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“Cops and the Mafia do not go together, Sam.”
“But we’re not in the Mafia anymore, Pops.”My dad looked over at Annie, who was staring wide-eyed at all of us.I couldn’t tell what she was thinking, if she was thinking anything.
“Anyway, Annie, why don’t you show the boys your routine?”
“Your routine?”Stefano’s eyes widened.“What routine?”
I was curious as well.“You an actress or something?Do you have a monologue prepared?”
“Well, I do want to be an actress, but I think your dad was talking about my special routine.Right, Lorenzo?”
“Well, I mean …” He shrugged and chugged more of his beer.
“Let me get my phone.I’ll play some music,” she said.“Okay, do you guys like Lizzo or Britney Spears?And I’m talking old-school Britney Spears because I don’t even know any song she’s had recently.Oh, and I also have Christina Aguilera.‘Genie in a Bottle’ is definitely a popular song.”
“Exactly what’s going on here?”Santino looked at his watch.“I’ve got things to do today, Pops.”
“Santino, have some respect.”
“Yes, Dad.”He shook his head.
“Why don’t you choose, Annie?”I said.
“Okay, well, I do like Lizzo, but I really like Doja Cat.”
“I heard of Doja Cat the other day,” I said.“It was playing at this club I went to.”
“Oh, do you like Doja Cat?”She grinned.“Okay, that means you’ll be the special participant.”
“What?”I blinked at her.
My dad looked annoyed.“I thought I was going to be.”
“Oh, Lorenzo.”She rubbed the top of his head.“Don’t be jealous.”
“Jealous of what?”Stefano said.I looked at him and shook my head.I had no idea what was going on.
“Actually, you know what?I’m going to play this song by Drake,” she said.“Okay, everyone sit still.”The tinny music sounded from her iPhone.It was some rap song I’d never heard before, but then she started dancing.Only she wasn’t coordinated, and she didn’t have any moves.I looked over at my father.He was smiling happily.I then looked over at my brothers, whose eyes were as wide as mine.I felt like I was in some sort of bad dream or comedy show.
“Okay, this is my favorite part,” she said.She stepped toward me, strutting her stuff, only she had no rhythm.Her hand made contact with my chest, and she pushed me back into the chair.Then she got on my lap and started moving her hips back and forth.“And one and two, and one and two, and one, two, three, four,” she sang.“Oops.”She jumped up again.“I didn’t do that in time to the beat.”She walked back over and pushed pause on her phone.“I’ve got to start again.Is that okay, Lorenzo?”
“It’s fine,” he said, nodding.He looked over at me and pressed a finger to his lips.I shook my head.The women my father was dating were getting worse and worse.I understood that my mom had broken his heart, but did he have no standards?
“Okay, here we go again,” she said, and the music started playing once again.I let out a deep sigh as I watched her start dancing.My mind drifted to Valentina.I wondered what she was doing and if she would even be free the next night.I wondered if she’d thought about me and our two kisses or if she’d gone about her day and hadn’t given me a second thought.She was an intriguing, beautiful woman, and even though this was just a case, I was interested in getting to know her better.I wanted to see what made her tick.
I was curious if she was the sort of woman who would give a lap dance to her boyfriend’s son in front of everyone.I shook my head, laughing, as I watched Annie moving her hips back and forth.No way would Valentina ever do anything as stupid as this.
