Sins of the Father Chapter Five
Rated PG at the most
Author's notes: Thanks for coming back for me. I hope you like it. I'm hoping it answers some of the questions ya'll have had. This one is nothing but Johnny and Lulu so I hope it feeds your craving.
"So when you said sailing I was thinking more along the lines of a catamaran or a dinghy or something not so much a…yacht." Lulu joked as she allowed him to help her aboard the largest boat she'd ever seen.
Johnny smirked. "Yeah but yachting sounds so over the top. It's almost like saying why yes of course I starch my underwear and search the housekeeper every night before she takes the bus back to her house in Harlem."
"A girl could get used to this." Lulu replied as she stretched out on of the benches. She was pretty sure the fabric used for this bench was more luxurious than her sheets and that was sad.
"And a guy could get use to this view. Did I tell you that I thought you looked beautiful? Blue does wonders for your eyes." He whispered seductively as he bent down to place a soft kiss upon her lips. She was wearing a navy blue turtleneck that may have covered her up but on the flip side accentuated all of her curves.
Lulu grinned wickedly. "Almost as much as the one you took her earlier, huh?" She smiled as he blushed again. "It's cute that you blush."
Johnny pulled back and looked at her in shock almost as if she had just said I'm pregnant with Dewey Cox's baby. "I don't blush."
Lulu scoffed. "You so blush, you're blushing right now."
"It's the cold. You should get your eyes checked." Johnny advised solemnly.
Lulu couldn't help but giggle at his denial. "Well then maybe we'll have to check out the cabin once we get this show on the road. Or you could catch pneumonia or something."
Johnny untangled their limbs and pulled himself off of her. "I'll be back. Let me just tell Leo to pull away from the dock and take us out to sea."
She couldn't help but notice that the jeans he was wearing did wonders for his butt. What had gotten into her? She didn't think like this. She hardly even did PDA. Now here she was fantasizing about pinching his butt. If he could read her mind she knew she'd be blushing right now. She let out a deep breath and reveled in just how fresh the air was. For the first time in weeks, probably even months, she could think clearly. Her thoughts weren't jumbled and clouded. She could hear herself think. And it felt so good. She had a feeling this was why her father was always taking off. She sat up as she watched him make his way back towards her. "So where's Ric?" She asked once Johnny sat back down beside her and placed his arm around her shoulder.
"Doing some work back at the house. You know planning my surrender."
"I know this may sound weird but why Ric? I mean of all the people in the world to help you with this why exactly did you choose Ric Lansing?" Lulu finally asked the question that had been plaguing her since Johnny had asked her to relay the message. God so much had happened since then. She guessed this is what they meant by whirlwind romance.
Johnny sighed and smiled. "Good thing we have plenty of time cause this story is definitely a long one." Johnny took a deep breath and then began. "Trevor Lansing started working for my father before I was before. I think they worked together for something like twenty five years. Anyway Trevor came to work for my father after Ric and Sonny's mother Adelle left Trevor. At first Trevor had a life outside of the family but he became more and more involved until finally he just moved in along with Ric. Now Ric is the same age as my older sister –"
"Wait what you have an older sister?" Lulu interjected. "Of all the things we've talked about somehow you've never mentioned this detail."
Johnny grimaced. "Yeah well about that, it's just Vanessa is well she's just another complicated chapter of my life. You see Vanessa's ten years older than me. Her mother was my father's mistress, who just happened to not want to have a child. My father, who wasn't sick at the time, struck up a deal with the woman and convinced her to have the child. When my mother met and married my father Vanessa was I think three. My mother raised Vanessa as if she was her own daughter. When my father killed my mother Vanessa was eighteen and away at college, she was also madly in love with Ric. She knew my father was sick and pestered Trevor to do something about it. Hell she more or less threatened him. But back to my original story first."
"Before you continue I just have to say and I thought my family was crazy." Lulu threw in.
Johnny couldn't help but chuckle a bit at that one. "If you only knew, anyway so Ric and Vanessa are the same age and they basically grow up together. Their lives revolved around each other and protecting me. I was twelve when shit really hit the fan if you know what I mean. That year my father was just getting worse and worse so Trevor was making more of the decisions. He made a wrong one that put our family in a lot of jeopardy. Suffice to say Ric, Vanessa, and I basically moved to the island. I can still remember the urgency in Trevor's voice when he told Ric they had to come and get me as quickly as possible. It turns out that Trevor had accidentally killed off a member of the Marquez family and they were very upset. To save us, the family, and his own ass he ended up striking a deal with the Barony family. If the Barony's were willing to help keep the Marquez' it bay, Vanessa would marry Michael Barony."
"But wasn't Vanessa with Ric?" Lulu asked in disbelief.
"Yep they were madly in love and headed to the altar. Michael had been in love with her for years. I mean years. Michael was a good guy and Ric knew that. He also knew that without the Barony's our family was in definite peril so he told her that she had to marry Michael. It killed them both. Vanessa married Michael three months later. Ric left a couple of weeks after that. Life was never the same. Anyway to answer your question Ric always was there for me and I knew I could trust him. We're family."
"Oh Johnny, I just, wow. So is your sister still with Michael? Is that the reason the Ric I've always known is so bitter?" Lulu had a million questions running through her mind. This was like Tristan and Isolde except with a mafia twist.
"Actually about five years ago Michael was killed. Everyone thought Ric was going to come rushing back to be with her, but he didn't. I don't know why because I don't have what it takes to ask him. I don't know if Ric is bitter as much heartbroken. I can say he's definitely not the guy I grew up with." Johnny felt so strange telling someone about this part of his life. In fact he'd never shared this story with anyone. Sure he'd dated girls before and many of them were from the same families he'd grown up with, but still he'd never shared this part of his life. And those girls usually knew about his sister and Ric. It was the kind of story everyone Boston crime family whispered about. Many people saw Ric as a tragic hero for giving up his happiness for the sake of the family. If he wanted a job in Boston, he could have had it in minutes, but he'd stayed away until now that is.
"We have to get them back together."
"What?"
"We've got to reunite Ric and Vanessa. They gave up their happiness for you right?" She paused to let him agree. "Well we have to repay them. If it weren't for their sacrifice I would have never known you."
"You don't know that for sure."
"Yeah I do Johnny. Life is a series of events and when one event changes everything changes. If she hadn't married Michael I'd have never known you."
"You're serious about this aren't you?"
"Serious as a heart attack. How long is it going to take you to get a hold of Vanessa?"
"About a day at the most. I'll have to slip a letter out to her. She's got plenty of security around her in Boston so it shouldn't be too hard." Johnny smirked at the way her face lit up. "Have I mentioned you look cute when you scheme? Your face lights up and well it's worthy of a Kodak moment."
Lulu playfully slapped him in the chest. "So what're you waiting for let's turn this baby around. We've got a couple to reunite."
Johnny couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle quietly to himself as he went to tell Leo to take them back. Lulu Spencer was some kind of girl. She was definitely a piece of work and he liked that.
So that was the update. Thank you for reading. I'm pretty happy I could devote this entire thing to Johnny and Lulu. I hope it answered some of your questions about Ric and Vanessa and everything. I'll try to get the next chapter out as soon as possible. Please let me know what you think. I love feedback it makes my day.