3/2/94, 2:10am, Ray's apartment in Acter, Alderney
'Because Toni's trying to protect you, kiddo. He might be a bonehead at times but he's your older brother and he cares about you.' Ray says as Gionna finishes her cup of coffee. There was no way that either one of them would be able to sleep.
'He's got a funny way of showing up by running off. If you kill a rival mobster, you stick around and if you survive the retaliation, you hit them back hard!' Gionna says, thinking like a mobster and not a normal kid. It was the life that she and Ray had grown up surrounded by, their fathers and Gionna's brother had worked their way up through the Leone family, which is how Gionna and Ray met eachother.
She was two, Ray was six.
They were kept from the business until they got curious enough and snuck into the office just after Gionna's father died when she was eight.
Well, no more being a bystander and no more being a target! Enough is enough!
'I want you to teach me how to use a gun. If Paulie Sindacco wants a war, that bastard's going to get one!' Gionna says, a determined look on her face. Ray nodded, showing his approval for his friend's willingness to take matters into her own hands.
Meanwhile (Sindacco compound, 2:18am, Chinatown)
'What?! How the hell did three of my best soldiers lose a damn kid and their lives in the process?!' Paulie yells, outraged. He specifically instructed them to wait in Middle Park because it was a place that he knew where Gionna felt safe. He didn't expect her to lead them on a chase into the subway station from Algonquin to Northwood.
'Alright, take some of the associates and search everywhere. Yes, that includes Alderney.' He says, hanging up and pours himself a glass of Crown Royal, downing it quickly before pouring another.
If she really wanted to lead him into dangerous territory, that suits him just fine.