The sunlight peeked in through the window, illuminating the darkened room. The half alive Princess stirred, empty vodka bottle in hand, sitting up in the bed. Where the hell am I, she thought, holding her splitting head in her hands. Turning to her left and right, she looked back to see a naked StephaniePlum on one side of the bed and a nude lOOPercentThatWitch on the other. The girls were still passed out from the night before, glitter and confetti still in their hair. Princess looked around, suddenly recognizing her surroundings. She was in Dominick's new Chicago headquarters in one of the guest bedrooms. The headquarter warming party from the night before must have been pretty lit. Princess stood up slowly, tucking her ladies in and kissing them both goodbye before grabbing her heels and quickly stumbling down the stairs. She tip toed around several passed out party goers, trying to keep from waking them. Princess stepped over Chibs and Dominick cuddling on the floor, empty pint glasses around them. If one thing was for sure, they loved their pints. Quietly making her way out the door, she flagged down a nearby cab, pulling the last $100 she had on her out of her bra and handing it to the startled taxi driver.

"To the airport, please. Make it snappy."

The jet lag had really hit Princess harder than she thought it would. First, a flight from California to Chicago, then from Chicago to New York. It had been a busy week. Princess looked out the window reflecting on last night's events, sighing sadly. She had lost friends last night and an air of sadness had swept over her. Suddenly, the car came to a stop outside of one of the shiniest buildings in all of New York, jolting Princess back into the present. Princess looked over at Berserker, smiling brightly and taking his hand for moral support. Edgar turned back to her, smiling as he put his arm over the seat. 

"It's time, your highness. Your people await."

Princess nodded and shook off her nerves as she stepped out of the car behind her bodyguards, making her way through the crowd and past all of the flashing from the cameras and yelling from reporters. Mikhail could be seen standing next to Aegor and JohnWalton with their big fur coats, grumbling about the weather. Her classy husband, Viktor, close to them, cigarette in mouth, holding Tutte for her as she made her way to the front. Dominick and Chibs stood behind them, hugging for warmth from the cold New York air. Adalynn and Isorin standing nearby the entrance, smiling as Princess made her way to the top of the stairs. She could see nothing but a sea of faces in front of her, eagerly waiting for her to speak.

"Today is simply bittersweet. I will not sugar coat what I am about to say. Last night's events were tragic and many lives were lost. Many respectable men and women once stood where I am standing today. Today, I come to you in hopes of rebuilding and going forth to keep New York hustle and bustling. With great pride and honor, I will be expanding for Godfather Aegor of Aegor and taking over operations for New York. I would like to thank so many who have helped me along the way to make this possible. 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓢𝓸𝓹𝓱𝓲𝓼𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓽𝓮𝓼 are coming to New York City! Let's sophisticate this Big Apple!"

Grimbini's eyes adjusted and where before he thought he saw a blinding flash of light, he now saw Princess at the top of the stairs. His was just one of a sea of faces in front of her, eagerly awaiting her announcement. He blinked a couple of times and wondered what the hell happened. Perhaps he had been too overwhelmed with excitement over becoming an intern for CoconutRandy and this announcement on the future of New York. It had been quite a day.

"Congratulations!" He shouted over the din of the surrounding crowd.

Tutte were close to his owner and agreed to all she had said, it was truly a ride for many and now when were going to move over to New york he was thrilled and really thought it should be a great thing settle up in this amazing town many also called The Big Apple.

He jumped down from Princess knee and ran over a bush to take a pee before heading back and up to his owner again, soon we were about to take the journey to N.Y. and there were no way back from it, we will sure make our family proud when making sure to flourish the wonderful town, together were strong.

After leaving the Vatican headquarters, Osiris stopped by to see Princess. 
 

When the driver arrived, Osiris ashed his joint and sprayed some cologne before approaching Princess.

”Congratulations, my dear! I know you will do great and I’m excited to see what the future holds.” 
 

Before leaving, Osiris gave Princess a hug and went on his way.

Winston received a small notice in his mailbox that was marked for correction and reissue. He found these notices to be mostly tedious but alas it was work and paid the bills so he trudged on as usual. After making the necessary "corrections" he resealed the notice and placed it back into the post box for delivery. After a few hours he decided a pleasant stroll around the city was in order. He walked past the park and found a small bench overlooking the water. Instinctively he stopped and sat watching the the ripples move across the serene landscape.

Off in the distance something broke the water and broke his mindless concentration. "Oh look! A duck." Winston smiled to himself and set back to the HQ  passing a paperboy peddling his wares yelling about a new expansion in New York.