( on the eve of the pink slip's opening, a box waits for richie on the foot of his bed — anyone's guess as to whether it was picked locks or a maid that placed it there. the first inside: a leather notebook, expensive black leather, not blank. ani's filled the first third with the necessities: floorplans from the pink slip, drawn in messy and inelegant hand. escape routes she figured out herself. surveillance blind spots.
the other: a beat-up copy of the godfather wrapped in one of ani's torn fishnets in lieu of tissue paper, dog-eared, the scent of expensive perfume and cigarette smoke clinging to its pages. tucked inside the front cover is a folded flyer for the pink slip with the following note: )
You're hired. Don't get cocky. Or dead.
This is a loyalty test. If you read the book, I'll know. If you don't, I'll lie and tell everyone you cried anyway. โ Ani
( the book is peppered with graffiti, glitter pen margins scribbled in the notes. some of them read:
on luca's death: Dated this guy in Coney once โ disappeared after a pierogi fight with my landlord. Bet he's chum. underneath, on luca himself: Loyaltyโs hot. You got that same psycho vibe โ no offense. (A little offense.)
on sonny's fits of raging and fucking: Hot. Terrible judgment. 10/10, relatable. on another page: This is you if you had no self-control, worse shirts, and a bigger mouth.
on tom hagen: This is the guy you call when youโve got a body in the trunk and a brunch reservation in 20. on fredo begging for respect: God, this is painful. Like watching a guy try to win back his ex by sending her poems on LinkedIn.
and finally, a crumpled post-it note stuck to the back page: )
Welcome to the family. Hope youโre not squeamish. If I go missing, check the champagne freezer. If you go missing? I'll make it fucking biblical. โฅ A
let's say i allegedly threatened to staple an employee's ass (yeah sweetheart his actual ass) with an hr write-up because he couldn't stop making fuck-me eyes
and now he's being more of a whore than ever like sir??? i tried to physically assault you
i'm crowd-sourcing my next move what's the next-level punishment that says "stop being a horny dumbass" that isn't a grenade to the balls
yeah it'll do jack shit spew chunks all over my goddamn floor that's what i ain't cleaning his diseased junk up open to suggestions that don't involve a body bag and chipping my manicure
Hey, way this place works, you can never be too careful, right? Kinda hard to narrow down the playing field when an hr write-up to the ass gets the motor running. Sounds like we're moving in the wrong direction here.
u know i was literally gonna make him drink from the dirty mop bucket bet he'd moan about it help a girl out bonus points if his dick can't get hard over it
๐ delivery.
the other: a beat-up copy of the godfather wrapped in one of ani's torn fishnets in lieu of tissue paper, dog-eared, the scent of expensive perfume and cigarette smoke clinging to its pages. tucked inside the front cover is a folded flyer for the pink slip with the following note: )
You're hired. Don't get cocky. Or dead.
This is a loyalty test. If you read the book, I'll know. If you don't, I'll lie and tell everyone you cried anyway.
โ Ani
Welcome to the family. Hope youโre not squeamish.
If I go missing, check the champagne freezer. If you go missing? I'll make it fucking biblical.
โฅ A
un: ๐ฆ
let's say i allegedly threatened to staple an employee's ass (yeah sweetheart his actual ass) with an hr write-up because he couldn't stop making fuck-me eyes
and now he's being more of a whore than ever
like sir??? i tried to physically assault you
i'm crowd-sourcing my next move
what's the next-level punishment that says "stop being a horny dumbass" that isn't a grenade to the balls
no subject
no subject
spew chunks all over my goddamn floor that's what
i ain't cleaning his diseased junk up
open to suggestions that don't involve a body bag and chipping my manicure
no subject
Kinda hard to narrow down the playing field when an hr write-up to the ass gets the motor running.
Sounds like we're moving in the wrong direction here.
no subject
bet he'd moan about it
help a girl out
bonus points if his dick can't get hard over it