Indecent Protection: A Dark Mafia Romance by Frankie Love & Alice May Ball

Author:Frankie Love & Alice May Ball [Love, Frankie & May Ball, Alice]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: TzR Publishing
Published: 2021-09-08T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Lily

Back in the safety of my limo, cruising behind the black windows on the Las Vegas Strip, I am really over this town

When I ask him, “What can we do now?” I hate the pouty droop in my voice.

He sounds weary and I don’t blame him.

“Look, if you’re missing your selfies and feed so much, go stand by the big rides or the fountains or the pyramid. Walk around some of the shopping areas. Nobody cares about you taking pictures there.”

I say, “Of course. Why would they? There’s nothing anyone would care about.”

“Don’t you do selfies in malls in L.A.?”

“With stores or brands that I have relationships with, sure.”

“Oh,” he says, “I get it. You only care when they’re comping you valuable swag.”

“Yeah,” I tell him, “You totally don’t get it at all. Breaking news: I’m a mob princess. I can buy whatever the fuck I want, or get people to give it to me.”

“So why…”

“It’s business, roadrunner.” I tell him, “I’m learning while I develop a business.”

“As an influencer.”

He won’t ever take me seriously. My lips are tight. “I’m an influencer for now. It’s only to give me options while I wait for an opportunity in the family business.”

Now he looks surprised. “You want to be a mobster?”

“I was born in the life. I want to be a boss.”

“And in the meantime, you’re uploading selfies?”

“I’m learning business. Planning, setting targets and deadlines, building relationships. Setting customer expectations, solving problems. I’m learning branding and PR, in race conditions.”

His eyes open. “You think any of that matters to a mob family?”

“Of course, even though most of them are still in the dark ages and they don’t know it. It’s business.” I tell him, “If your family and mine compete for a supplier, how will the supplier choose?”

“Who they’re most afraid of.”

I sit back. “That, my friend, is branding.”

He chuckles as he shakes his head. “Selfies as the MBA for a mob boss.”

“You’re getting it.” Now I’m smiling, too. “So. What is it you want?”

“I want the same thing. I want to run the family business.”

“What are you waiting for?”

He thinks for a moment. “I used to think I was ready and why couldn’t I just have it now. Back when I was about nineteen. Now I know I wasn’t. Now I know you never are and you never will be, so don’t take it on until you have to. In the meantime, learn as much as you can for when the time comes.”

I’m impressed. “So, you do think occasionally. Perhaps we’re not so different after all. Maybe I should sign you up for my webinar, Marketing the Mafia Way. Only nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine dollars.”

“But hurry. This offer only stays open for twenty-seven minutes. Tick, tick.”

“Meep meep.”

“But you are joking.”

“Good idea, though. Right?”

Like an infomercial voiceover, he says, “The Mafia: Who knows business better than us?”

I pick it up, “This offer, you can’t refuse!”

He actually smiles for a moment. I tell him, “Hey. You have extra dimples when you smile.

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