonio chuckled, "Me and the Sarge owe your brother one for Helmand. Ain't that right, Sarge?"
"Aroo!" Sergeant Giuseppe Joseph said. Natalia laughed as she scratched the Sarge's ear before saying, "Thank you, guys."
"Not a problem. Come on, let's get you guys in the warmth." Antonio replied as he took the leash from Natalia.
The Sarge growled like a wolf as he walked to Antonio who then said, "I know, buddy. Someone's gonna be sorry they did this."
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1600 Harbor Boulevard
Hoboken, NJ
2015 Hours
Jameson was now in the temporary safehouse that Daniele Rossi and the girls were in. Giuseppe, Thomas and Mike had now returned from their fight in New Orleans, Daniele then said, "How'd it go?"
"According to plan, FBI are out of the equation, they were too dangerous to be left alive." Thomas then said. Giuseppe then said, "What's the plan for getting Alison to New York?"
Jameson then laid out the route as he said, "2 Separate routes. First route's goin' to Staten Island. Mike and I will take the girls and go to Staten Island to link up with Antonio and Leo Capelli."
Giuseppe then said, "2nd Route, this one's mine. We'll go through Manhattan, which means once we get in it's goin' to be lively down there. Joe and the boys will be there to assist us."
"What about Dempsey and Thompson?" Daniele asked. Thomas then said, "They'll be on our 6. Once we get Alison to the safehouse, we hit Malevsky and his corrupt group of officers."
"Luckily for me, the PC's provided intel for us on that front, an unknown contact alerted Malevsky we're moving Alison into the city. But in reality, she'll be with the girls goin' through Staten Island." Giuseppe said. Jameson smirked, "Ready up! Lock and load!"
The 5 veterans all readied their weapons. As they loaded up with fresh ammo from Daniele's safe room. Giuseppe then said, "Call 'em up, Master Guns."
Jameson pulled out his phone and dialled Joe Capelli III's number, the phone picked up as he said, "What's the word?"
"Mike-3. I say again, Mike-3, get ready, we're leavin' broad daylight, noon at the latest." Jameson replied.
Joe then replied, "Ooh-rah!"
Jameson put the phone down as he said, "This is gonna spread like wildfire."
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