THREE
"The clever ways I try to change / Happen and pass leaving me the same / What you do works for a time / Until you drop without a warning sign / If you keep going on like this / I'll be one more thing for you to miss." -Jimmy Eat World
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"I thought that I was dreaming when you said you loved me / It started from nothing / Had no chance to prepare / I couldn't see you coming / It started from nothing / I could hate you now / It's quite alright to hate me now / When we both know that deep down / The feeling deep down is good /If I could see through walls I can see you're faking / If you could see my thoughts / You would see our faces / Safe in my rental like an armored truck back then / We didn't give a fuck back then." -Frank Ocean
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"Everything I do I do it with a passion / If I got to be a bitch I'mma be a bad one / Live for the challenge only makes me stronger / One more reason to turn up on 'em." -Kehlani
Thankfully Korinna managed to get a job thanks to James. This is the first time Korinna's ever worked and actually got paid for it. Working at Michael's wasn't hectic like her roommate's current jobs, it was smooth sailing majority of the time but she's only been working a couple of days so of course this was all subject to change. Korinna wandered the aisles and eyed the shelves making sure that none of the items were out of place since some people tended to be careless. After organizing the posters by color her ears picked up on the horrible elevator music that changed to "You'll Be in my Heart." Yes that famous song from the Tarzan soundtrack was currently playing throughout Michael's.
Korinna glanced around for any signs of the camera silently thanking the manager of the store for listening to her about changing the music when people shopped. Although this was an old song Korinna didn't know a single person that didn't like Phil Collins or Tarzan. Korinna hummed to the lyrics as she rocked her shoulders side to side while putting things on the shelves back into place. As the chorus picked up with Korinna reaching the end of the aisle she couldn't contain herself belting out the lyrics and wiggling her body, "'Cause you'll be in my heart! Yes, You'll be in my heart! From this day on, forever more! You'll be in my heart! No matter what they say! You'll be here in my heart, always!"
By this point Korinna was full on pounding on her chest to the lyrics, her full energy kicking in; that she almost wanted to pull off her uniform and run while singing the lyrics but she didn't go to that extreme. A figure was standing behind her, arms crossed a smile planted on their lips. They had tried to get the dark-haired seventeen year old's attention before but she was a little too preoccupied with her obsession with this song.
"Excuse me!" The person said a little louder causing Korinna to freeze in her spot, turning to face the woman behind her.
Korinna instantly straightened up, spitting her hair out of her mouth and fixing it back to it's original part in the middle then made her way over to the taller woman. "Hi, can I help you with something?"
"Yes you can, actually. I'm looking for a straight cutter." The woman told, keeping her arms crossed as she stared down at Korinna.
Korinna nodded her head, "For soap making?"
"Yes." She smiled a bit.
Korinna waved her hand, "Okay that would be in the crafts and hobbies section if I remember correctly." Leading the way back through the aisles with the taller woman following after her.
"This your first time working here?" The woman questioned as Korinna led them to the end of the aisle then continued on through the middle of the store towards the other aisles across the center.
Korinna stopped in the middle of the new aisle immediately finding the soap bars and the fragrances that sat in tiny brown bottles, "Yeah. It's about time I start getting money for myself."
"I know what you mean, allowances don't cut it sometimes." The woman's slightly deep tone empathizes.
Korinna nodded her head letting the customer know that she had heard her, "I see the wavy cutter but not the straight." She wondered a bit further down the aisle but only managed to find more wavy cutters.
"Hold on I can ask the manager if we have any more in the back for you." Korinna suggested ready to turn on her heels, since she didn't receive a walkie-talkie just yet she would have to go to the back of the store and find her manager who chilled out in the back during this time.
The woman shook her head, "Don't worry about it, I'm not really here for the cutter's anyways."
Frowning Korinna turned around to face the woman who also stared at the bi-racial teen, as if she were looking right through her. Creepy. "Okay...is there anything else I can help you with?" Korinna kept her cool.
"Yeah you can," The woman informed stepping towards the girl, "You're Korinna right?"
Korinna glanced down at her name-tag, "Pretty sure."
"I can help you with your issues." The woman stated almost moving like a snake, slow-like. "If you can help me with mine."
Korinna kept her chin up not letting the woman before her know that she was slightly creeped out by her and demanded, "Who are you and what do you know?"
The woman easily picked up on the bass in the teenager's tone and stepped back a little bit holding her hands out, "Relax I'm not going to hurt you or anything. I think you know someone by the name of Nadia Avila?"
"So?" Korinna snapped while shrugging her shoulders, she still didn't like Nadia.
The woman waved her hands around as she talked, "Well she contacted me not too long ago and gave me some information. Pertaining to the Gimello's and the Rokos."
"Why the hell would she do that?" Korinna bit, her eyes turning into slits.
Smiling the woman let the secret out, "Because I think I'm a Gimello."
Korinna scoffed, "Okay so you're cousins?"
"No like we're siblings. Nicky and Vito, they're my brothers."
Korinna frowned at that. Nicky and Vito had a sister? Since when?
"If that's true why the hell are you coming to me with this?"
The woman continued to smile, "It seems like you're the little sister they've always had, plus you know them better than I do ya know? Nadia thought it would be best if I came to the source of who could get through the two with this important information."
Korinna stopped the woman right there, "Listen...we're not on the best terms with Nadia. She's a liar, she knows so much shit and continues to tell people at the last minute when it's already too late. Nicky and Vito have been through a lot okay? I don't know if you coming around would be the best thing during this time."
The woman crossed her arms, her colorful tattoos were a sight to see as they shined bright against her collarbones, chest, and down her arms, "Alright I get it. But we've all been through some shit in our lives, that's the point of living, to wake you up and see if you can handle it. You just said yourself that Nadia always leaves you guys the last to know about shit, so I'm here now. As an Italian and you as a half-Greek our cultures both know that family is important to us. I have a right to know my brothers and my Nona, my real family. I could do it myself but I would rather get to know the girl that my family is so fond of...i could also be useful to you guys."
"Bribery." Korinna stated then sarcastically said, "Really? That's your ticket in?"
The woman fiddled with the cigarette that rested between her ear and skull, "I know how to get a target off your back. I know how to get rid of Herb and Epps. You're one of the most important things to Nicky, Vito, and Nona right? If you're considered family to them your family to me."
"How can I trust you?" Korinna softly said, staring at the floor as she unwillingly showed herself being a bit fragile.
The woman used her fingers to tip Korinna's chin up so their eyes could meet, "Don't trust me, always trust yourself before anybody else. Be certain in that bella. I can only tell you so much about myself but you'll never know me enough, after all I am a Gimello."
Korinna smiled at that, "You have a point."
Her brown eyes scanned over the taller woman in front of her. Korinna took this time to take in the woman's appearance, she was tall like her brothers although Vito was actually three inches taller than Nicky but the new Gimello sister had be around 5'8 or 5'9 like Nicky. She even stood like them, chin up and a slightly slouched over form, long dark brown hair like Nicky but shinned a dirty blonde at the ends of her hair like Vito, arched long brows, hollow eyes that were the prettiest shade of tropical waters, she had a small spectrum hoop piercing that fit nicely against her long straight nose. Korinna remembered the old photos she saw of Nicky and Vito's mother in the 70's and this woman that stood before her was a splitting image of the late Trisola Gimello. If Korinna really thought about it this girl looked as if she could be a true Gimello. But she couldn't get her hopes up and put her trust in a stranger, she learned that the hard way with Vito's old friends.
"What's your name?" Korinna suddenly asked, realizing that the woman knew somethings about her but Korinna hardly knew anything about her.
The woman winked, "Jovanna Balboni," She introduced herself holding out her hand for Korinna to shake.
Once they did Korinna pulled her phone out of her back pocket, "I get off in thirty minutes. You think you can wait around for me until then?"
"Sure." The woman shrugged, placing the cigarette in between her lips, "I'll wait for in the lobby downstairs. I think I'll go buy a bottle of wine as a house-warming gift to my brothers, no?"
Korinna smiled, "They'd like that. That would be a perfect ice-breaker actually."
"Right? Anybody that doesn't like wine are fools." Jovanna snapped her fingers before stalking off, "I'll let you get back to it, Korinna Rokos."
Even the way she moved and talked gave Korinna a few answers that she was certain of.
Korinna sent a group text to James and Viola about her whereabouts after her job, checking in like she were supposed to do. It was going on two-thirty as Jovanna pulled up to the Gimello's household, the woman waited for Korinna to climb off her motorcycle as Korinna surveyed the streets spotting Nicky's black 1968 Chevrolet Camaro sitting pretty in the sunlight.
"Nicky's home...not sure about Vito though." Korinna announced as Jovanna rested the helmets on the bike, "Do you really want to leave this bike out here?"
"You don't think I should?" Jovanna quizzed shoving her hands into her back jean pocket.
Korinna eyed the nice bike, "Things that look the least bit expensive get stolen or tires slashed or whatever you can think of it's most likely happened. Vito had his windows busted out of his car once just for someone to steal one of his lucky fedora's."
"Vito wears fedoras?" Jovanna smirked finishing the last of her cigarette.
Korinna grinned, "He thinks he's bruno mars, honestly. He knows every song by Bruno."
Jovanna tossed the cancer stick to the ground as she turned around to grab the bottle of wine, "Good to know," She began leading the way to the Gimello household, "If anyone steals from me they're gonna know exactly who they're fucking with. I can promise you that, so don't worry about it we don't want your pretty face getting wrinkles right?"
"Black don't crack." Korinna answered with a sigh as she dragged herself up the familiar narrow steps.
"Funny. My fiancée says the same thing." Jovanna chuckled waiting on the porch.
Korinna turned to face Jovanna, holding her finger to her lips as she brought her foot back kicking the door. She always did this piss off Nicky, especially when he was deep into something. Korinna kicked three more times before turning around to face the door while Jovanna laughed at her antics. The two patiently waited for Nicky whose heavy feet were thumping down the steps.
The door was forcefully pulled open, the door-knob flying into the coat rack that rested beside the bay-window. Nicky was panting a bit and shirtless with his jeans rested low on his hips which appeared unbuckled. His slightly hairy chest was drenched in sweat as he glared to his left where Korinna stood.
"Hi you're not busy are you?" Korinna said bluntly knowing full well that he was.
Nicky's hazel eyes narrowed, "Aren't you supposed to be at work kid?"
"I'm done for the day, so now I'm here."
"Were you working out or something?" Jovanna asked eyeing the sweat on Nicky's body then meeting his now bright eyes.
"Something like that." Korinna smirked as she sniffed the air dodging the hits Nicky tried to give her.
Nicky straightened himself up as he took in the appearance of the woman beside Korinna, "Who the fuck is this? Your boss or a new house patient?"
Korinna rolled her eyes and got straight to the point as she glanced at Jovanna who gave a closed-mouth smile, "Jovanna this is Nicky, Nicky meet Jovanna your sister. Is Vito home?" She tried to barge into the house but Nicky grabbed her shoulders and yanked her back to her original spot.
"Rewind. What did you just say to me?" Nick urged.
Korinna clasped her hands together staring the bearded man right in the eyes, "Since Nadia is apparently still stalking us, she found Jovanna, somehow tracked her down from Rome and brought her here. You're also siblings. I'm not lying to you about this Nicky. Again is Vito here?"
"How do I know if this is legit?" Nicky pressed eyeing Jovanna up and down.
Jovanna waved a bottle in the air, "If you let me in I can tell you everything you need to know. I questioned it too, then I talked to my dad-well the guy who raised me not my biological father-"
"What's his name?" Nicky interrupted.
"Matteo Balboni." Jovanna immediately answered.
Nicky rubbed at his beard, "Zii (Uncle) Matteo raised you?"
"Yeah you know him?"
Nicky nodded, "He and my dad were best-friends almost like family. They did a lot of business together, man, haven't seen uncle Matteo since was I sixteen at ma and papino's funereal."
Jovanna nodded, "He showed me photos of us together when we were real young. I wanted to know why Dino and Trisola Gimello gave me away but I understood."
"You have that photo with you?"
"I have everything you need to know." Jovanna stated.
Nicky looked at Korinna who meet his eyes. Nicky sighed as he held the door open allowing Jovanna to enter the house, he went to the edge of the stairs calling out to some girl who rushed downstairs undressed. She was not Diana that's for sure, Korinna figured that Nicky was going through women to cope through his pain of losing his son but that could only last for so long. Korinna stepped aside as the girl sucked her teeth at Nicky and cursed him out before exiting the house, just as Korinna were about to enter the home she heard a familiar deep voice call out to her.
"Ren!"
Korinna took a deep breath as she held her head back staring up at the sky. When she put her head down she felt Nicky by her, "Get the fuck off my property Gallagher! Or I put a bullet-"
"Nicky stai zitto!" Korinna butted in watching Nicky raise an eyebrow.
He pointed at Korinna then at Carl, "Keep him off my property or I'll stomp the fuck outta him. Hurry up and deal with your business so we can tend to what's happening in here. I'm gonna call Veet."
Korinna swallowed as she jogged down the steps meeting Carl, "What?!"
Carl licked his lips, "Look I know you're pissed at me for the other day-"
"Pissed is an understatement."
"Yeah and I'm sorry about that it's just my dick has a mind of it's own." Carl started watching as Korinna crossed her arms, her expression not changing whatsoever.
"I didn't mean to hurt your feelings especially when you fought so hard to keep what you felt for me a secret. I like that you're more open about what you feel and I do-want-no need you to be around no matter what we become in the near future." Carl took a different approach watching as Korinna slowly started to show some emotion.
Korinna bit down on her lip staring at her feet before meeting Carl's eyes, "I don't know how much longer I can continue doing this. I said I would fight for us but it's tiring if it's only one-sided. We agreed that we wouldn't jump into anything just yet and you broke up with Dominique right in front of my face but what happens a month later? You're right back up under her because you can't control your shit. Do you really think that's fair to me? I bet you wouldn't like it if I started screwing around with one of the guys at Edge Heart Grove and then climb back into your bed at the end of the day would you?"
"No I wouldn't like it but I'd deal with it if it made you happy since we're not committed to each other as boyfriend and girlfriend." Carl voiced, a slight frown appearing on his face.
"So you'd let me go just like that? Just so you can get your new programmed dick wet by a girl that doesn't even care about you as much as you care about her." Korinna summarized.
Carl explained, "Dom loves me. She does, if she didn't she wouldn't agree to be friends with benefits." Said as if he was so sure of himself.
"But do you love me?" Korinna tested.
Love wasn't something that you could just throw around, Korinna hoped that Carl knew that. Korinna knew that Carl didn't really love Dominique, how could he? He loved what she could do for him and so did that girl. She used him for sex and Carl was confused by it and Korinna hoped that Carl would figure that out soon.
"Of course I do." Carl admitted making Korinna let out a long exhale, "That's why I'm here right now trying to make things good between us. I know you hate me right now for what I'm doing but I know it won't last for much longer."
"What makes you think that, especially now that you're still diving into that swamp?" Korinna quipped, causing a small laugh to escape from Carl's plump lips.
"Did you just refer to Dom's vagina as a swamp?" Carl pinched the bridge of his nose trying to stop the smile that was appearing on his face.
Korinna had a small smile playing on her own, "Damn straight. Wake up killa, she's not right for you."
"Yeah...I think I'm starting to get that. Dom's got gonorrhea, her dad went fucking ape shit on me but I tested negative. Lip and Ian told me that she had to have gotten it from someone else, meaning that she's seeing other people besides me." Carl revealed, a wave of sadness touching his eyes a bit.
Korinna couldn't give him the sympathy that he wanted instead she went off in whole different language, "Écho gamiméno sas eípa óti skýla den ítan kalí, allá den boreíte synéchise na kollísei to poulí sou mésa tis kai na doúme ti synévi! Eísai éna tétoio ilíthio, ilíthio agóri!" She slapped Carl upside the head as she said this then continued on,"An ísoun fílos mou poté den tha exapatísei gia sas aitía den axízoun aftó! O óti skýla eínai gonna get it párei ótan ti vlépo. Empistosýni! She's gotta die!" (I fucking told you that bitch was no good but noooo you continued sticking your dick in her and look what happened! You're such a stupid, stupid boy! If you were my boyfriend I would never cheat on you cause you don't deserve that! Oh that bitch is gonna get it when I see her. Trust!)
Carl watched as Korinna closed her eyes and began to sit on the side-walk crossing her legs, and placed the palms of her hands together as she raised them above her head taking long inhales as she stretched. Carl was a little afraid to question what his best-friend of many years were doing but figured out that this was something they taught her down at rehab. After doing this five-times she opened her eyes as the wind began to blow her hair back. Carl made his way to stand in front of Korinna blocking the sunset.
"Now that was hot. You got to teach me sometime." Carl told his eyes searching Korinna's.
Korinna breathed out a small laugh as she continued sitting on the curb, "What are you going to do about that bitch?"
"I was just heading on my way to her house now. I'm going to confront her then call it quits for real this time." Carl decided spotting Vito Gimello rushing down the street, his arms filled with grocery bags.
Korinna nodded her head, "Good for you."
Carl crouched down to meet Korinna's eyes, "Then we're seriously going to figure out what we're gonna do about you and me."
"Good." Korinna kept her eyes on Carl's, watching how they shined as they trailed from her lips to her eyes and back again.
Taking a deep breath Carl pointed in the direction, "Well go!"
Carl dropped his head which Korinna ran her fingers through quickly before placing them back to her side. Carl lifted his head after awhile and stepped back, "I'll see you soon Olivia."
"Bye Francis!" Korinna yelled waving her middle finger at the boy as she turned to meet Vito who waited for her at the end of the steps.
Vito turned his eyes back to Korinna after watching the Gallagher boy skate down the streets, "Hey sweetheart. You tellin' me that Nicky and I got a sister by blood?"
Korinna let out a breath knowing that it would a long night.
The evening went on quickly. Korinna thought she had spent hours at the Gimello's gaining information about Jovanna and her family and history between the Balboni's and Gimello's. It felt like a true history lesson. In short the evidence was pretty much there thanks to Nadia giving all the information and Jovanna going to her own sources for the information. Matteo and his wife Adelina had been trying to children for the longest but soon found out that Adelina had ovarian cancer and wouldn't be having kids any time soon. Dino Gimello, Nicky and Vito's father was best-friends with the man that raised Jovanna and often did business together. Whenever there was an issue with one the other would be right there to support them through whatever. Trisola and Adelina got along well too they also did everything together, meaning planning events and holding house gatherings together back in Italy. When Matteo got charged, Trisola and Dino agreed to move Adelina into their home until Matteo served his eight-year sentence. When Matteo was released after serving five years Dino and Trisola's gift to them was a child, that child being Jovanna. Both families knew they were into deep shit and that it was only a matter of time until things went south.
Dino and Trisola were both labeled as the godparents to Jovanna if anything were to happen Matteo and Adelina. Two months before the murder of Trisola and Dino, Adelina's cancer came back and she died on Christmas Eve knowing that she would be dead before she could ever face the wrath of the Gimello's. Adelina envied the Gimello's knowing of their "perfect" marriage since she lived in a household with them for five-years. She had taken a trip to Greece with little Jovanna meeting a ruthless family named Xanthopoulos where she spread lies over the Gimello name. At this point The Xanthopoulos were out for blood and paid Adelina for her honesty, getting another family involved which fell under the name Rokos. However Matteo Balboni had an alliance with a German family with the surname Luh. Matteo immediately had knew what his wife had done and knew that she was trying to leave him and take their daughter with her. Matteo hadn't been the best husband cheating on his wife and had periods of abusiveness towards her when he drank too much. When Adelina had returned she had quickly fallen ill, the doctors informing that she should have never left the country but she died knowing that she had left hell behind her all because she was jealous and wanted her husband to suffer.
That's where the war started and ended with the starter of this whole mess, Adelina dead, jovanna without a mother, leaving two young boys without their parents leaving them to be raised by Dino's mother, and a hate left for a life-time. Jovanna had said that the Balboni's had squashed the beef with the Xanthopoulos and the Rokos years ago but the Luh's had it out for the Gimello's and Rokos still. Korinna's head was spinning with the new information and how Jovanna said that Dimitri had been approached by the Luh's and did some work for them just to squash the hate but they targeted his son, Dacey. The Luh's liked to instigate and things would never end unless they ended up dead which is why they had trapped Dacey and since Dimitri didn't want to be trapped as well he left his son to handle everything all on his own.
Again Dimitri was the shittiest father on the planet.
Korinna couldn't deal with all of this tonight, she didn't want to. Things were going just fine until Nadia had to dump more issues on them. Korinna could never see herself hating the Gimello's, they were good together a true family. Things were going well, they truly were. Korinna had been clean from the filth she had been surrounded by, her head was on straight, and she almost had Carl. He admitted to her that he did love her and that was all she wanted. Today was going fine but why did it feel like everything was slowly spiraling out of control?
Korinna had to leave. She didn't want to hear anymore of this information and Vito and Nicky easily picked up on it. Jovanna offered to take Korinna back to Edge Heart Grove but she declined calling Enzo to see if he could come and get her which he did. Jovanna offered apologizes but Nicky brushed it off saying that it would be out in the open some day. Korinna couldn't leave fast enough, hopping into Enzo's car not saying a single word.
When they got back to the deserted side of Chicago Enzo caught up to Korinna, "Hey you sure you're okay? You didn't sound like it on the phone and if there's something you need to let out go ahead I'm here."
Korinna finally let out a breath as the two stood below the porch. She felt like she was holding that in for the longest as her lungs reached out for more oxygen but it didn't seem like she could get it fast enough. Enzo immediately made his way over to Korinna as her vision started to appear in black spots. Enzo latched onto her wrist as she almost fell backwards, slowly lowering her to the ground as she struggled to breathe.
"Is this an panic or asthma attack?" Enzo questioned himself eyeing Korinna's breaths that didn't sound like wheezing.
Once Enzo figured it out he snapped his fingers twice instead of his usual three times the charm method as he knew how to calm Korinna down, "Want to know what happened to me today? So you know I put a down-payment down on a tiny house James and Janice helped me find right?"
Korinna nodded her head still squeezing onto Enzo's arms.
"So I went back to check on the house during my lunch break and my ex-girl was in there just chilling naked and everything for me. Now I don't complain when it comes down to surprises but that was a fuckin' nightmare I tell you. I'm definitely going to have to get a restraining order on her but that wasn't the funniest part of my day. So I'm seriously thinking about getting into model okay, look at me a handsome guy like me deserves to have their face plastered all over billboards; but anyways so I had this shoot after work. This photographer lady she's nice and everything but she's got this evil poodle named Priscilla and while i'm posing her dog literally walks over to me just to piss right over my toes and walks away like nothing happened. I've never been so disrespected in my life! I don't vibe with golden showers and I was ready to tell that dog a thing or two about herself. But since I don't like to hurt any dog's feelings I decided not to because maybe Priscilla was just having a bad day and I didn't want to make it worse for her." Enzo spoke so many words in under three minutes but it seemed to get Korinna back to normal breathing as she were laughing.
Korinna grabbed Enzo's cheeks pressing two kisses to each side before embracing him, "We need more more people like you in the world, my friend."
Enzo smiled as he rubbed Korinna's back, "I really appreciate that. You okay now, you want me to get you some water?
"If you don't mind?" Korinna pulled back to stare into Enzo's colorful eyes.
Enzo squeezed the tip of Korinna's nose, "Anything for you mi amigo. Don't you go anywhere." The taller tan-skinned man said as he jumped to his feet and rushed to the porch just as Cam were coming out.
Korinna felt the exhaustion kicking in as Cam hurriedly moved over to her side, "What the hell?"
"Don't start with me Cameron." Korinna bit, waving the boy away.
Cam yanked Korinna to her feet causing the girl to yelp a little bit as he held her close to her frame, "You think I wouldn't notice?"
"Notice what, Cam? You're hurting me." Korinna could feel her blood-flow in her wrist coming to a stop.
Cam let out a humorless laugh, "I knew you did something with my morphine. You're the only person that knows where I hide my stash."
Korinna sighed, "I flushed them down the toilet because I almost had the impulse to try it again."
Cam loosened his grip of Korinna's arms, "See I knew you'd be just like me. Once is not enough."
"The first time you didn't even ask me you just did it!" Korinna hissed.
"You liked it because if you didn't then you wouldn't have kissed me that night."
"I didn't know what I was doing."
"Yeah right. Look at you, you probably want to kiss me again, don't you?"
Korinna took this time to lift her right arm up quickly knocking her elbow into Cam's jaw making him stumble back and let go of her wrist. Korinna took a deep breath as Cam called out to her, "You bitch! You know how much money you owe me now?"
As Cam started to charge over, Korinna ran towards him and took her knee right into his groin causing Cam to yell out and and drop to his knees. Korinna walked over to Cam and gripped his dark wavy hair, she stared into his eyes, "I said it before and I'll say it one last time and this time I'm sure you're listening. I don't want your drugs and I don't need your manipulative ways to persuade me into thinking that doing drugs is what's going to make me feel better. I don't owe you shit, stay away from me you pathetic excuse of a human being."
With that said Korinna turned to see Monte sitting in a rocking chair watching the entire thing with a smirk on her face. Korinna said nothing to the girl meeting Enzo at the door who held out a red-cup filled with water and fruit, tipping her head back she swallowed all of the water and the chewed on the raspberries. After that she let out a burp and handed the cup back to Enzo and went up the steps to her room.
A/N: I'll stop this here. I was going to write another scene but decided against it. So I was right with my assumptions Dom cheated on Carl and has the nerve to get mad at him for an STD that she got from someone else?! Well bye bye cause now Carl bout to slide into Korinna's DM's ;) Anyways so much has happened in this chapter, we're finding out who Jovanna is who just dropped this HUGE bomb on Korinna and the Gimello brothers. Thoughts? I know it was a lot to take in and might seem confusing at the moment but I'll try and clear it up for you guys now. Jovanna is Nicky and Vito's biological sister. Trisola who happens to be Nicky and Vito's mother had a best friend named Adelina who couldn't have kids because she had cancer and decided to be a real ass friend and hand over her offspring to her and Matteo Balboni (who was best-friends to Dino and were in the Mafia together.) for those two to raise.
Nadia did her little hacking business and located Jovanna who was in Rome and flew her to Chicago to meet the Gimello's and Korinna. Jovanna says the Luh's had beef with the Rokos' family for generations because Adelina started some drama that wasn't even true. I didn't say this in the chapter but Adelina's maternal family did the same thing thus the drama lasted for generations. Since the Xanthopoulos wanted to handle their business with the Gimello's they had their alliance: the Rokos family to back them up. Since the Gimello name and Balboni's were tight as a family, the Balboni's brought their alliance in with a German family with the name Luh. Which brings us to Herb and Epps Luh who have it out for the Rokos but more of that history lesson is coming.
How do you feel about Jovanna do you think she's legit or will she be like her lying ass mother? What about Cam's character now that we kinda see who he is? Carl somewhat admitted that he loves Korinna are you freaking out because I am, although Korinna didn't let it really settle into her noggin just yet. I'm ready to see what happens for Carl and Dom since they didn't show the entire scene with Dom's father barging into the frat house - I WISH THEY DID. Can't wait for the new episode on Sunday along with the walking dead.
Thoughts now on this new drama?
P.S. - CAST REMINDER -
Korinna Rokos - Played by Isha Huston via instagram
Nicky Gimello - Played by Shia Labeouf (If you type in photoshoot 2015 black and white photos should pop up and that's era I'm picturing Nicky in at the moment.)
Vito Gimello - Played by Hayden Christensen (During the takers movie era)
Nona Gimello - Played by Susan Suranden
Enzo - Played by Jessey Stevens
Cam - Played by himself - Cameron Boyce (It's so hard seeing him play the bad guy :(]
Dove - Played by herself - Dove Cameron
Monte - Played by Lourdes Leon (Specifically during the Stella McCartney Advert)
Janice - Played by Joey King
Viola - Played by Viola Davis (She has the attitude of Annalise Keating OFC)
James - Played by Jesse Williams
Jovanna Balboni / Gimello - Played by yayasleeps via instagram
Trisola Gimello - Played by Cher in the 70's (I googled photos of Cher in the 70's and Yayasleeps kinda favors her so that's why I included this here)
-ALES