The Mafia's Daughter

Chapter 3 To the club

-Valentina-

-2 years later-

"Tina!! Hurry up!!" Esmay calls from the bedroom. I stand in the bathroom and put a final touch on my makeup. We're going out tonight. Esmay, Anna and I have a free night at the club and Anna's birthday is in a few hours, so we're going to celebrate that in another club. The club we are going to is not from our family, but from another family that my brothers clearly said to stay away from. They don't know I'm going there and that's a good thing. When Marcello and Lorenzo hear this, they get angry again and it always ends in the same thing. I give up because their tantrums make everyone angry and I don't want so many people to be angry or annoyed by my choice.

The first time I went dancing with the girls on stage in the club I thought both Riccardo and Lorenzo had a stroke. Christiano and Marcello had to do their best to stop my other two brothers. They wanted to pull me off the stage. Mom and Dad looked at me proudly and from that moment on I knew I would probably never dance anywhere else than in my dad's club again. I don't strip, the other girls do, I make the dance routines the girls do together and teach them together with Esmay or Grace and dance with them and in the rehearsal room I strip along with the girls, but I understand that stripping goes too far for my father to see. Riccardo has also said that if dad finally hands everything over to him, he will make sure he let me continue to dance, but he also absolutely does not want me to strip. Christiano likes everything I do and he is the only one who has no problem with me stripping. As Riccardo is not in the club and my other brothers are also not around, I dance on stage with the girls and strip secretly. Marcello and Lorenzo are just like Riccardo, They have accepted the fact that I dance, but that's all.

"Yes, I'm done!" I shout and open the bathroom door and walk to the closet in my underwear.

"F**k Tina, you're hot." Esmay laughs and shakes her head. I look at myself in the mirror.

"I'm okay," I tell her and look at her and Anna.

"You two are hot." I point at them.

"Your mother gives the best advice." Anna smiles and I look at my lingerie in the mirror.

"Your lingerie has to be as beautiful as the dress you're wearing to feel completely feminine," I tell them laughing, and both friends nod and laugh. I put on a dark blue dress, which hangs perfectly around my figure. Tight around the middle and flowing from my hips to halfway up my thighs. I step into my dark blue high heels with straps around my feet and my ankles. I tie my brown wavy and curly hair loosely together with a strap band in a high sloppy ponytail and step out of the closet.

"ready?" I ask and the girls nod.

“I would so bang you.” Esmay laughs and I shake my head.

Downstairs, the car with the driver is waiting. I got a lot of things I wanted from my parents when I wanted to leave the house, but also several things my father did not want to hear a word about. I was allowed to choose my apartment if I met several conditions, one of which was a closed community, a doorman in the building, security cameras, and a car with a driver. Otherwise, I was not allowed to leave the house, so I agreed.

"Hey, Andrew!" I shout to the driver and he nods.

"Hello, Miss Ferrante." politely as ever. I've put time into convincing Andrew that he can just call me Valentina or even Tina like my friends do, but he refuses to do that. Sometimes he says Valentina, but when others are there it is always Miss Ferrante. Andrew is in his forties and has a nice wife and two daughters, so as he puts it, he recognizes the concern my father has, because he is also so concerned about his daughters, even though they are even younger than I am.

"And hello Esmay and Anna." He says afterward. That's the thing about Andrew, he always remembers who's in my car, who's important to me and he's always so nice to them. I know that he passes on information to my father and that he has some kind of assignment to tell and keep an eye on things, but this was the least I had to agree to otherwise I still lived with both my parents and then when I went out the door, one of my brothers of one of my cousins had to go with me.

Luca still goes with me regularly, but more and more I can do on my own, only if Andrew brings me and picks me up and I'm with friends. And Luca and I are not friends. He is stern, stubborn, and not once he will listen to me.

"No men this time?" asks Andrew curiously, and Anna and Esmay laugh.

"We see them in the club Andrew," I tell him.

"Yes, the last time Luca went along was not a success." Anna laughs. Thinking about the last time. Luca went along and when one of the men in the club wanted to hit on me Luca didn't know how fast he had to get to me and that scared every man away immediately, making the club pretty boring for me. Also, Luca was the one who caught me with my boyfriend and that ended in an invasion of all four of my brothers and a broken heart because my boyfriend felt quite intimidated by my four brothers.

The only one who is most relaxed about that is Christiano, he seems to realize that there will come a time when I want to settle down, find a man, and get old and happy with him. Just like my mom and dad.

"Where are we going?" asks Andrew and Anna gives him the location when I see him stiffen.

"Uhm, miss, does anyone know this?" he asks me and I see his worried look in the mirror.

"No, why? It's Anna's birthday tonight and she has chosen this club, it's close to her home." I explain and look at Andrew hoping he doesn't blow this off. He sighs deeply.

"I will bring you, but I have to let your father or Riccardo know." He tells us.

"Andrew, please," I try, but he shakes his head.

"Why can't we go there?" asks Anna, and Andrew looks at her. It's no secret that my family isn't just a club owner, everyone knows they're still doing things besides it. Secret things, sneaky things. They always keep me and mom out and talk about

"business to take care of", but I'm not crazy or stupid and I see the nerves in my mom when they have to go on a ‘business trip’ and dad leaves with Riccardo and Luca goes with them too. I don’t know exactly what they do, but I know it’s dangerous. I heard them talking the other night about guns and such.

"Then please call Christiano," I plead. Then I have the best chance of a pleasant evening. Andrew nods.

"As soon as I have dropped you off, I will call Christiano." He promises and we're driving off.

On the way to the club, we open a bottle of wine and sing along with the music and talk and laugh with each other. Both Anna and Esmay are hoping for a sexy guy for the evening and I wisely keep my mouth shut. My eyes on Andrew, I know Andrew is still going to call Christiano, and if I am now enthusiastic about a man for me, then I am sure that within half an hour one of my brothers will disrupt the party and drag me home. Or in the worst case, all four of my brothers show up, and then the fun is over.