The night was young, smoke filled the air as Skorpeon roamed the streets the Bronx. Thoughts were always swirling around in his mind, but he always dismissed them as he had other things to worry about, like running his family. This wasn’t just any ordinary day, this day, Skorpeon felt the need to pull the family together, who had been working so hard for him, and celebrate them.

Skorpeon made phone calls to each and everyone of his members and invited them down to the district restaurant. After making the call, Skorpeon got on the phone with his driver and began getting ready. He put on one of his finest suits, he was always ready to impress. Skorpeon heard a beep and looked outside to notice his driver was there to pick him up.

Skorpeon walked out of his headquarters and walked slowly down the stairs to the street. He reached for the door handle and pulled open the door before climbing inside the car.

“Hey Skip! Can you please bring me down to that restaurant we were at the other day, for the life of me, I cannot remember the name.” he asked.

Skip nodded and tipped his hat as he pulled away from the curb. Skorpeon sat patiently as he just watched as the people were walking down the sidewalks and loved how popular New York was. As they arrive, Skorpeon nods in approval. He opens the door and slowly closes it as he thanks the driver. He walked into the restaurant and asked for a table for his whole family. The hostess began giving him a hard time due to the amount of people so Skorpeon asked for person in charge. The manager walked out and noticed Skorpeon right away. They were old friends from the old country, so he knew the face was a familiar one.

“Hey Johnny! Listen, I am having a last-minute dinner with the family as a thank you for their hard work. You got a place for us?” he asked.

Johnny nodded and began moving tables and chairs to be able to accommodate such a big crowd at the last minute…

As the table was ready, Skorpeon sat down and grabbed a menu while he awaited some family. The waitress came over to take his drink order and asked how many more people will be coming. Skorpeon put the menu down and looked up at the young lady.

"Well, aren't you good to look at." he said. "We will be having a few folks coming from my family like, nene, Hydra, Venti, JahsehOnfroy, Lilith, JenBarber, Cash, and Biba. I haven't heard much back from others but there may be more or not! Not really sure. I guess we will see! Can I have a smooth whiskey on the rocks?" he asked.

<font color="#99CC99">The young lady walked away to grab the whiskey and Skorpeon went back to his menu. Just as he did, he noticed someone walking in but couldn't really determine who it was because his vision was blocked by another person standing up.</font>

By the time had arrived, the food was already set on the table. Just ready to be devoured. Nene was dressed in her best outfit paired with some hoop earrings. She saw Skorpeon sitting down and approached him with a big smile. 

"Hey boss. I miss these family get togethers. A lot of people will be coming soon so let me join you on that whiskey you got there," she smiled softly before taking a seat across from him. 

She appreciated her boss for doing this. It was very good to know that her boss still had time to organize these things even in the midst of busy schedules and important paperwork. Nene sipped on her whiskey as she chatted. Suddenly she sensed movement beside her and she widened her eyes in an excited manner. 

"Lilith hun, what a pleasure to see you. You look gawwwwwjus as always!" 

He sat down in the seat to notice he was the first one there. He didn't understand how when he was trying to be late to wind up being first to show up. Shifting through the menu time passed on, about twenty minutes before finally giving up and calling the waitor. Holding up the address to ask.

Am I at the right place?

The waitor glanced at it for a moment and answered.

I think you are in the wrong district. Your address suggests Bronx and you are in Brooklyn sir.

He slammed his hands on the table and stood up.

Right! Thank you..

Venti took his leave to head towards Bronx.

Skorpeon looked up as nene came to the table. He offered her the seat next to him.
"Yes Sure, Join me! You are the first one. You even beat out my hands, that's pretty impressive!" he says

Skorpeon ordered 3 bottles of their finest liquor to be delivered to the table so that it was ready for when people started to show up.

"I really hope more people come! I haven't heard much." he said before grabbing his head and looking around to see if he noticed anyone else.

Joey goes meanders in shyly to the restaurant and looks around. Joey sees Skorpeon and waves him to the table. "Thanks for the invite, sir!" Joey exclaims shaking the bosses' hand, then turning to everyone else and embraces each. 

"I'll have a Dr. Pepper, please." The waiter looks confused at the statement. "I am not a big drinker. Never really was." Joey then takes a seat and looks at the menu.

Jahseh noticed he was fashionable late but he usually enjoys that. The element of surprise, having to be the one to always catch up on things excited him. Prior getting to the restaurant Jahseh noticed a couple of goons gambling on the corner, so he placed a couple of bets before dashing off with his winnings..

Upon his arrival he noticed a few people had already arrived, and he smiled.  " What's going on, its good to see you all here! " He said prior taking a seat. He noticed a lovely lady and asked for a drink while he prepared his cigar. Jahseh licked his lips as she walked off and turned his head to speak with Skorpeon. " She will definitely be taking all my money from tips !" He said while chuckling. 

Two more people had arrived at the restaurant. Nene greeted the two men with a warm smile and invited them to sit down. "Sit, sit! Let's eat and chat." But it seemed as though something else caught Jahseh's attention. She giggled. Then she decided to talk to Joey_Cortizi. "The weekend is approaching. Any plans sir?" 

- Tomorrow I need you to go to New Jersey to meet that other guy, capisce? - Cash said to me without  moving his eyes from the money. 

- Don't worry, I'll be back in time to drive you to your meeting - To be honest I didn't want to drive all the way down to that shithole just to be told I needed to wait a few more days. 

I mean that fat fuck had me coming back three times and all I brought back home was a bunch of excuses and apologies that It wouldn't happen again. 

- What do I do to that prick in case he..? - He looked at me with expression on his face that needed no further explanation. Either I came back up with money or he wouldn't see another day. 

Which was very fine by me. 

- Now let's call it day, I don't know about you but I am not in this line of work to sort my retirement. I am here to enjoy the good things that life has to offer. Go get yourself a decent suit, I am taking you to have dinner with the boss - Alright, I thought to myself. Three weeks ago I was driving the man around town and now I was about to seat on a round table with him. This can only mean good things.

Awestruck at how gorgeous nene looked, Joey answered nervously, "I have to go to work this weekend. Is there something that needs to be done otherwise? I could always make time for Family."

Skorpeon was sitting at the table as some members started showing up. He wanted to get this show on the road but some stragglers were still on their way! He was patient though when there were drinks available! He ordered another whiskey on the rocks for himself and he also ordered a round for everyone at the table.

"Thank you guys who are here now for being punctual. We will wait a few more minutes for others to arrive." he said. "Feel free to order food and drinks, it is all on me." he said.

Skorpeon looked at his pocket watch and began drinking the whiskey that the lady put on the table.

Tutte joined and were very thrilled over what this call was about, he sat down and talked with some of his dear frineds and asked them if they knew anything but no one knew a shit about anything so we were all very interested in what would happen soon here..

"Thanks for the kind invitation, I hope this really going to be a great call that many will have a great time with." Tutte says.

He sits there and waits for some good things happen soon and were very very thrilled over what to hear on this call..

The train finally arrived to departure Bronx district and Venti decided he was already late enough as it was. He checked his pocket watch and walked over to the correct meeting place. Double checking the address to the numbers outside, they matched this time. He opened the door and saw Skorpeon right away and made sure to sneak over by Tutte to take his seat. The idea was to make it seem like he had been there the whole time. Nene was the only one to notice, before he spoke out he looked over to her and put his finger over his lips.

These people need to show up already!

He took a drink from the table and took a long sip from the container. Looking over to everyone else to check if they were suspected of him.

Cash sits at the table with his associate Biba.  The man was living up to everything he figured he'd be when he brought him into the family as a Civilian off of the streets.  He'd come to value both his work ethic and his input.

Cash waves over the waitress with his trademark easygoing smile and understated humility.  

"Why g'devenin' Ma'am.  I'm Johnny Cash.  Let's get this party started!!  Get me a round of Johnny's, Jim's and Jack's for my crew here.  We're just getting started!"  

Cash nods and smiles to the waitress as he flips a green pill into his mouth and washes it back with his drink.

Jen had just woken from what she thought was a nap, after a very busy few days. She looked at the clock and realised she had been sleeping way longer than she intended. She lay there for a few minutes longer before it dawned on her that she was meant to be somewhere else.

She shot up out of bed with panic and proceeded to get ready as quickly as possible. First was the shower, she screamed "No hot water left!" but she didn't have time to mess about, so had to make do. Second, It was getting dress "damn it" she snapped as she broke a nail doing up some buttons on her blouse. After what was seemed to be taking forever, she was finally ready to leave. She grabbed her purse and coat and made her way outside to the streets to call a taxi, "TAXXXIII" she shouted at the top of her lungs.

Luckily and boy could she use a little bit of luck, the traffic was not too heavy and she made her way to the restaurant. She could tell by looking through the window of the restaurant, when she got there, that she may be the last one to arrive. She took a deep breath and made her way into it, trying to remain calm. "Hey guys, sorry for being a little late. Let me least buy a bottle of wine for the table" she said as she then sat to join the family at the table. 

Skorpeon's face lit up when he saw Cash and JenBarber. They were the last two people he was waiting for. He ordered more drinks and asked for more menus.

"Good afternoon everyone! I am glad you all could make it. I wanted to have this dinner to thank everyone for their hard work. I also had some other things to talk about. But let's start off with just thanking everyone with a free dinner and drinks on me. So Drink up!" he said.

As he took a sip from his whiskey, he grabbed a piece of paper in which had some notes on it. "First off, I want to thank everyone for coming to this get together. Also, in the next coming days, I will be making some changes to the family. Those affected will be spoken to personally, the rest will get the notification once things are rolling. It isn't anything huge, just some minor changes within the family." he said.

Skorpeon stopped and took a sip of his whiskey. "So far...so good?" he said.

The son of Skorpeon could be seen walking into the restaurant that his father was in when he was gunned down. Falcao picked up a chair that was on its side. He set it up and took a seat on it. He sat at the same table that his father was sitting in before the tragic event. Falcao said a prayer and got up and headed towards the door. Falcao exited the restaurant and jumped into the nearest cab to go back home.

"I will make you proud one day, Dad" he said to himself.