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across Alfonzo’s bare chest with an arm over his father’s face.
    Alfonzo sat forward taking care not to wake the boy. The women passed the living room laughing . His wife waved then scurried up the stairs with her spoils. Franky s tood in the center of the hall with a scowl. His boss’ red rimmed eyes absorbed his sweaty appearance and asked, “ Everything good?”
    Franky was pissed . They’d ditched him in the mall and he was escorted from the premises as if he were a criminal or something. To make matters wors e the little bitch Shanda told the saleswoman he’d been following them throughout the mall exposing himself . He was taken to the security office and after a lengthy explanation followed by a preliminary investigation to corroborate his story he was allowed to leave, with a lengthy apology.
    Imagine the frustration of being accused of being a pervert? If he hadn’t shown his identification and mentioned who his employer was they would have put his ass in jail. The last thing he wanted to do is explain this to Alfonzo. He didn’t want Selange held responsible for the action s of her wild friend. If Selange hadn’t called to tell him they were at the beach he’d still be searching all the store s in the mall and downtown for them .
    Franky shrugged, “Yeah , everything’s good. I’m going over to the guest house to get a shower, it’s hot out there . ”
    Alfonzo mumbled then lay back down to catch some more z’s .
    ***
    A t dinner Shanda rec ount ed the prank at the mall to Alfonzo’s chagrin. He rais ed a stern brow a t his wife. No wonder Franky looked disturbed . He excused himself and went in search of the bodyguard. He found Franky eating dinner out in the guest house with Vincent . Alfonzo took a seat at their table.
    Franky put down his fork, “Hey, I guess you heard, huh?”
    Alfonzo’s blue eyes smoldered, “Let’s get something clear. Anything like that happens again and you don’t tell me immediately not only are you fired but I’ll break your fucking jaw!”
    Vincent hadn’t stopped eating. He enjoyed seeing the young man exercise his authority. He was just like his old man back in the day.
    Alfonzo rose from his seat and departed as quietly as he came. Vincent smirked, “So what happened?”
    Franky lost his appetite and got up from the table with his unfinished meal, “Nothing.”
    “Didn’t seem like nothing to me.”
    “I said it’s nothing!”
    Vincent ’s malicious laugh was meant to irk the younger man , “Nothing ever gets in the way of me eating , so I guess whatever happened soured your appetite, friggin ’ punk -ass! ”
    Franky looked at the older man then walked away to dump his food. He wasn’t in the mood for Vincent’s wisecracks. He hadn’t met the other Serano brother but from what he heard Vincent was the nice one. Right now he was too angry to verbally spar with the man, he just wanted this evening to end and get the fuck out of there!
    ***
    After dinner Shanda escorted Sal out to the deck to listen to music and watch the stars. Their cheerful voices filtered through the partially open sliding doors to where Alfonzo sat with his wife at the table enjoying a glass of wine.
    “ Ella está loca ,” he said aloud.
    “She’s a little crazy but she’s harmless.”
    “What she did isn’t funny or harmless. Why the hell did you go along with it, babe?”
    “I called Franky to tell him where we were not long after. Look, she was only trying to get me to have fun . It worked, I had fun!”
    Alfonzo tensed, “Man, I didn’t realize you felt your life was devoid of fun. You want to have fun, tell me what type of fun. Let’s jump off a cliff together, hell why don’t we fly out a plane without our parachutes…that sounds like the kind of fun you want . Is that the type of fun you need ?”
    Her mouth turned down, “You’re over-reacting.”
    His mind raged but his words were soft, “ I guess I am. When someone I care about is murdered by the same