LOGINPushing the bench weights above my head and back down until my sets are done. I always do my arms last because they are the easiest to me. I hate doing legs and core, so I do those first. I go by least favorite to my favorite to keep myself motivated because I don’t enjoy working out for fun. I know there are gym buffs who adore working out, and they don’t even necessarily do a sport that they need to work out for. I’ve always been good at sports. With my wide and massive frame, and being a little over six feet tall, I was recruited to play football in middle school and played all through high school. I could have gone pro, but I fucking hated it. I hated every game, every practice, and everything to do with the damn sport. By the time I graduated, I swore I’d never touch another football, and I haven’t. After high school, I knew I needed something to do other than working as a bouncer. Even if I was only eighteen, I passed for much older because of my height and body frame. I made a
I direct my mind to the meeting I’m about to have with Max and Trey. The three of us run the Trinity Alliance. I run the Italian side, Max runs the Russian side, and Trey runs the Irish side. Trey is also my older cousin. We hold our meetings at the club casino. We bounce around between our three offices. Max always brings coffee and baked goods from my sister's bakery. Toni is a goddess in the kitchen, and I think we all bow down to her culinary skills. Today, we are doing the meeting in my office. All of our offices are on the same floor and are fairly the same except for a few personal touches. I’m sitting on the dark red leather sectional I have in my office. Trey walks in first carrying the coffees, followed by Max carrying the classic lavender box of Toni and her best friend, Lucy’s, bakery. They set everything down on the dark oak coffee table. I grab my coffee, and open the box to pluck out my giant chocolate almond croissant. They are my favorite, and one of the first things
One would say I’m lucky if luck is something you believe in. I’m not entirely sure that I believe in luck, but I do believe in mystical shit. I even believe in psychics and things of that nature. I’m also huge on Roman mythology. Being all Italian, it feels natural for me to be curious about it. My family and even some of my friends think I’m a little odd for my fondness for mystical things. I honestly don’t really talk to them about it. It’s okay that it’s not their thing or that they don’t fully understand it. They support me and that’s all that matters. Plus, I have one person I can talk about all of this with, and that would be Maverick. He’s my twin flame, which is very different from a soulmate. Our connection isn’t romantic in a sexual sense. We are deeply connected on a spiritual level. We understand each other in a way no one else can understand. It’s like Mav is my other half in a spiritual way. We connect on a level no one else can understand. Mav and I live together, and
It’s hard to believe Rosie and I have been married for ten years. To celebrate we went on a spooky tour to Sleepy Hollow and then Salem. We have a whole bucket list of haunted places we want to go and we check one off every anniversary. The list is from haunted towns to specific haunted places. Since this year was a big deal we decided to go to two places. In ten years Rosie and I have had two kids. Our oldest is our son Jason Fredrick who goes by Freddy for short because he is a traitor and is on Rosie’s side as a Nightmare on Elm Street fan. Our daughter Carrie Laurie has yet to pick a side. Rosie and I went all out with the horror name references with our kids. Our family loves Halloween and we even do Summerween with the kids because it’s just become a thing with our family. The kids are with Dale, Gail, and Russ who all still live together. They love taking the grandkids to their house while Rosie and I enjoy a break. Rosie finished her degree and works part time at the precinct
Change seems to be the theme for the last several months. Gail is home, and Russ and Dale have given her the complete queen treatment. It’s been good for the three of them to rely on one another especially in their older age. Another thing that has changed is that I don’t run my own squad anymore. I moved up and am doing a special project for the Faceless Assassins that connects with cyber hacking.Turns out, I have my father’s talent for cyber hacking. Working with him allows me to learn something new while bonding with my dad. It’s still weird to call him dad. I never really called Dale dad. Gail I called mom because I knew she needed to have someone that called her mom. I don’t know the full extent of their fertility problems, but I know that it hit Gail the hardest. Personally, I feel like Dale could have gone either way with having kids, but it was something that was important to Gail. Anything important to Gail is important to Dale. I understand that because Rosie and I are the
A few months have passed. Summer is officially here. Gail is not only awake, but finally home. It was touch and go for months with Gail, but she is a fighter. It’s a huge relief that Gail is awake, home, and moving forward. She seems unphased by the abduction, however, I think she might be putting on a brave face for us. Still, it’s nice having her back with us. I don’t think anyone was ready to say goodbye just yet to Gail. Sometimes we get lucky and that goodbye gets postponed. Other times, we aren’t so lucky and are forced to say goodbye sooner than we wish. Life isn’t always predictable because I certainly didn’t predict that I would end up married to Shane, pursuing my dream career, all while having my freedom. It was a good unexpected surprise. There might be even more unexpected things coming my way as I stare at the pregnancy test on the counter. Toni is about to give birth and Julia is just about out of her first trimester. I might be next as I wait for the timer to go off.







