Realistic or Modern The Oath - 1940s Gangster Drama - IC (Ended)

[Bellz]

Lucy Sullivan

Misty Gray
Lucy was all for going upstairs and just relaxing the rest of the night with James. No one was home and for once, she was grateful. As much as she loved her family, they tended to be on the loud side and right now Lucy needed silence to try and figure out her racing thoughts. Lucy had a considerable amount of money put away in savings...Vinnie was not going to let up until James paid him back. Lucy was sure that there would only be one way for James to pay him back, and she wasn't going to let that happen. Even if what Giovanni said was true, about Vinnie going to kill her, she wouldn't let the same thing happen to James. A smile was brought to her face as he complimented her, Lady definitely deserved his affection.

The man had really only just started living life. He spent all his years shutting everything around him out, and they were just going to take it all away from him over money. When the question of if she could still fight came up, she didn't know how to answer. Her eyes looked to him for a moment before looking ahead as Lady was bringing the ball back, the pup stopped halfway though and scratched her ear quickly. "I am still here to fight with you ...physically at least. But I don't feel like myself anymore. And none of this is your fault so don't try and start with me." Lucy told him before turning to face him completely.

"I just want this all to be over. This whole war between our families, I should have never asked what I did ask of you...but I know if I didn't we wouldn't be where we are right now." Lucy was angry with herself. That she couldn't tell James the truth about what Giovanni said to her tonight...but she had to ask the question that continued to echo in her head. "Do you...do you think I'm some cold blooded murderer? Honestly."​

(Will have my Finn baby up soon ^.^ gtg do something first!)

 

[Misty Gray]

Sinead Sullivan

When Finn had told her she didn't have to do what the guys were doing, she shook her head. He was being very sweet and she didn't want to have them worry. "No, it's fine. It's nice to be out of the house. I just don't fancy get drunk tonight," she told him. "I'd rather laugh at you guys stumbling around, instead." She then smiled as Aidan made his suggestion of where to start. "To the haunted house, then!" she said, exaggerating her enthusiasm.

As they walked towards the spooky house, Sinead's eyes fixed on a stranger walking towards them. His make-up basically consisted of bright red paint across his throat and his shirt soaked in fake blood. She slowed her walking as she couldn't help but stare in his direction. She'd done quite well at shutting out the body she'd literally stumbled upon a couple of months ago at the Jazz Club. That's poor man's throat had been slit for real and the blood she'd fallen into that night had been real too. She didn't like those memories, but now they had reappeared, she was surprised to find they no longer sickened or terrified her. All she'd seen and heard of lately was blood and death. She couldn't help but worry ishe was becoming immune to it all now and she preferred it when she was sickened. Sinead snapped out of her thoughts and quickened her pace to keep up with the others. When they were about to enter, she touched the handrail and soon realised someone had coated it with fake blood. She looked at her red hand and again felt nothing. "Guys, you go on ahead. I'm going to wait right by the door for you all to come up. Go," she ordered them. She didn't want to get in there only to have a delayed reaction and start freaking out in there.

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Olivia Svensson

Spoiler: Make-up

Olivia smiled when Nicolo and Alex complimented her on the make-up. "Halloweeny sounds goon. I say haunted house and then club. We might as well embrace the night - it's only once a year!" She could help but laugh at Nicolo's comment about the street corner, but still lightly slapped his arm to berate him for his remark. "Let's get ourselves to that creepy house at once. Lead the way, guys," she excitedly told them. She was looking forward to a bit of simple fun.

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James Porter

James stroked the puppy's head once she'd finished scratching her ear, then he suddenly threw the ball again for her. He turned back to Lucy when she told him she was there to fight physically but wasn't feeling like herself. He was about to suggest it was his fault, perhaps that he'd sucked the emotion out of her with his own closed-off demeanour. He didn't get chance to as she told him it wasn't his fault. He sighed before meeting her gaze when she fully turned to face him.

"Lucy, I'm a grown man and I've been doing this for a long time. Sure, I let you fire the gun at Vinnie's party because I believed I was doing you a favour. I thought letting you have revenge for what he'd done to Sinead and for gettng you shot was what you wanted. But I made that wrong decision when I shouldn't have even let you into the hotel with me that night." She then posed the question of whether he thought she was a cold blooded murdered. "Of course not," he replied, shaking his head. "You wouldn't be showing concern or worry for your actions if you were. You have a good heart. You showed remorse for killing Gianna and you killed those men to protect your sister. Why are you even asking that?" he questioned her. If she thought that way about herself he wondered what she thought of him. The men he killed at the warehouse a few weeks ago hadn't even entered his thoughts since that night. Not many of the dead Romanos did. Despite that, Lucy had shown him he did have a heart, so the fact she was questioning herself was confusing to him.
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Bellz

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[neverbackdown]

Alexandra and Nicolo Romano ​

When Olivia smacked his arm, Nicolo gave a fake pout and rubbed his arm "ow" he joked. When it seemed that they had come up with a plan, Alex cheered "This is going to be such a good night, but now I'm worried that I've worked it up and it wont be as good as expected but I suppose ..." Nicolo put his hand over Alex's mouth to stop her from rambling on. "Okay haunted house it is, I'll drive" Nicolo said before pulling his hand away from Alex's face with a slight jump. "Don't cover my mouth"Alex said with a devious grin before linking both Olivia and Nicolo and making them walk alongside her towards the car.

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Once they pulled up to the little amusement place where the haunted house was being held, Alex practically jumped out of the car and scanned the area. Nearly everyone was dressed up and she was completely in her element Literally nothing could kill her mood now. It was the best she had been in weeks, if Nicolo knew that it only took dressing up to get his sister back to normal than he would off had a costume party for her weeks ago. Nicolo followed Alex out of the car and looked around the area, his eyes spotted the haunted house and the few other amusements around, but his eyes landed on the little makeshift bar in the area. "So drink and then house or straight to house?" he asked the girls with a smile. Seeing everyone in costume meant that Nicolo no longer felt ridiculous and was now actually enjoying dressing up, even he had to admit that it was funny. "Do you need some liquid courage" Alex teased her brother before looking around at the bar "but yeah I could never turn down a drink" She added as she began walking towards the bar. As they walked past the house, Alex noted how there was no line but she saw a group of people entering, she couldn't make out who they were but what she could see was the girls mask and she noted how cute it was, she needed to get one for herself, hopefully it was got in town. "Are you really into halloween aswell?" Nicolo asked Olivia as the walked slightly behind Alex who appeared to be now doing what could only be described as a half ballet dancer, half fairy walk towards the bar, he chuckled at his sister before turning his attention back to Olivia.
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Misty Gray

 

[Bellz]

Lucy Sullivan

Misty Gray
Lucy listened to his answer and was almost relieved to here his response. But she still didn't completely believe that she wasn't a monster. Her eyes looked down for a moment and she debated on whether or not she should tell James the truth about what happened at the ball. Her eyes traced the lines on the tile. If she told him the whole truth, she was sure that he would not forgive her. "I'm afraid...I wasn't completely honest with you..." She murmured softly. Her hands shook slightly as she tried to form the words to tell him the truth about what happened with Giovanni.

She bought her fingertips to her lips, remembering the sensation for a moment. It was one that almost confirmed the man was right. They were more than similar. Lucy would never admit it out loud, but she was intrigued by the man who chose to dress as the devil as well. Finn had been right, she was the devil in disguise...and so was he. "Giovanni...talked to me this evening. I think he was the one to have you locked in the bathroom..." Her eyes didn't meet his. "He told me..." The lump in her throat was hard to swallow as her voice became thick with emotions, but no tears fell. "He told me...that I was a murderer...and that I was like him." She croaked.

Lucy knew that it was inexcusable to lie to James, if anything was going to make this relationship last, it would have to be trust. And she had broken it. And was continuing, to a degree, to break it. "I was just so...scared...I didn't want to say anything until we could talk in private." Whispering the last sentence, she finally let her eyes glance up at James waiting for his reaction.


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Finn Sullivan

Misty Gray Lamia myst.erion
Finn smiled and nodded his head, "Lets go!" He said cheerily and made sure to lock the van before walking behind the group. His eyes looked at everyone all dressed up in there halloween costumes and was quite amused with some of them. A group of rowdy and drunk men came sauntering their way and Finn saw an opportunity. Maggie of course, hated when he stole from strangers off the streets but..it was like a pastime to him. Pickpocketing was something that his father had taught him as a boy, which his mother had scolded his father for with one of her famous looks.

Maggie sometimes made that face when she disapproved of Finn's behavior and activities and it would bring him back. "Its all in the motions boy, you must be quick and appear innocent or you get caught, got it?" Finn smirked as his father's voice rang in his ears and before he could stop himself he focused in on the group of drunks. One man almost stumbled right then so Finn reached out and steadied him. "Watch yourself mate, could get hurt!" He said cheerily, while his hand reached into the mans pocket and grabbed his wallet. The man looked at him and hiccuped a thanks before stumbling off to catch up with his friend. Finn made the next victim known by bumping shoulders with him on 'accident', "Oh shit I'm sorry lad, let me help you!" He straighten out the other drunken man's coat and casually reached into the pockets. Finding a few things in there he grabbed them all before letting the man be on his way.

It was too easy. Like taking candy from a baby. Finn was too nice to do that to a baby, but drunks were close enough. Finn then jogged up to the group, shoving the winnings in his pocket, a victories and cocky smile graced his features. Finn noticed Sinead stop right at the beginning of the house and watched her stare at the fake blood on her hand. His eyes saw the panic in her face yet her voice never wavered or faltered. Despite her command, Finn watched the others hesitantly step inside while he stayed behind. "Sin..." He said hesitantly, not sure how she would react to him staying behind.​

 

[Misty Gray]

James Porter

When Lucy began saying she hadn't been completely honest with him, James found himself taking a deep breath and reminding himself to let her speak. He didn't like it when sentences started off in the way hers just had. Not when it was from those he cared about. But this was Lucy and he cared about her too much not to hear her out before jumping to any conclusions. He folded his arms close to himself as she continued to speak.

As soon as Lucy mentioned Giovanni had spoken to her, he felt himself tense up, not liking what she was saying already. Then to hear it was probably Angel who'd locked him in the bathroom only made him more irritated. "So Angel tells you you're a murderer and you start believing it? A Romano proficient in mind games?" he asked, looking straight ahead as he spoke. "You're nothing like him, Lucy," he said, his jaw clenched as he spoke. He was trying to stay calm and not make her feel worse, but it was proving quite difficult.

"You should have told me the minute you let me out of the bathroom. What exactly were you scared of?" He shook his head before looking back to Lucy, his face stern but his eyes soft and concerned. "I don't understand why you wouldn't tell me - anything could have happened. I mean, anything other than seven corpses being hung from the balcony. What else did he say to you?" he persisted.
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[Misty Gray]

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Sinead Sullivan and Conor Sullivan​

Sinead stood, almost mesmerised, as she looked to her red stained hand. With the index finger of her other hand, she began drawing a swirl into the palm of her hand before suddenly being interrupted by Finn's voice. She lowered her hand and wiped the fake blood onto the back of her black trousers. She then looked up to Finn and sweetly smiled. "I thought I told you to go in there and have fun," she told him off. She then let out a loud sigh, realising he wasn't going to leave her alone unless she went into the haunted house. "Alright, I'm coming inside with you guys," she gave in. She linked her arm with Finn's and kept close to him as they followed Conor and Aidan inside. "I'm just a little tired," she softly told her cousin. So tired that when some guy in a skeleton outfit jumped out at them, she barely reacted.

Conor was loving it walking through the haunted house. He found it hilarious when people in costumes jumped out to try scare them, even trying to strike up conversation with the actors. He thought the props were all pretty neat too. Walking with Aiden, he looked over his shoulder to see Sinead was with Finn a short distance away, which made him happy. He didn't really want to leave his little sister out of the fun. He then looked back in front to what was a bathtub meant to appear like it was filled with blood. Conor didn't care about blood and he was sure bloodbaths in horror houses weren't in the slightest bit scary. But in the current bad lighting, the blood didn't look quite so red. Conor froze on the spot as the nightmares he kept to himself were now at the front of his mind. Everyone else saw a bath of blood, but Conor saw a bath cruelly filled with beer. He was now back in that cellar, being tortured by Vinnie's goons; his face forcefully submerged until he could barely breathe at all. Lucy's terrified screams ringing in his ears. Conor stood frozen, right until some actor dressed as a zombie jumped out at him. Conor snapped and grabbed the man by the throat, pinning him up against the wall, feeling himself losing control...

"Conor!" Sinead screeched and unhooked her arm from Finn's. "Finn, you have to stop him before he hurts the poor guy," she pleaded.

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Olivia Svensson

Olivia laughed as she watched Alex excitedly jump out of the car to explore the haunted amusements. "I'm all for a drink and then the house," she agreed. Olivia watched Alex go on a little ahead as they approached the bar. She turned to look at Nicolo when he spoke to her. "I'm not exactly into Halloween. I'm just into anything that's fun and different to the usual. Fancy bars and events are all good and well, but they're really quite stuffy. Halloween just happens to be an opportunity to have a bit of fun and forget all of the seriousness we have to live through," she told him. "How about you? You seem to have taken to your costume like a duck to water. I bet you love this time of year," she said, smiling beneath her make-up.

Once they got their drinks, they headed towards the haunted house. Olivia didn't scare easily, so she imagined this would be funny more than anything. "Now, don't you two be getting scared on me," she teased. As they entered the spooky house, Olivia heard someone shout out what sounded like "Conor", but given the current setting, high-pitched girl screams were to be expected, so she thought nothing of it.
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[neverbackdown]

Alexandra and Nicolo Romano

Nicolo shrugged as he smiled "Yeah I completely understand what you mean, like I wouldnt love halloween like some people" he motioned towards Alex "but I don't have a problem with it and it's fun to do something that doesnt involve the gang or real violence" he looked around him before looking back at Olivia "plus its good to let go and be silly every now and again" .

As they approached the haunted house, Alex was practically bouncing with excitement, there was an evident bounce to her step as she walked. She didnt scare easily and laughed at Olivia's comment "I won't but I wouldn't walk beside Nick, he tends to help the actors in trying to scare you" A dangerous smile took over Nicolo's face as Alex spoke, he looked as though he was up to something before an amused smirk took over his features "ah whats the fun in a haunted house, if your not scared or at least scaring people" Nicolo laughed.
In the haunted house, Alex was having a great time, she was looking around like a wide-eyed child on christmas day taking in all the props and fake blood around the place. While Alex didn't necessarily like the dark, she was enjoying the spookiness of the house. She had chosen to stand away from Nicolo leaving Olivia in the middle of the two siblings. After an actor had jumped out, Nicolo looked to see Olivia's attention was otherwize distracted and smirked to himself, slowing down to allow him to get behind both girls. On a quiet part, he reached out gently grabbing the two girls in the hopes to scare them, as he heard Alex shriek he grinned to himself before moving back beside Olivia "Sorry couldn't resist" he laughed.
Alex practically stopped in her steps when she heard a voice scream the name Conor, she recognized the voice and couldn't place it but that didn't matter because all she could think of was Conor Sullivan. Was he ok? had something happened? Was that even him. She noted that the voice sounded more concerened than scared and that it wasn't that far ahead from her. Without a second thought of anything, Alex broke into a run towards the sound of the voice, leaving Nicolo and Olivia behind. She stopped short of a small group and saw Conor was holding some guy by the throat against the wall. She just stopped herself from running up to him as she saw another guy moving towards him, they looked strangely familiar so she guessed it was a family member. Alex looked around the room, to see what could have happened and her eyes landed on the bathtub in the middle of the room, her heart stopped and before she could think about it she had started to take small, slow steps towards him. "Conor" she muttered quietly without realizing she had spoken outloud.

After Alex had run off, Nicolo turned to Olivia with a confused expression "any idea what happened there?" he asked her before looking back in the direction Alex had run. He didn't know weither to follow her or to enjoy the house with Olivia and findout what had happened with Alex once they were back outside
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Misty Gray Lamia Bellz

 

[ReverseTex]

Lorenzo Romano

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"Glad to hear it Vinnie!" Lorenzo said with a simper as he took a seat in one of cushy lounge chairs. He glanced at Fortuna briefly as Vinnie continued on, so it seemed they'd be partners of sorts.

(Sorry it's short i'm about to see a movie.)

 

[Bellz]

Lucy Sullivan

Misty Gray
Lucy hated the way she felt in those moments as James spoke to her. He was struggling to control his anger and she could see it as clear as day on his face, but the softness of his eyes reminded her that he was still concerned. It was hard to hear him say the words regardless though. Giovanni was very well versed in mind games, and she knew that he could just be trying to get into her head. Nonetheless, it still opened her eyes as to what she could become if she continued down this path.

Her head hung when he scolded her like a child for not telling him the minute she released him from the bathroom but blurted out a little too loudly, "I'm afraid of everything James! What shouldn't I be afraid of?" She stood up flustered about the whole thing and shook her head as she paced. "I wasn't sure what would happen after he left...I wasn't sure if I made the wrong move or said the wrong things..." Lucy knew he wouldn't understand where he was coming from, she couldn't really understand it herself.

"Vinnie plans on kill me...that was what he told me." Lucy stopped pacing and looked at James. "He isn't going to leave either of us alone until he gets what he wants....I know I should've told you. I'm just...." She couldn't even find the words to describe what she was feeling in that moment. Her eyes blinked back frustrated tears.Lucy still didn't want to explain how Giovanni managed to kiss her, and she knew what would happen if she were to tell him now that she had the chance to before.


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Finn Sullivan

Misty Gray Lamia myst.erion
Finn was pleased when his cousin decided to join him in the haunted house. It was enjoyable for the most part, Finn didn't scare all that easy when it came to this type of stuff and was mostly watching out for Sinead as they walked through. She seemed to be tired as the skeleton that had tried to scare her had failed in doing so. Finn looked ahead just in time to see Conor throw a man dressed like a zombie against the wall and pin him there. Finn was already reacting when Sinead told him to do something.

"WOAH WOAH CONOR!" Finn practically shouted, there was too much noise in the house for him to try and get his cousin's attention quietly. The poor man in Conor's grasp looked terrified and Conor seemed to be reliving some sort of memory. "Come on mann let him go, its alright." Finn offered his cousin a smile and managed to get him to release the man who fell towards the floor. He noticed a girl in a colorful and rather short looking outfit, she looked like she knew him...and was concerned. Finn, however, didn't talk to her as he tried to calm his cousin down. Looking towards the bathtub, he wondered what the hell could've triggered his cousin. "Lets go outside mate." He told Conor as he slowly led him out back from where they came, despite the protests of other haunted house goers. He wasn't sure if his cousins followed but he knew Conor needed air.​

 

[Misty Gray]

Sinead Sullivan and Conor Sullivan

Conor felt a mixture of anger and fear. He hadn't been able to fight back the night he was tortured, but he was damned if he'd be the victim this time. He didn't know the man he was threatening, but at the same time he knew he needed to hit him and take him down. He was about to do that when he heard Finn's voice trying to calm him down. Conor looked to his cousin and took a few deep breaths before releasing the poor man. Conor froze up as he saw Alex standing nearby, dressed in some short outfit that in any other situation would make him smile like a Cheshire cat. He was about to speak to her when Finn insisted he went outside with him. Conor walked with his cousin, looking towards the bathtub again, which only served to make the violent thoughts return again. As soon as they were outside, Conor turned to Finn and pushed his cousin away. "You shouldn't have stopped me. I don't need a fucking babysitter," he angrily told Finn.

As the others helped Conor out, Sinead rushed to the zombie actor's side. "Are you okay?" she asked him, looking around to see if anyone else would look after him. She felt a little bad for the poor guy but at the same time she believed Conor hadn't meant to hurt him. Her brother hadn't been right for weeks and though she knew he'd been tortured, nobody had told her what exactly happened that night.


Meanwhile, Olivia stopped and looked to Nicolo as he asked her a question. "I have no idea what happened. Alex seems to be in her element. I'm sure we can just let her go on ahead and enjoy the house at our own pace?" She found it quite funny when Nicolo had grabbed her and Alex to scare them. She wanted to take time to enjoy this place.

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[Misty Gray]

James Porter

James remained sat in the same spot when Lucy got up and blurted out she was afraid of everything. He knew that, he just wish she'd confided in him sooner so he could have been there for her at the party and perhaps even got her out of there before having to see the message Angel left. "You shouldn't be afraid of me. I know I'm not invincible, but I'd always be there for you. Physically and even emotionally now. At the very basic level, at the very least, the reason I'm part of this family is because I'm a bodyguard. It just happens that I'd protect you out of more than duty."

As he saw Lucy forcing back tears, he finally got up to his feet and couldn't keep talking to her like he was telling her off. "I'm sorry for upsetting you, love. I just wasn't expecting this. I want us to be able to trust each other completely." He wrapped him arms around her to pull her in for a comforting hug, thinking over what she said about Vinnie wanting to kill them. "Vinnie does want to kill us but he hasn't done it yet, despite all of the chances he's had."

James let go of Lucy and took a step back so they could see each other properly. "Right now, I don't have the kind of money Vinnie wants and I'm going to tell him that. I'm going to go to him in person and see what else I can do to repay him. Worst case, he kills me, but it might take the heat off the rest of you." Were he the only person at risk in all of this, he'd tell Vinnie to screw himself and give him nothing. But he couldn't do that as it was Lucy, Sinead and the others who would suffer from his inaction and cockyness.
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Bellz

 

[myst.erion]

= Magdeline "Maggie" Sullivan =
"Don't Underestimate A Pretty Face."

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Maggie looked to Sinead with a tiny smile. 'You could never bore me Sinny.' She wasn't going to say it out loud right now, but she felt exactly the same. Seeing Lucy and James hea out together, in light of the nuisance Conor and Finn were giving the couple, brought that feeling back again within Mags. She doesn't like calling it jealousy. It is strictly, a longing. She laughed along with her brother for a moment, also finding great amusement in everything about Princess Featherbottom.......

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Maggie followed in the footsteps of her brother and cousins half heartedly. Of course, she would have preferred to curl up in the lounge and make great use of her time by reading her audition script till bed. But, she grew a little guilt. Her brothers pleading words, and the laughteer resonating from her family forced her off of the couch and upstairs after Sinead. In attempt to make the best of their outing, she pulled a witches hat from far back in her closet, stole a wicker broom from her aunts washer room and pushed any respnsibilities into the back of her mind. Tonight was going to be fun, regardless of the fact her body language didn't exactly point in that blissful direction.
The car ride was enjoyable enough, with Maggie keeping quiet almost all the way. She was inclined to laugh with Sinead for a moment or two, and tease her brother about his driving.
Upon arrival, the broom entered the outside world first. She brought it along despite the looks she recieved from her family. She claimed the tool "useful", and who knew, it just might be. The lights, countless rides and spoils of happy carnival goers brought an everpresent smile onto Magdelines face as the group ventured further in to the masses, that is, until the haunted house loomed over them. She bit her lip in spite of it. It was always placed in exactly the same spot, and minor changes were only ever made to its decoration. This year, there was at least a barrow more of pumpkins and plenty more skeletons. She secretly hoped those weren't real, well, almost anyways. 'Oh god...'
Maggie kept herself close to her brother and Sinead, in slight fear as they approached the haunted house. She couldn't help it. As much as she would have loved to claim absolute bravery in the face of a stupid kid in a mask, she very well could not. A stumbling mess of boys approchaed them, much to Maggie's dismay. Finn had an evil tendency to pickpocket, and they would be easy targets. With a sly roll of her eyes, Maggie made an attempt to grasp her brothers arm, only for him to slip out of her grip at the right moment. She concealed her annoyance, sure that the others weren't as wildly aware as she that their cousin was practically a kleptomaniac. Their father was a wise man, but he was also a con-man, and it rubbed off on Finn. This was something she had never taken part in, and to see Finn do it, well, it pretty much irked her. She had spoken to him about it many times, but alas, to no avail. Maggie was forced to let it slide, reserveing herself to feeling pity for the drunks and shoving Finnn lighlty when he joined them again. She was so frustrated she didn't notice the Romano's on the same path as them up ahead.
Once that little distraction subsided, and the group finally entered the haunted house, an expected chill ran up Maggies spine. Her arm was looped with Finn's on the opposite side to Sin. Certain jump scares from the actors and performers had her shouting and clinging harder to her prop of a broom. At one point, she had to keep her hat from falling off of her head, at another she whacked a female with her broom but, surprisingly, she grew used to it quickly, and allowed herself to return Finn's arm to him. No clowns so far, and this provided more confidence. She was scared shitless of clowns. As she ventured ahead, she even laughed once or twice. You might say she matched Conor's light heartedness. 'Shit!' Or not.
She hadn't take notice of Conor's sudden flash of anger until the panicked voice of her cousin caused her to whip around in panic. She was eyes wide as she witnessed Conor attack a zombie whom had frightened her moments before. 'Finn, do something!' She rushed back towards the other four, and breathed a heavy sigh of relief. Her face contorted with an expression of confusion and concern. She had never seen Conor so quickly aggravated before in her life. At least she didn't think so. What on earth kind of impact could that, bathtub?, have possibly made on him to do such a thing. 'oh my god..the torture' With a pained expression she urged Finn to lead him outside, knowing that by taking control, her versatile brother would be able to handle the situation, when something else caught her attention. Another girl, foreign to her, yet still so familiar. She was in quite a short dress, shorter even than her's. Was she a fairy perhaps? Or an escort... That was besides the point. Maggie took a moment to keep herself composed. The look shared between Conor, and that mystery girl, set alarms off in her head. He knew her, that was for sure. She frowned straight at the brunette as she said his name. Who on earth is she, and how could she be so familar? Maggie kept it in her mind as she crouched to assist the zombie next to Sinead, also placing her broomstick on the ground besie her. She gave her cousin a look of utter concern, and glanced in the direction of the exit. 'Sinead, go, make sure your brother is okay.' She could tell immediately that her cousin was desperate to be by his side. 'Aidan and I will stay. Go.' At least she hoped so, as much as she grew a liking to this place, it was still a haunted house. Maggie gave her attention to the male, and held him upright with pity. 'Breath in, slowly, and out, that's it.' He was still heaving, but working on it. Conor had a strong grip. 'I'm so sorry about this.'

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location; Haunted House
what; no thankyou // oh okay // lol // no thankyou, no thankyou
moods; halfhearted --> annoyed --> --> scared//intrigued --> impressed --> concerned
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Spoiler

pretty much the black dress she was wearing that night, paired with black heels and a witches' hat; plus the broom she stole from her aunt. hair down of course
when; H A L L O W E E N October 1948
T.O.D; Evening
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tags; Bellz Lamia Misty Gray neverbackdown ​

 

[Bellz]

Lucy Sullivan

Misty Gray
Lucy understood his words, knew where he was coming from but it didn't stop the emotions that she felt in the moment about everything. Was Vinnie really going to come after them both? Angel said it would be so, but James pointed out that he was well versed in mind games. What was true then? The man in front of her and how she felt was all real. And she was going to screw it up by lying to his face. Her mind briefly thought about telling him about the kiss...but Lucy knew she missed her chance. She let out a relieved sigh as he wrapped his arms around her and she pressed her face into his chest. Lucy continued to blink back the tears, but in all honesty, they wouldn't come.

"You don't upset me...this whole fucking situation confuses me. If Vinnie is going to kill us I wish he would just do it already..." Lucy really did wish that to a degree, not that she wanted to die, she had so much she hadn't been able to do in life. But these constant mind games and wondering was driving her mad. When James pulled away Lucy felt bare, her eyes found his as he continued to speak and was appalled by the words.

Hearing him settling with his death in order to take the heat off of her family was more saddening and horrifying than comforting. "But that's what you think would happen. I don't see it like that, James. Everyone else might be able to live with that...but do you think for one second that I would be happy and be able to move on with my life if that were to happen?" Lucy knew what she would have to do, James would probably hate her for it. But she needed to talk to Vinnie herself. The money she had saved might be able to buy James more time...and she was willing to give up her savings for him. He was worth more than money.


Finn Sullivan

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Finn had successfully been able to lead Conor outside of the haunted house with almost everyone following. He didn't notice that Maggie had stayed behind to help the poor man who had been trapped in Conor's grip. He was about to say something to Conor as they finally made it down the railed pathway when he shoved him hard, almost knocking him to the ground from his brute strength. Finn was shocked at the words that came from Conor's mouth and stared at him openly. Looking around, he noticed people had stopped and stared at them as Conor raised his voice, to them it probably looked like a fight would happen.

"What the bloody hell are you talking about Conor? I'm not trying to fucking babysit you!" Finn told him just as angrily back. If it was one thing he knew about his cousins, it was that they kept a lot of things to themselves out of fear looking weak. Finn and Maggie were raised like that to an extent, but their mother always encouraged them to speak what they felt and just let it out...and with good reason. "You need help! " He stated plainly and sighed shaking his head, he was finally putting the whole situation together and realized that Conor must have had some sort of triggered flashback of the night that James, Lucy and himself were all tortured. It explained a lot about why the bathtub was such a trigger.

"You can't continue to hold all of this in Conor! Not you, not James and not Lucy! Have any of you even tried talking about it and just releasing all of that emotion!" Finn was aware that James wasn't too keen on sharing emotions but he was sure that Conor could have talked to Lucy about any of this. They went through it together. "You can't continue to shut it all out as if it never existed Conor, the brain will always remember, in some shape or form! And right now! You almost choked a man to death because you aren't taking care of yourself!!" Finn was a pleasant man to be around, but Conor getting upset at him for doing the right thing was not going to fly with him. "Think of it this way mate, a pint can only hold a pint of beer yes? What happens if you tried to fill it up more than that? It spills over and creates a bloody mess! Your brain can only hold so much of this event inside along with your own thoughts and fears before it starts to spill over and manifest itself into dreams, memories and nightmares! And look at the bloody mess it has created!!"​

 

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Athena Archer

Athena had just taken a sip of her red wine before the sound of fearful screams met her ears. She noticed people had started running out of the ballroom. The girl had been oblivious to what was going on until she turned her head. The sight of the dead bodies hanging from the balcony made her mood go from delighted to horrified. Looking away, Athena covered her mouth, not believing what she had just saw.

It was a blur as she as Leo made their way to the exit and eventually outside. She watched as Leo tried to find a valet.
Thena looked down, taken aback from what what he just witnessed in the ballroom.
Leo had come over to her when she looked up again. "W-Why would do something like that?" She spoke softly, not really asking Leo as she knew this was the works of either the Sullivans or Romanos. It was then that she noticed her hands have been trembling this whole time. Athena glanced up at Leo, it seemed their dates always ended up being quite eventful.

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Alexandra and Nicolo Romano

Alex stopped in her tracks as she watched the man try and talk Conor down, which he appeared to do successfully as Conor let go of the poor skeleton man that he was holding. When the man looked at her in confusion, Alex stared back before her eyes snapped to Conor, she watched quietly as both Conor and the man went back out the way they had come. Movement caught Alex's eye and her eyes flickered to a girl she didn't recognize, who was also looking at her in slight confusion. Alex looked the girl over and tried to place her yet she came up empty. Then her eyes fell on Sinead crouched beside the skeleton that Conor had attacked and she knew that running towards Conor was probably a bad idea since she had no disguise on her face. She knew it was a stupid idea, she knew that she shouldn't but every part of her being wanted to make sure Conor was alright and so Alex turned and made an exit through one of the staff doors at the side, hidden behind one of the prop doors. The only reason Alex knew of this exit is because she had worked in this haunted house about two years ago and she was still aware of the area. Alex made her way around the side of the building and came to a stop when she saw the two men standing not too far in front of her. She had no intentions of walking straight up and intruding on the conversation as she knew that could be dangerous for both of them, instead she had planned to get his attention and call him over. However as Conor began to take his anger out on the man, Alex started walking towards them, she didn't care about being seen all she cared about in that moment was being there for Conor. When the man spoke up and seemed to be trying to talk Conor down, Alex stopped again in her steps as she listened carefully to what was being said. The man was right, Conor did need to open up and Alex knew that he couldn't with her, especially because of her hand in the events. Alex felt conflicted, she didn't know weither to approach them or to leave them too it, however she couldn't get herself to leave. Rather she remained to stand out in the open, only a few feet away from Conor.

Nicolo smiled at Olivia when she said they should carry on at their own pace. "Yeah I'm sure she saw someone she knew or got too excited"Nicolo reasoned with a laugh as he continued to look around the room at all the props. "It's not as spooky as I expected, I have to say" Nicolo said with a shrug "Like it's good but it's not scary" He turned his head to look at Olivia "What do you think?"
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(sorry it's so badly written, Im currently trying to multitask and failing haha)

 

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Emmet Sullivan

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The large door to the Sullivan household opened up. A beefy Sullivan guard moved into the house holding two suitcases. Following close behind was Emmet Sullivan, unbuttoning the two buttons of his blazer. "Just set them over there, I can take them upstairs myself." The guard nodded, placing the suitcases at the bottom of the stairs. "Hello!" Emmet belted out to the many halls of the house, clearly happy to be home. He rested his hands on his hips as he looked around the familiar house. He had been gone so long it had grown nostalgic. He wasn't expecting everyone to be home, but he was hoping at least one of his family members would be there to great him.

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Sinead Sullivan and Conor Sullivan

Conor listened to Finn as he angrily replied to him. "I didn't need your help in there is what I'm talking about!" Conor snapped back. He took in Finn's words about him, James and Lucy needing to actually talk about what had happened to them, but he quickly shook his head in disagreement. He took deep breaths, trying his best to control himself. In the past, Sinead had been the one to calm him down when he flew off the handle, but he was actually glad she wasn't this time. He couldn't let her see him like this. It was bad enough Finn having to see it. His cousin went on to explain that he couldn't keep bottling up his feelings and memories. Conor deep down knew he was right and he'd already become aware of how much of an effect it was having on him. Regardless, he still struggled with the idea of opening up to anyone about how much that night had affected him. How could he?

"Don't you get it, Finn?! I can't talk about it and admit how weak I was. How weak I still am," Conor argued. "I'm meant to be keeping the family business together while my dad is away and I've failed. We've been tortured, people have died and Vinnie wants half of us dead. Not to mention James lost his house and my sisters are miserable. If I tell people I have a few bad dreams and get upset over it, then I really have failed everyone. I'm supposed to be keeping this family strong." Conor shook his head as the realisation of what he'd just done hit him hard. "Is that guy back there okay? I didn't mean to hurt him. I just panicked. I thought... I saw that bath and all I could think about what being tortured again. Shit, Finn..." he said, his eyes by now filling with tears. As he looked past Finn, he saw Alex standing a short distance away, but he knew to speak to her would likely bring their secret out into their open and that was not safe for anyone involved.


Sinead was a little relieved when Maggie told her to go check on Conor. She really wanted to make sure her brother and Finn were okay. "Okay, be careful," she told her cousin, not even sure why she was telling her to be the careful one. As Sinead stood up, she caught a glimpse of Alex leaving, but not knowing the girl was sleeping with Conor, she thought it was just a coincidence. Regardless, the sight of a Romano was quite unsettling. Sinead rushed out of the haunted house, but before she saw Conor and Finn, she saw a police officer a distance away. It looked like the cop was making his way towards Conor and she knew her brother would end up in another jail cell. She didn't get very long to mull over her next actions, so just went headfirst into the first idea that came to her.

Checking her face was still covered by her mask, Sinead walked directly towards the cop, keeping her head down to make it seem like she wasn't watching where she was walking. She'd seen Finn pick-pocketing just a short time ago and was disappointed in herself that she was about to take inspiration from it. Sure enough, Sinead collided with the cop and fell into him, in the process snatching his firearm from the holster. "Oh my... I'm so sorry," she said, putting on an accent that cut out any signs of her being Irish. The cop simply brushed past the "ditzy" young lady, but was soon stopped in his tracks as he realised his gun was missing. "Is this yours, Sir?" Sinead playfully called out, holding the gun in the air and taking advance of the distance she'd create, before running straight into the maze of mirrors. The cop changed his course and instead of heading for Connor he gave chase to Sinead.


The injured zombie man took in deep breaths to get back in control of his breathing. Maggie might be relieved to hear him speak too. "What happened? Where did that guy go?" he asked her.

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James Porter

James sighed as Lucy said she wished Vinnie would hurry up and kill her. They'd heard similar from Sinead not too long ago and he didn't like that kind of talk then, either. The fact that man was having such a terrible affect on two young ladies made James feel angry. The Italian was a bully, pure and simple. The fact the man enjoyed scaring young women only made Vinnie seem more appalling.

"What else can I do? I just need a little more time and I can get the money for him, but the only chance I have of being granted that is to negotiate with the man himself." He placed his hand on her shoulder and kissed her lips. "I don't want to see you living like this and I don't want to leave you. You, Sinead and your brothers deserve so better life." He hadn't forgotten she'd lied to him, but he hoped she would trust him more with the truth in future. "I think we need to discuss this again tomorrow. We both need the time to gather our thoughts and maybe things will be clearer in the morning," he gave in.

Trying to lighten the mood, he pointed out that he was still mostly dressed as Zorro and she still had her red devil dress on. "What happened to just finishing up this date at home? I suppose I still owe you a dance after you missed out on a dance at the party," he told her. He was about to take her hand when he heard a familiar voice echo through the halls near the front staircase. "Emmet's home?!" he rhetorically asked. He was quite glad to hear his boss' voice and the professional side of him welcomed the thought of the Sullivans getting their shit together again. That was until he remembered how awkward things had been between him and Emmet before the man left. And the fact Emmet was still unaware of his relationship with Lucy.

The first thing to greet Emmet would be Lady. The puppy rushed around to the source of the man's voice and stood excitedly barking at the arrival.

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Alexandra Romano

Alex stayed where she was, keeping an eye on Conor and the man he was talking to. She was close enough that she could see them perfectly and she couldn't help but notice how familiar the two looked, they could almost be brothers and if she didn't know any better she would have said they were. When Conor made eye contact with her, Alex noticed the tears in his eyes and she had to fight the urge to make her way over to him, the fact that he made no move towards her meant that he didnt want her to approach him. She knew that them being caught talking could be dangerous and so she didnt take any offence towards it nor did she go against it. Alex looked back at the haunted house and saw no sign of Nicolo or Olivia so she decided to go for a walk to allow Conor to talk to, who must be a relative off his, hopefully she would bump into him later. Alex turned in time to see a girl, who she soon realized to be Sinead Sullivan running past with a gun in her hand being chased by a police office. Curiousity and amusement took over and Alex found herself following in their direction. Once she entered the hall of mirrors, Alex felt a bit of a chill take over her body, these places reminded her so much off horror movies that, they gave her the creeps.
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Lucy Sullivan

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James explained himself and kissed her on the lips, bringing a soft smile to her face. Lucy couldn't have agreed more that they needed to discuss the rest of this tomorrow. Lucy's mind was tired and she definitely needed some more time to plan. What James wouldn't know is that she was planning on paying off his debts, whether he liked it or not. After having lied to him in the first place and partially lying now, she felt like she owed him for what she had done.

James began talking about finishing their date here and that he owed her a dance for missing a chance to at the party. Technically, Lucy didn't really miss out on a dance, Angel had actually asked her to. But she regrets agreeing to for it was not a dance for enjoyment, it had been a cleverly planned trap. If she would have reacted in front of those people, she would have been in trouble. Angel picked the one place that no one would have guessed. Publicly at a Masquerade ball. It made her press her lips together in guilt but luckily the familiar booming voice interrupted them from discussing any plans further.

Lady immediately ran towards the source of the noise and Lucy stood frozen for a moment. She had no idea that her father was to be home. Lucy was happy to hear her father's voice but so much had happened in the small amount of time he had been gone. Looking to James she bit her lip nervously before stepping ahead to greet her father. "Daddy?" She asked. "You're home!"​

 

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Finn Sullivan

Misty Gray Lamia myst.erion neverbackdown
Finn let Conor yell at him a bit more, knowing soon that Conor would come down from this anger and would realize what had happened. His eyes watched as Conor's expression changed from anger to guilt, and Finn knew that he had finally gotten through to his cousin. And as he looked around he saw more than just a crowd forming around them and the haunted house. Conor looked like he was ready to fall apart, stepping forward towards him, Finn placed a hand on his shoulder. "Its alright mate..its all going to be alright..." He told him and patted his shoulder. "You gave the man quite the scare, but nothing serious. Finn saw the familiar face of the girl he had seen in the haunted house and by the look on Conor's face, they knew more than just each other.

But then the girl took off running and Finn had no idea what was going on anymore. "I think its time we gather the group and make our way home hmm?" He asked Conor, hoping that he was okay with that idea. "I mean, unless you want to go get totally wasted then I can always be down for that. But I would recommend taking it easy tonight." Finn really had an idea of what Conor was going through, because he had gone through it himself only a few short weeks ago. Despite looking similar, both men handled the situation in different ways, so he was unsure of what his cousin wanted.​

 

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Emmet Sullivan

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Emmet smiled as he crouched down to greet lady. "Oh you missed me, didn't you?" He asked, laughing as he pet Lady. Lady rubbed up against his leg as he pet her side, her tongue hanging out of her mouth. "Good girl." He said, giving her a love-tap on the side. As Lucy entered the room, his smile grew. He used the handrail next to him to get back on his feet, his knees not what they use to be. "There she is." He said, wrapping his arms around Lucy. He placed a kiss on the side of her head, squeezing her tight. He stepped back a bit, keeping his hand on her shoulder as he looked her up and down. "Aren't you a little old to be tricker treating?" He jokingly asked, referring to her outfit.

As James entered the room, he kept his smile as he offered out his hand. "James, how've you been?" He asked shaking his hand firmly. He once again, tilted his head as he realized what James was wearing. "What, did you lose a bet?" He chuckled. He looked to Lucy raising his arms slightly. "Where is everyone?"

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[Misty Gray]

Sinead Sullivan and Conor Sullivan

As she hid in the maze, dodging every other footstep she heard, Sinead pulled the mask off from in front of her face, purposely dropping it on the floor behind her. Upon turning another corner, she tied her hair up in a tight bun on the top of her head. The more time she spent rushing around the maze, the more she began to worry that she wouldn't find the exit. Getting in trouble with the police was not something she'd ever intended on doing. Regardless, she didn't regret trying to help Conor. She was relieved to find a door that lead out to the back of the building. She removed her jacket and dumped it into a nearby dumpster, along with the gun. After making sure nobody had seen her, she quickly walked back to the front of the haunted house, picking up some crappy clown mask that someone had discarded on the floor.


Conor quickly nodded his head as Finn patted his shoulder, reassuring him it would be okay. "Thank you for understanding. I'm sorry for yelling at you," he apologised. He was relieved to know the man he'd attacked would be okay. He did wonder where Alex had got to, but figured she had kept her distance so attention wouldn't be drawn to their relationship. When given the option of getting drunk or going straight home, Conor agreed it was probably better if he didn't get wasted tonight. "Let's get the others together and go home," he replied, about to head back into the haunted house with Finn.

"You need to get away from here, quickly," Sinead's familiar voice suggested. At first, Finn and Conor would be confused, as Sinead was wearing a clown mask, her hair tied up and she'd lost her jacket since they last saw her. "There's a cop hanging around and he could be back here at any minute. I need to avoid bumping into him too," she added. She then held her hand out to Finn. "Give me the keys to the van and I'll go back with Conor. You get the others." Sinead took her brother's hand and pulled him to walk fast with her. She made a point of walking erratically in hopes of losing the gaze of any nosy bystanders, before reaching the van and sneaking inside with her brother. Once they had successfully got into the vehicle, Sinead simply gave her brother a tight hug, hoping that would at least comfort him a little.

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Lucy Sullivan

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Lucy smiled happily upon seeing her father and welcomed his warm hug and kiss to the temple. She squeezed him tight, not realizing how much she had missed him until now. Once they released each other, he kept a hand on her shoulder and commented on her halloween outfit. "Hey now, one is never too old to dress up for halloween dad!" She chuckled slightly. He seemed to be in a pleasant mood and wonder what he had been up too since he left.

Lucy couldn't help but let out a tiny giggle as her father asked who James lost a bet too. He had already been making quite the fuss about the outfit but she was sure that later tonight he would be more embarrassed than before. Lucy wanted to playful slap her father and tell him to be nice to James but she was sure that it would draw attention to herself that she didn't want to bring up as soon as he stepped through the door.

When he asked where everyone else was, Lucy shrugged her shoulders. "They must have gone out, to join in the festivities. I was invited to a party this evening and dragged poor James with me. So he lost an argument with me about wearing a costume or not." Taking the blame for the outfit James was embarrassed to wear, she offered him a small smile. "And I am not sure where mom has ran off to."

Finn Sullivan

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Finn was just about to turn and round up the group when Sinead told them that they needed to get out of the area and quickly. Finn barely had time to register anything and wondered why the hell she was wearing a clown mask. Once he received the orders from her however, he handed her the keys and saluted lightly before hurrying off towards the haunted house.

Following another crowd of people inside, it was rather difficult for Finn to maneuver through the crowd, mainly due to the tight squeeze of the walk way and the amount of people who were inside of it. He kept his eyes peeled out for Maggie and Aidan when he saw them both tending to the man that had been attacked by Conor. Quickly pushing a few people to the side, he moved towards his sister and cousin. "Time to go kids, Lets get this man out of here and outside into the fresh air, there is no way he will be able to properly recover in this stuffy walk way.

Without waiting for anyone, he carefully helped the man to his feet. "Lets get you into the fresh air hmm?" He asked before starting to guide him back the way he came.​

 

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Olivia Svensson

Olivia smiled when Nicolo suggested Alex had got too excited. It was nice to see the girl enjoying herself, especially since she'd lost her mother. "I don't think it's spooky at all, really. I guess we're getting too old for it all, huh?" she joked. "The scariest thing is the amount of Sullivans I've seen in here. At least they're keeping to their own problems, though," she remarked. "Speaking of which. I don't hear much about you, Nicolo. I mean, Monte was always out and about strutting his stuff, and didn't we know it. What about you, though? What do you like to get up to?"

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James Porter



James joined Emmet behind Lucy. He returned the older man's smile and greeted him with a firm handshake. "Emmet, it's great to see you back here. I've been busy. Very busy," he said, letting out a deep breath for emphasis. When the man joked about his costume, James couldn't help but let out an awkward chuckle himself. Before he could respond, Lucy explained she'd dragged him along to the party. He kept a straight face and stopped himself from sending her a puzzled glance. He soon enough figured she was going to keep quiet about their relationship for the moment. He wouldn't allow it to stay that way for too long and given that the rest of the family knew already, they wouldn't be able to keep it quiet anyway. Deep down, this pleased James because he wasn't prepared to lie to Emmet about it. "So, you don't think this is a good look for me?" he asked Emmet.

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