He shook his head. "I want to be like you!!" Marco yelled. I asked "Are you sure you don't like girls? Even a little bit?" He looked at the floor. The answer was no. I said "It is not impossible. It will be very hard. Everyone will hate you, but if you want, I'm a lieutenant here. You'd just need to work for me using your own power. Focus on being the best mob doctor you can be. There is always use for one." I looked at all 3 of them. "I will not give any of you jobs to join up. You are precious to me, so I do not want you to become like me. I already have another son with my wife who can be the second generation if he wants. "That's not fair!" Carlo yelled from behind me. "Heh. I already told you. Bastards will never measure up to the real thing. You'll always be second place to that kid." Bella gloated. "If you really feel that way. Prove that you are worthy using your own power." I then got up and looked at Carlo. Let's go out and do some missions. He quietly came along. We did several low level jobs. Once we had done enough good jobs for Carlo to cross into 2 stars in the Blue Codex, we returned home.
Bianca had cooked a meal that was Carlo's favorite. We were eating together when I looked at Bianca. "I am sorry I roughed you and Bella up today. That was wrong of me." I said. Both Bianca and Carlo looked surprised. They were not expecting an apology from me. "No, it's fine. I grew up in the old country. We treated feminine men differently there. I forgot that Marco and Rocco were my nephews. For a moment, they became total strangers. That was wrong too." she said. I was forgiven by Bianca at least. Apologizing to Bella was useless. It would not change her mind about me. I had Romeo drive them to school in the morning. When he returned, I went with him to my headquarters. Acario called me in the afternoon. "You did well. I was not expecting the job to be done so soon." he said. "I remember to repay my debts. I did warn you about wasting it on something that silly." I responded. It earned me a long pause on the other end of the line. "You might want to lay low for a bit. He knows that it was you." he informed me. "How!? I wore that disguise." I asked. "Gregorio told him. Relax."
Sucking my teeth, I said "That favor you got from him better be worth it. I have half a mind to go out and kill him to spite both of you." "C'mon, boy. It's one faggot. And he chose the lawyer path. No combat training at all. There is nothing he can do to you." Acario tried to reason with me. I took a deep breath. "Fine. Gregorio is safe... for now." I sighed. "Now, I called you for another reason. We want La Familia." he said. I smiled and said "You can't have La Familia. That is where my alternative family is living." "It's just 2 mistresses and 3 bastards. Don't you think you can afford a house for them to live in?" he asked, annoyance seeping into his voice. It was clear he did not have much pushback from others my age. "That's only because you haven't see the floors I have them live on yet. It is as much a home as the one I have with my wife." I said. He clearly was smirking when he said "Oh yeah!? I want to see this place. "Pull on over then. I will show you the top floor. The highest suite in the hotel is amazing and is a carbon copy of the floors below it." I challenged. It was his turn to laugh.
