Brooklyn Story by Suzanne Corso

Author:Suzanne Corso
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: 2011-10-15T04:00:00+00:00

At seven o’clock, Tony borrowed his mother’s Lincoln and we dropped Mom and Grandma off in front of our apartment building. After hugs all around on the sidewalk, the women headed inside. “I’ll have her home early,” Tony promised, and then we got back into the car and took off down the street.

I shivered beside him. It was a freezing cold night and I snuggled close to Tony. “Damn! It’s cold,” I said. “The wind-chill factor must be zero or something. Maybe I should go back home and get a warmer coat.”

“No time,” he said. “I gotta meet a guy. Just stick close to me.”

Tony drove to the center of Bensonhurst and stopped on Eighteenth Avenue in front of Coppo’s Jewelers. “Wait here,” he said. “I’ll be right back.” Tony left the car running and hurried into the store. I sat in the car wondering what the hell he was doing as I watched him through the storefront. It’s Christmas night, for God’s sake, I said to myself. Why would it be open now? I shivered again even though the heater was on. I was ready for some hot chocolate back at his house with all those crazy people.

I watched as Tony talked and gesticulated with an elderly man and a younger one who must have been his son. The Coppos, as Tony referred to them, cowered and the older man handed Tony a small box. Tony nodded, turned around, and came back to the car.

“Son of a bitch,” he said with a malevolent grin on his face. “He thought I was a pushover. At least his dad had some sense.” He handed me a velvet box. “I got this for ya.”

I scrunched my eyebrows and looked at Tony. What had he just been doing? I wondered, but didn’t dare ask, although I so wanted to. Instead, I opened the box in my hand and stared at what was inside.

“Merry Christmas,” Tony said as he reached for the sparkling gold bracelet with a heart-shaped diamond charm. He polished it against his jacket and put it on my wrist.

“This is for me?” I asked. “Are you sure? I mean, are these really diamonds?”

“Yeah. ’Course they are. Those guys owed me.”

“Ooh,” I said. “I love hearts and this is the first time I got diamonds for a present.”

Tony smirked. “There’ll be a first time for everything.”

“Oh, thank you, thank you,” I blurted, and reached over to tousle Tony’s hair. He flinched and pulled back. “Hey, watch the hair,” he said, checking his blond coif in the mirror. Carly Simon’s song “You’re So Vain” flashed into my consciousness, but I overlooked his moment of vanity. I had been getting used to letting it pass. I looked at the heart again and then I hugged and kissed him. “How can I ever thank you enough?” I asked.

“I gotta few ideas,” he said as he squeezed my breasts. That bothered me. I knew he wanted me to have a different feeling but I was put off by his coming on so strong at such a tender moment.

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