The True Memoir of a Mafia Boss' Daughter

Getting Ready for a Party

"So is this party going to be bigger than your 16th?" Jennifer asks as she puts on her makeup in my bathroom.

"Umm probably. I don't know I haven't turned 18 before." I said sarcastically joking.

"Bet... This is going to be huge." She says, walking out of the bathroom door holding an eyeliner pencil.

"I just wish Justin was gonna be here. I miss him." 

" I know he acted weird when he came back from Ohio, then suddenly he had to leave again. It was weird he knew your birthday is tomorrow and I know he wanted to be here. It was like he wanted to tell us something. I don't know it was weird."

" I know he wasnt the same at all. I want to help him so badly, but I don't know what he needs help with. I hate seeing him like that."

" Well, I do know something. You two need to tell each other how you feel. I know there is something between the two of you. Come to think of it, I know there is something."

" You think so. I mean, I don't know, there is something. I just dont know what it is."

" Its more than friendship. Why dont you make a move? I have seen you two. You look at each other like you are madly in love. A lot of times I thought you two were going to kiss, which I know you two wanted too. But neither one of you makes a move. You two haven't even hugged or anything, no body contact at all."

" I cant make a move. My father won't approve for one. And what if he doesn't feel the same and I make a move and ruin our friendship? I would rather have him as a friend than nothing at all."

" Well, you two can't keep this up. It's obvious you both have feelings for each other."

" I don't know Jennifer. I don't wanna talk about it anymore."

Someone knocks on the door

" Yes?"

" Maria, may I come in?" My father asked.

" Yes." I opened the door. My father kisses me on both cheeks and smiles at Jennifer, who has finally finished getting ready.

" I want you and Jennifer to go pick out dresses and shoes and whatever else you girls want for your party tomorrow."

" Oh my god Mr. Valentine. Thank you, thank you." Jennifer says excitedly

" Yes father. Is there a limit?"

" Heavens no. You girls go on a shopping spree if you want. It's not every day you turn 18. Go get yourselves some nice things for tomorrow. I have someone coming in the afternoon for hair and makeup, so no need to worry about that." He says with a smile. " My dear, you are so beautiful and now a woman. Tomorrow we will celebrate, but then you will start to manage some of the affairs."

" Thank you father."

" The car is waiting whenever you are ready."

" Thank you."

" Thank you Mr. Valentine."

" Your welcome Jennifer." My father says as he leaves the room.

Me and Jennifer hurried up and put our shoes on ready to go shopping for tomorrow. My father owns different types of, percentages at different stores, plus the workers know who I am, so they wait on me hand and foot as none of them want to piss off my father. So I know we are going to be treated like royalty when we pull up at the stores. We have been driving Mikey crazy. We have been to 5 stores. So far, we have bought bodyspray and got our nails done. Both of us went with our natural nails as they are long, just got french tips and got our feet pampered with tips. But that's it. We haven't been able to find a dress we like and we want to wait for our dresses to get the shoes. So we looked around in the stores but didn't find anything. We went to another dress store and started to look around. 

" This is beautiful." Jennifer says, holding up a black dress " I'm gonna try it on. OH NO I AM NOT!!! This thing is 4 thousand dollars. NO thank you."

" Jennifer, try it on."

 Jennifer whispers " its 4 thousand dollars. Thats more than a used car almost."

"Jennifer, don't look at the price. If you like it, try it on."

" Really?"

" Yeah." I said, laughing "Go try it on. And I want to see it on you, so you can't say it doesn't fit!!!."

She walks towards the dressing room with one of the workers in tow. They have been overly helpful, if you know what I mean. I picked up a beautiful red dress that resembled the one I wore on my 16th birthday. This one had a slit on the side. In the front, it went to my lower knees but then draped to my heel towards the back.  It was tight fitting with no straps on the shoulders. Just a very beautiful dress. I waited for Jennifer to try her dress on and come out.

" Oh my God Maria. Look at this. I love it. Oh my god, look at my boobs.. Oh my ass. I didnt know i had them. I look HOT.." Jennifer says, turning and staring at herself in the mirror.

" You are getting that. You look too damn hot, not too. The guys are not gonna know what hit them." I said to her.

"Really?" She says, smiling " NO...... Really." Still looking at herself in the mirror 

" Yes really."

"You got a dress too. Oh my god, Hang on, I wanna see."

A few minutes later, Jennifer came out of the dressing room and I went in. I looked down at myself before walking out. I'm not as chesty as Jennifer. My bottom is a little bigger. I have an hour glass figure and this dress shows them. Usually I wear nice looking clothes, mostly jeans and tank tops or a nice shirt. But nothing like this. Man, my body has changed since I last wore a dress. I walked out of the dressing room. 

"OH MY GOD!!! WHERE IN THE WORLD DID THIS COME FROM?" Jennifer says loudly, gesturing to my body.

" Well, you see I went to bed and woke up like this." we both started to laugh.

"No for real though, that is your dress. That is it. If Justin could see you, I bet he couldn't help but kiss you."

" ha ha funny."

"I will take this," I said to the worker. We went over to the side of the store and started looking at shoes. Jennifer kept looking at the price tag and putting the shoes back.

" Seriously?" I said, looking at Jennifer.

" What?"

" Why do you keep putting them back?"

" That one is 1800 dollars.. this one is 1500, and they are just shoes."

" OK, quit looking at the damn price. Or I'm just gonna grab one. I know your size. Either way, you are getting a pair."

Jennifer just looks at me. " OK. You win."

She gets a black pair of shoes that sparkle and are open-toed. They have buckles on her ankles. I got a pair of black heels with red bottoms that are open-toed. We get our bags and go to the car. I tell Mikey to go to a jewelry store. We both got white gold ankle bracelets and bracelets, a necklace with a diamond pendant. And small diamond earrings. Nothing outrages, just comfortable beauty. Not too much, but just enough. We got back to my house as we were pulling up. I saw my father has company, so I texted him.

" Father, we are back. Do we need to go back out?"

" No dear, I need you to come in. Jennifer can come in and just have her wait in your room."

I look at Jennifer

" My dad needs to talk to me. He said you can wait in my room if you want."

" Ok."

Now I have to put up my wall, stand tall and proud and have a complete emotionless expression. The one thing i have completely mastered over the years. I walked in with Alexander behind me. As I walked towards the office, I heard several people inside. I slightly knocked on the door.

"Come in." My father says.

I opened the door. My father is sitting behind his large wooden desk. In front of him is the Romanos. Leo is standing by the wall of the door and my mother is standing on the side of the desk between the Romanos and my father. I walked in and shut the door.