Saya looked confused for a moment, as she see's her friend smiling and his curiosity Seem's to have peaked her intrest in him more.Yes it true she was away but not the way he was thinking.

"Ah yes i went to attend to my sister's buisness back in New York Michael and to be fair i haven't seen you as well." She hissed through her teeth, she begins to pout.

Furious_Wolf visits his mates Lucchese's Five and Dime Store to see how things are doing. And when he comes through the doors he sees Michael sitting and sleeping in a chair, ny god what he saw tired out. He slowly wakes up Michael and he wakes up brutally,  hey hey he says to him, slow down, its just me bro.

After Michal had find his body again and maded some coffee for us we drank that and sat and talked a bit about old and new stories we have been in. He then said he had to take care of some important business in the sore and I say to him, good, I will go for some other to in the streets here in Detroit to make sure finding what Im seling for a while.

The day had been a long one as he took in the sites of Detroit between meetings.  He had looked around the musician's homes, the auto industry factories and made some new contacts in the liquor industry.   Now he knew was time just to pick up a few things to take home just to make the other half happy.

Looking around he picked up a few snow globes, postcards and books off Detroit and the lives of the stars as browsed around the stoor.   He knew they would amuse her as she still thought he sold insurance.

"I will take these, please and can i get a bag with them please"

Looking around he pulled a keyring of a nearby rack

"I will take this to please"

Luc walked into the Lucchese's five and Dime store.   The inventory and balance sheets had been reviewed days ago.   Luc like ice cream and soda.  This place was going to be a hang out spot where he makes ice cream floats.  Here is were he will also sale his coke and Heroin daily.  He also liked the idea of being in Detroit where he can make connection in Canada and get Canadian whiskey.  Luc saw dollar signs all over this spot.  He made contact with the purple gang and big Al in Chicago.  He had made contacts in every city in the united states and was earning great money for his boss.  

Luc was in Detroit were he was meeting with Michael Goldstein a captain in the Purple Gang that was running most of the city drug and booze business, they were also getting into the union and gambling rackets.  Luc guy Carmine had sold them a large amount of Coke and heroin and they wanted to buy 80 pounds of each every month.  Luc was only meeting out of respect and not to be their contact.   Luc had the inventory in his five and dime and he was installing a pharmacy to dispence his drugs to the locals and earn a few bucks to increase his stance in the family.  He walked over to the ice cream station and made two banana splits with three scoops of ice cream chacolate, stawberry and Vanilla.  Then he pour a little hot fudge on them and gave them to Victor Jr and his girlfriend.  Then walked over to the door locking it after Carmine and Michael entered.  The three men walked to the back office and spoke.  

At the end of the meeting they came to an agreement.  They agreed that they would get 100 pounds of each drug every month they will get it from the five and dime and it will cost them $800000 a month plus they were to ensure that hisbooze coming out of canada was never malested by anyone not even by Big Al out of chicago.  Carmine stayed as Michael left and Luc promised carmine that he was going to keep 10% of the total action of the Detroit market for himself.  Carmine was happy to hear that as it meant he would make about 200K a month.   

Sammy and Paul arrived with Luc's cut from the cards games that occurred over the weekend and from the collections that they made from their shylock business.  Luc looked at the three envelopes that they handed him and smiled as they handed him two more.  Luc leaned back in his chair and lit his cigarette then looked at them as they handed him the last two envelopes.  Then Apples took the cash placing it in the drop safe.  Paul told Sammy that Luc knows to the last dollar each operation and Sammy handed Paul a buck.  Luc exhaled and asked you risked a lot for a dollar wager instructing them never bet on Luc's money again.  

Luc sat at the bar counter eating a banana split as he watched the new Pharmacist set up along with the two pharmacy aids.  They had things ready to start as they spoke about the remodel to the store.  Benny who was the new manager of the five and dime was pleased.  Benny was muscle and knew how to manage the books and inventory.  The powder was already in medicine bottles ready to be moved and the street suppliers were ready to come get their orders filled.  Luc watched the whole operations and the first day they sold all their remaining inventory which was a small problem since that was a two week supply.  

Luc made a call to friend in Toledo to order a two month shipment of product to the Lucchese's five and Dime.    They told him that product was found in Cleveland so it will be a late arrival tomorrow.  Luc accepted the shipment date and time.   The money filled the drop safe so fast that Luc had to empty it three times.  Luc knew then that he hit gold and the Pharmacy would pass its health and safety audits by the Feds because they never solded the Pharmacy goods excepty to those customers that had real scripts.    

Luc was watching as the new shipment came in this store was moving two pounds a day of heroin and 10 pounds of cocaine a month.  These was a very lucrative business and the money was following faster then he could keep up with.  Apples and Bobby were standing at the doorway making sure no one entered.  Popeye was in the back making sure the counts were right as this place carried one to two months of supply as those numbers changed daily as the sales continued to grow.  Paul made sure the product arrived without issues.  This shipment including the extra product that was sold to the purple gang this was a great surplus of cash that he was going to put into the gambling spots around the country.   

Luc hoped on the phone and tried to contact $Rain but she wasn't there.  He smiled at the thoughts of her one day picking up his call and calling him hon or dear.  Luc hung up and then looked at his watch.  The money was in a small suit case it was heavy and he needed to get this back to the family and his accountant to not just clean it but putting it also into new businesses like his taxi service.

Luc was now running the largest drug operations in the united states.  He was bringing in 1000 kilos a month from France it now landed in New York.  It was at his cotton club that his 500 Kilos was bronken down and sent to New Jersey, Philly, DC, Boston and the home base in New York.  He also had a new connection that sent 1000 Kilos which came up from the south for his west coast business Cali, Vegas, Seattle, Washington and Kanasas.  Then he had another 1000 Kilos which also came from his new connection which also came from Onterio Canada to supply Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans Alanta and Miami.  There were other areas he could have sold in but to move that much he was in the right cities and he figured that Charlie could supply the rest of the united states.

The door opened and the sound of a Christmas bell sounded off.  Apples, Whispers, Popeye, Luc, Bobby, Carlo and Sacks walked into Lucchese's Five and Dime.  Luc saw that most of the people in were line at the Pharmacy.  some were eating milkshakes and others ice-cream.  Luc walked around followed by Bobby and whispers as Carlo and Sacks stood by the door.  Apples sat at the counter with Popeye watching the transactions.  They all saw the two cops in uniform standing in line to include the detective with his gumshoes on.  

Luc picked a few items up as he observed a young mother struggling weather to by a blanket or milk. She put the blanket down and got to containers of milk for her two young kids.  Luc told Whispers to take three blankets up to the register and tell the casher that those go to the little lady with two kids buying milk.  Then Luc handed Whispers a buck for the three blankets.  

Once the store cleared out Luc went to talk with the pharmacy manager.  Business was good so good that he told the manager that going forward they would get quarterly bonuses based off of sales.  Then they talked about the drugs and the sales there.  The Manager told Luc that they were running as much as they could through the registers but they had issues.  He took Luc to the back and showed Luc that they had two small floor safes filled with cash.  This was on top of the bank deposits and envelopes that are passed out.   Luc told him to start increasing the deposit amounts by an additional 10% and have a 20% off sale once a month on the store merchandise.  Then use those days to increase the Deposit by an additional 25%  Luc turned to Bobby and had him grab Apples and Popeye to help empty both safe's. 

Frank walked into his name sake store he know that Luc did everything he could to set things right and the Pharmacy addition to the store was perfect.  He saw the numbers and understood the business and the shipping company was a stroke of pure genius.  Frank went to the back and looked over the books as he sat in the back office.   Paul and August were in the store eating ice cream Sunday's.  When Frank was done he spoke to the Pharmacy Manager and his two sons.  The numbers they were moving in the right direction and their need for more product was becoming a bit demanding so shipment would be lighter but now twice a week.    

Cadence enters the five and dime shaken and tired, she immediately goes for some bottled water then makes her way to the front counter still pretty dazed from today's events.

"Hi mister" she stutters to the cashier "May I have some painkillers please" she starts to fumble in her pocket for some change awkwardly all she could think about was getting a good nights sleep, after what seemed like a lifetime she produces the required change.

"Thank you mister" she said tiredly to the cashier as she headed for the exit...water painkillers sleep, in that order she thought to herself

Chris handed the young woman her painkillers and she handed him the change he wondered if she was ok.  He thought about giving her a taste of the snow but she looked so innocent that he just left her with the pain pills.  Then Chris told the manager that his brother Frank was leaving him in charge and that he would be around a lot.  That everything will remain the same to include the change that Frank made.  

Chris was back in his store.  He saw the delivery and then the break down of the product and then watched as it went out to the street bosses.  Chris nodded as he saw the money roll in as several keys went out and large sums of cash went into the register.  The product went in and the cash was clean immediately.  Chris then saw that the normal everyday product sold also and the soda and Ice cream shop moved just as fast as the Pharmacy.  The set up was beuatiful and it showed that Luc was one smart cookie.  They money that was coming in out of these Pharmacy's was generating hundreds of thousands of dollars a month.  

The woman was walking around the streets of Detroit before noticing a particular name. The shop was called the Lucchese Five and Dime Store. Know she knows one specific man with that name and wonders if it happens to belong to a family member of Chris-Lucchese. Of course, this entices her to go and at least check it out! It seems quite ambitious to sell so many different items, but hey, maybe it works? Perhaps it is a lucrative business, and maybe she will also be able to find something for herself.

Without further ado, Sabrina enters the store and looks all around. First of all, she had a look at the Souvenirs to see if she can buy some goodies for some crewmembers such as Sachetto, Eunoia, Tony, Andrew Majestic, DafneCalabrese and EnricoCalabrese. Finding suitable gifts takes some time since it is a slightly bigger souvenir and goodies selection than Sabrina initially expected it to be. Nonetheless, she handpicks a gift for each crewmember and has a bag full of goodies for them in her hand as she walks towards the clothes. Though the decision to make here, many are right even though the selection is comparatively small. Should she go for another skirt? A dress? But certainly not black again or something completely different? She sighs, as making decisions is hard.

Chris was in the office finishing up his meeting he walked out with a few members of the purple gang.  As he watches them exit the store he spots this brunette shopping his store as he focuses on her and moved a bit closer he smiles as he knew exactly who she was.  He walked over to Sabrina and suggested she take the black skirt.   As she turns to face him she he greets her by name.

"Hello Sabrina what brings you to my humble shop?   I was serious you would look awesome in that black skirt but don't take my word for it ask the clerk or any man in this store."  

He wanted to ask her if she wanted a ice cream or a milk shake but wasn't sure if she was comfortable with him like that so he looked at her and asked her

"Have you ever been to my department store out in Seattle?  Its also called Lucchese's."

The woman continues to look at the clothes department of the store. A woman needs her time, but her indecisiveness on what to buy does not help at all. Furthermore, the selection is more prominent than expected, so it leaves her open with even more options. She cannot help but scratch her head. After some time of looking around, she hears someone mentioning that she should go for the black skirt and so she cannot help but turn around. Of course, it is a familiar face!

Now the surprise lies not in fact, that this belongs to the Lucchese family but more to see him here, rather than in his city. He sure likes to spend time here in Detroit but hey why not? Not like she can complain about that. He also asks her what brings her to his shop so he cannot help but answer ''Well, in that case, I will take the black skirt why not? And I was walking around and randomly noticed your name in a store here so thought it would be cool to check it out. Lo and behold who do I find here but the man himself, instead of a family member. Oh, I also bought a few goodies for the members of the crew I´m in'' she smiles, shaking her head when he mentions that the department store in Seattle is also called Lucchese´s.

Chris smiles when she told him that she expected to see a family member here and not him.   Shaking his head he explains.  

I own a lot of different businesses all for different reasons but as a businessman I have to check up on them all to ensure my managers are keeping up with my expectations on customer services, Everything must be clean, in-stock with a large selection and inviting, the customer can choose to go anywhere so when they choose my businesses they need to have that experience where they think about coming back and they tell their friends.   I don't have to advertise because word of mouth is the best.

Chris looks at Sabrina and then say's

Blue, get a blue dress it will bring out the color of your eyes more, then you will have every fella eating out of your hand just for a moment of your time.  It one thing to be smart and pretty but when you add high class and style with your tools you will be far more then just dangerous.

Chris smiled as she turned away with a slight blush as again she shook her head.

One day when your up to it I would like to take you dancing in New York at my club and we can go to my Casino and I'll let you win a few bucks at the card table.  

The woman continues to look all around the clothing department, while of course, also paying equal attention to the member of the Lucchese family, Chris-Lucchese.  Her family and their family have been quite close together, and so a few members of each have been in contact in the past and even intimate at one point.  Those were some notes that she had read in the letters of the family books, that her father passed onto her.

She thinks about him owning a lot of businesses, and that is true. Meanwhile, she has a little bar in the motor city here but is proud about it nonetheless, and it is also going fine at the moment. Every small achievement is an achievement that one should be able to be happy about and celebrate as well.  She nods as he is talking and then adds ''Yeh managing and maintaining a satisfactory customer experience and their happiness is undoubtedly the secret to any successful business. ''

He then mentions the blue dress and how it would bring out the colour of her eyes more. She cannot help but laugh at his comment and then says ''Well why not? I mean I do not have any blue dresses yet so that it could be a nice change as well. And dancing? Sounds more fun than gambling for me! I don´t find gambling fun.''

Chris smiles and she tells him that she doesn't find gambling fun.  

"Sabrina you wouldn't be gambling you would be cleaning your money.  That is how its done, but if you have other ways to clean your loot and your not worried about Uncle Sam's treasury department knocking down your door then by all means dancing works."

Chris hand her a royal blue dress with silver sequence beading that shimmers in the light when walking or moving.  

"You have always been a doll since we were kids and one day lady you will have to visit me in LA where I can show you fun in the sun."

Chris looks at her as she thinks about the dress he handed her.  

"Sabrina go to the fitting room and see how it looks on you before you say no.  I believe that that dress will hug all your curves just right."

The look she gives him, lets him know that she wants to know why was he looking at her curves to begin with.

"I think I better be quite right about now."