Fernando a twenty four year old Hispanic man, with full spiky hair and a full untrimmed beard and mustache, wearing a black leather jacket, a white shirt underneath, blue jeans, and black sneakers, steps outside of the prison, breathing out a sigh of relief.
"After six years, I'm finally out."
he looks around on the street and squints at the white suv, approaching him and grunting himself.
"The old man was supposed to wait for me out here before I got out."
he thinks to himself.
"it doesn't matter, I need to keep up appearances, stay on his good side, and not let him know what I found about him while I was in there."
Brandon, a jolly big man, with Gray balding combover hair, wearing a fancy suit that fails to hide his beer gut,
gets out of the suv and hugs Fernando.
"Nando, my son, it's so good finally having you out of that prison."
he led him to the suv passenger side door and said.
"Come on, the girls have a welcome surprise waiting for you."
after they both get in, Brandon gets serious with Fernando.
"Nando, after we get you settled, the boss wants to meet you, so you can start earning some real good money."
Fernando was ready for this, since his plan for vengeance included him getting to know the inner workings of the Sabatoni family, and asked his father Brandon while he was in prison if the boss could get him work, he replies to Brandon.
"The sooner, the better."
Brandon smiles with pride.
"That's my boy, you've really grown into a man these past few years."
Fernando looks out the window, thinking back on the night six years ago, and sees the faces of the men he brutally stabbed while protecting his mother and sisters, he thinks to himself.
"I can't let it keep bothering me since my plans involve killing important members of the Sabatoni family."
he clenches his fists while thinking.
"That includes the boss and Brandon."
he looks at the man who has been pretending to be his father and thinks to himself.
"You hid that I had a real family and that you were responsible for their deaths and that the boss ordered that hit."
he then calms himself to prevent himself from doing anything to Brandon. He sighs in his thoughts.
"his time will come, I need to be patient."
after thirty minutes of silence, Brandon finally breaks it.
"Remember, your mother and sisters have no idea what we are involved with, so do your best to keep it that way."
Fernando replies.
"Yes, sir."
he makes another comment.
"I know you never gave them a chance to talk to you when you got locked up, but please give them
a second chance, they've really missed you."
Fernando sighs.
"I'll try my best, sir."
he clears his throat.
"Good."
he takes a look at Fernando's unkept spiky hair and untrimmed beard and said.
"Let's get you fixed up before we go home."
he nods.
"Yeah, can't have me looking like a neanderthal, for my return back home."
Brandon drives into the city and enter a barber shop that is under protection of The Sabatoni family, the owner who has long brown hair, wearing a navy blue, zip front smock and black losse fit work pants comes up with a thick south jersey accent.
"ey How you doing, Brandon? it's good to see ya."
Brandon replies.
"Everything is fine, I just came to get my boy who just got out of the joint to get a fresh cut."
the man responds with a smile.
"Don't worry, boss, I got ya."
the barber finishes up and asks.
"You like it?"
Fernando looks himself in the mirror, almost not recognizing himself since he hasn't shaven since it grew out. He nods.
"Yeah, you did a great job."
Brandon gives him money and said.
"Thank you for giving him a fresh cut, but if you'll excuse us, we need to be somewhere."
the owner replies.
"No, thank you for stopping by."
they return back to the car, where Brandon said.
"Look, I know you wasted six years of your life in there, and I promise I'll find out who was behind you, serving prison time."
Fernando nods.
"I'll leave it in your hands."
Fernando thinks to himself.
"Unfortunately for you, I'm already well aware that the Caruso's were behind it."
they finally arrive at the mansion, where Brandon breathes a sigh of relief.
"I'm being serious when I say this, Nando, but I did miss having someone as trustworthy as you around again, especially since we are family."
after parking in front of the garage door, Brandon leads Fernando to the front door, and while he takes out his keys, Fernando notices a couple of armed men patrolling the front yard and thinks to himself.
"That night must have left Brandon really paranoid about it happening again."
Brandon unlocks the door and shouts upon entering the home.
"Girls, I've got a surprise for you!"
Fernando looks around the entrance of the mansion and thinks to himself.
"doesn't look like anything changed."
he thoughts gets interrupted by a long hair brunette girl, wearing a white tube top and blue booty shorts, and pink sneakers, running down from the bifurcated stairs, Brandon opens his arms and closes his eyes waiting for his youngest daughter to embrace her father, but after a few moments he realizes that she didn't hug him, he looks over to see her hugging Fernando tightly, meanwhile Fernando awkwardly hugs her back.
"Hey Vicky, I wasn't expecting this."
she buries her face into his chest.
"I'm so sorry, Bro. I know we treated you like shit, but despite all that, you risked your life to protect us."
he replies, trying hard to sound sincere.
"Of course I did. You are my family."
she pulls away, stares him in his eyes, and caresses his cheeks.
"Were you always this handsome."
Fernando chuckles nervously.
"Come on, sis, stop teasing me, and take me to the others."
she grabs his hand and leads him to the kitchen.
"mom is in the kitchen. She is going to absolutely lose it when she sees you."
Brandon looks down at the floor and asks.
"What about my hug pumpkin?"
she answers.
"Ugh, dad, you always get hugs. It's been six years since I've seen Nando."
Fernando is unable to process on why Vicky is acting like this way, he thinks to himself.
"this bitch never acknowledged my existence and always referred to me as the other guy."
she quickly leads him to the kitchen where she said with a wide smile on her face"
"mom look who I brought you."
the lady in her late forties named Jennifer, a natural red hair, wearing a blue shirt that shows off her bust, and white jeans emphasizing her amazing curvy hips, and high heels turns around, and quickly hugs Fernando, she then wraps her hand behind his head and pull it towards her chest, burying his face into her soft set of twins.
"oh my god, my boy has grown into a handsome young man."
she pulls away and plants a kiss on his forehead and both cheeks.
"I've really missed you son."
she whispers to him.
"I never got a chance to thank you properly for saving me and your sisters."
at the time Fernando truly felt like they were his real family, and protected them since it was his responsibility, he thinks to himself.
"I avoided them like the plague whenever they came to visit me in prison, so I never knew if they
were truly gratefull."
she pulls away and said to Vicky.
"Victoria, take your brother up to his room, while I finish preeping the grand meal for his arrival."
Vicky grabs his hand and pulls him upstairs towards his old bedroom.
"all of your stuff was left untouched, so you won't have trouble finding your things."
she looks at his tacky clothes and said.
"after we finish eating we'll go straight to the mall to buy you some new clothes, since I doubt your old clothes will fit you."
Fernando scratches the back of his head.
"yeah I guess I did get a bit taller now than I was before prison."
she rolls her eyes and said with a giggle.
"you are kidding me right? mom had to reach up just to put her arms around your head earlier."
I look down at her.
"my bad, I guess I didn't pay much attention on how much taller I got."
Fernando then asks.
"where is Maddy and Chris?"
she answers.
"Maddy should still be in her room, since she was waiting for mom to come get her for your arrival and please don't call Christina that you should already know she hates that nickname, but she is by working on her tan by the backyard pool."
Fernando then suggests.
"maybe I should stop by to say hello to Maddy."
she nods.
"alright and make sure that she some downstairs, cuz mom will want her to join us for welcome back meal."
Fernando leaves his room, and makes his way to Madison's room, he sighs to himself.
"Vicky and Mom have warmly welcomed me back, but I don't think Maddy will since she acted like the biggest bitch out of all them."
he knocks on her door, and a few moments later the door swings open, and a woman with red hair, in a pixie haircut, wearing a pink shirt, and blue jeans, stands there staring at Fernando in complete shock, he breaks the silence.
"hey Maddy, I'm back."
she hugs him and said while sobbing.
"please forgive me for everything I've done to you, your didn't deserve any of it."
he thinks to himself surprised.
"damn even Maddy?"
he replies.
"the past is the past, let's start over."
she pulls away and wipes away her tears.
"yeah, we can do that."
Fernando then said.
"come downstairs with me, mom shouldn be done with my welcome back meal."
as they walk together downstairs, Maddy said.
"just to let you know, Christina made plans for us to take you clubbing tonight."
Fernando responds.
"well I don't exactly have any clothes, to be clubbing."
he thinks to himself.
"If they take me to Graymoon Club, then I could use this opportunity to scout out some potential targets since it is a popular spot for mobsters."
she replies.
"Don't worry about that, let your sister take care of that for you, we will take you shopping after we eat."
they arrive at the dining room, where they spot Christina, the oldest sister with medium length wavy black hair, wearing a light blue bikini, talking to Brandon, she glances over to there direction and quickly makes her way to Fernando, and hugs him.
"Oh my god, Nando, you've really outgrown your sister."
he responds.
"Thanks, Chris, and you've gotten more beautiful."
she kisses him on the cheek.
"Thank you."
she then said.
"Oh, and I hope you're ready for some fun tonight since we are taking you clubbing."
he asks.
"Which club?"
she answers.
"Graymoon."
he responds.
"Well, I don't exactly have anything to wear."
she places her index finger at his chest.
"you worry about eating good food that was made by mom, so you can't wash out the taste of prison food you've been eating these last six years, and then let your sisters buy you new clothes afterwards."
he nods.
"Okay."
Jennifer came into the dining room from the kitchen and said.
"Here comes the food."
everyone sits down to eat together like a family, but Fernando's mind drifts off.
"I don't mind this, but I need to stay focused tonight and pick out small targets so that I can gather information properly."
after we finish eating, Christina said to Brandon.
"Daddy, can we borrow your card, we are going to take Nando to the mall and buy him some new clothes."
he sighs and takes out his wallet as Jennifer starts picking up the dirty plates.
"Yeah, go ahead.
he chuckles, looking at me.
"we can't have him looking like a bum."
Christina grabs his card and says to Fernando, Madison, and Victoria.
"Wait for me by my car while I change."
as they head outside, Brandon pulls Fernando to the side.
"Hey son, I know I shouldn't have to spell this out, but please protect your sisters."
Fernando nods.
"Of course, sir."
they wait by their sister's pink sedan, where Fernando thinks to himself.
"wasn't expecting my sisters to be acting kind. It feels surreal since they've always treated me like shit."
they spot Christina coming out from the house wearing sunglasses, a blue shirt, a light blue skirt, and high heels, Fernando sighs to himself.
"My first day out of prison, and my day is already looking busy."