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would rock your world.”
    “I’m not looking for
anything like that.  I’m not like you, Danny, I don’t need all that crazy
shit.  In fact, it’s the last thing I want.”  Nathan shoved the next sentence
past the grapefruit sized lump in his throat.  “But if you think she’s so
amazing, you should definitely hook up with her.”
    And pray to God that
Nathan didn’t strangle him with his bare hands.
    “She’s not into me and
we both know it.  She couldn’t take her eyes off of you, D. Seriously.  And
that last look she gave you…” Danny shuddered.  “I’ve never had a chick look at
me like that.  Ever.  It looked like she was staring straight into your soul or
some shit.” 
    “Maybe she thought she
recognized me.  Maybe I looked-“
    The realization slammed
into his brain like a freight train going 200 miles an hour.
    Stella - Maristella, Kat -
Katerina, Nina – Antonina, Fi – Fiorella…and there had been one more
sister…G…Giovanna – Gigi.  The five Ciaramitaro sisters.  Their father owned
C’s.  In the old neighborhood.  Orr at least he had when Nathan lived there
twenty years ago. 
    Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck .
    So that’s why she’d been
staring at him.  She recognized him from the old neighborhood.  And definitely
remembered all of the other stuff that went with it.
    Nathan felt sick.  And clammy. 
And he wished he could put his fist through a cinderblock wall. 
    See?  You should have known
better.  She’s not into you.  She just remembers your sorry ass, that’s all. 
    “What’s up there, bro?” 
    Nathan turned to find Danny
studying him.  “Nothing.  I just remembered where I know her from.  The
old neighborhood.  The one I lived in before I went into the system.  Their dad
owned a little grocery store.  So, see, that’s why she was staring.  She just
recognizes me from back in the day.”
    “Yeah, nice try, but nope. 
That was no ‘hey, I know you’ look, dude.  That was a ‘I have evil plans to
jump into your brain and fuck you up , but I’m gonna have some fun along
the way first’ look.”  Danny clucked his tongue, grinning.  “Gonna be one
helluva rough ride there, my man.  Better you than, me, my brother.  Better you
than me.”
    “I’m telling you, it’s not like
that.  But feel free to continue your fantasies if it keeps you entertained,”
Nathan replied.
    Nathan stole one last look at
Marinelli’s as he drove out of the parking lot.
    Okay, things were looking up. 
He’d figured out why the Stella woman was always staring at him.  Now it made
perfect sense and he could stop thinking about her.  The world was, once again,
in tidy order.
    He was, once again, in total
control.
     
    Chapter Seven
     
    “So, Stella’s into
somebody.” 
    All clanking of
utensils against plates and lively Sunday dinner conversation came to a halt. 
And all eyes were suddenly on Stella. 
    She swallowed her
ravioli and shot Kat the biggest malocchio she could manage.  “I am not.
There’s this police officer who I think is…attractive.  And nice.  We bumped
into him at Marinelli’s last night and Kat’s got it in her head that I’m into
him.”
    “What cop?” Nina
asked.  “Cleveland or a suburb?”
    “Cleveland,”
Stella answered, knowing what was going to happen next.
    “It was one of the
cops who showed up at Eddie’s that night.”  When Stella shot her another dirty
look, Kat mouthed “what?” and shrugged.  “Stella was almost drooling over him. 
It was extremely entertaining to watch.”
    “Which one?” Nina
asked, like it was no big deal that Stella was panting after one of the cops
who’d almost arrested her. 
    “Never mind. 
Doesn’t matter.”  Stella stuffed more ravioli in her mouth and hoped against
hope the conversation would turn.
    “He was really
tall and had short sandy brown hair,” Kat said. “And he doesn’t say much.”
    “Ah, okay, I know
which one you’re talking about.  Drazek, was