Avenging Angelo Page #5

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And your father,

he always told your mother..

..the greatest love stories

were in the opera.

He loved her very much.

Dammi la mano..

..in pegno!

Eccola! - Ohim!

Cos'hai. Che gelo questo mai?

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No, no, ch'io non mi pento,

Vanne lontan da me!

Pentiti, scellerato!

No, vecchio infatuato!

- Pentiti! - No!

Pentiti!

- No!

Si! - No!

- Si! - No!

No! No!

#Ah! Tempo pi non v'!

l'll be right back.

Great. You made it.

Two dozen, right?

Do me a favor and hang out here

until the thing is over,..

..and you'll hear some applause.

You'll come up to the door,..

..and l'll signal you to come on in.

- And we'll surprise her.

- Thank you.

- Do you know what they're saying?

- Not really. No. l know he's dead.

- He's dead, yes?

- Completely dead.

- What is he saying?

- Well, he wants his daughter..

..to avenge him. He's saying:

''Avenge me, my little one''.

''My little one''?

Oh, God, l can't stand it.

What else?

''Give the man who gave you life

peace in death''.

La vendetta tutto!

- La vendetta ....

- Tutto. - ....tutto.

lnteresting.

Marcello!

Can you believe it?

He threw me a rose!

- A white rose. - Yeah, it's nice,

but l always thought the red ones..

..were the special ones.

- Oh, no. You don't understand.

White is special.

lt's pure. Not like red ones.

Everybody gets red roses.

- So how'd you like the opera?

- Oh, more..

..than l could have imagined.

- Yeah, well, Angelo loved it.

My father, was he handsome

when he was young?

Yeah, very. And your mother, she'd

be able to walk across a room,..

..and everything would just stop.

And l remember that one time,..

..at this wedding,

she made me dance with her.

- Were you embarrassed?

- Course l was embarrassed.

l was just a kid, but, you know,

she was pregnant with you.

Actually, that means you were

the first person l ever danced with.

Mm, l guess.

l like that thought.

Frankie, tell me something.

Why haven't you ever been married?

- l'm just waitin'. - Are you

saying you've never been in love?

Love is like this temporary form

of insanity, isn't it?

And you've never been insane?

You're reading that.

This Marcello, he turns

everything into such a passion.

l can't put it down.

- Have you ever read him?

- l don't think l'd like the guy.

- Why not?

- Ah, he looks a little too smooth.

- What's wrong with smooth?

- l don't know.

l know guys like that,..

..struttin' around like roosters,

taking credit for the sunrise.

Sometimes l just think smooth

is not too appealing, that's all.

So you don't think

a man can be called beautiful.

l think there's a possible exception

for every rule in the book,..

..but personally, l've never stood

on a chair and, in a loud voice,..

..yelled:
''Hey, guy,

you're really kinda gorgeous''.

''Wanna go to Palm Springs

this weekend, or whatever?''. No.

You see, women are totally

different about this.

Women have been known, on occasion,

to go absolutely crazy over a guy.

l know. Believe me.

- You know?

- Mm-hm.

You know, the first time l saw it,

it was when Sammy Carboni's kid..

..came back to Queens.

He was living over in ltaly,..

..and Angelo wanted to know

what he was like, so he had me..

..follow him. And one day,

l see all these little girls..

..goin' absolutely cuckoo nuts over

some kid. lt was like this kid..

..was a golden boy that the sun

was shining on all the time.

He's the kind of kid that every

l know.

So l was just watchin' this.

Why were you watching him?

Well, it was Carboni.

Gianni Carboni.

- Son of Sammy Carboni?

- Uh, yeah. Right, right.

The guy that Lucio Malatesta

murdered, and....

- Frankie!

- ....tried to blame Angelo.

l think he's coming over here.

What should l say?

How do l look? l mean,

if you were walking over here..

..looking at me,

what would you think?

- You wouldn't want to know.

- l do. - Wouldn't. - l would.

Frankie! l'm serious.

He's getting closer.

What would you

want me to look like?

What are you doing?

No, no.

Just trust me on this one.

So, what do you think?

What do l think?

- Are you together?

- Mm. Yes.

Uh-uh-uh-uh-l-no.

l mean-l mean, no.

- He's the....

- ....Security consultant.

You mean, the bodyguard.

l am not good at pretending.

We've been watching each other.

So forgive me if l cause offense

baring my heart in telling..

..the truth. You see, in my soul,

l stand naked before you.

Maybe he ought to go back and get

dressed so he doesn't catch a cold.

No!

He's justjoking.

- You are Jennifer Barrett, yes?

- Yes, l am.

l wanted to thank you for arranging

my reading at your club.

But you seemed,

how shall l say, distracted.

l'm such a great admirer of yours.

l've read all of your books..

..over and over and....

- Miss Barrett?

What? Jennifer.

Jennifer. May l call you?

Thank you.

l apologize

if l disturb you.

Oh, my God!

Can you believe it?

Frankie?

Did Angelo....

Did my father

really want to protect me?

Protect you? Your father used

to drive by here on summer nights..

..and watch you go

swimmin' in the moonlight.

Then he'd see you

up in the balcony..

..you know, combing your hair,

talking on the phone to this guy..

..and that and comin' home

from school and kickin' up..

..those leaves

in the dyin' light of fall,..

..and l saw these things, too,

l'm definitely talking too much.

And l was just living my life.

- And you were there.

The whole time. - Yes, ma'am.

- Spying on me.

- Spyin'?

No. l wouldn't say that.

You know, l was watchin',..

..and for your information,

l knew when to turn away.

Did you have anything

to do with Bobby Jordan?

Excuse me?

Bobby Jordan.

Bobby Jordan.

Bobby Jordan.

No. Um,

l can't recall a Bobby Jordan.

l went with him in high school.

He was cheating on me

the whole time.

And l was so crazy about him.

l swear l would have married him.

And, then,

he just got strange, one day.

No! No! No, Frankie!

No, Frankie! No!

He stopped talking to me.

Young guys can go through

this neurotic phase.

Well, it's notjust guys.

- Could l have some more anisette?

- Sure.

What about Polly Peters?

Do you remember her?

No. l've never heard of her.

- Polly Peters. No.

- Well, she was this mean,..

..nasty witch who started

spreading awful stories..

..about me sleeping around.

She was destroying my reputation.

We know the most fragile thing in

the world is a woman's reputation.

lt all stopped,..

..right after this terrible thing

happened to her car.

My car!

lt's like she just sort of upped

and moved to another school.

You know something, Francis?

We're becoming friends.

Did you realize that?

No, l didn't know that.

Well, like it or not, we are.

Do you realize that you never

call me Jennifer?

You may, you know.

That being my name and all.

Good night, Francis.

Good night, Jennifer.

What?

Frankie!

Oh, my God!

The door's closed.

The door's closed.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

l'm gonna go up there.

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