"Come out, come out wherever you are," I called out as I stepped out of my room. Stopping in my tracks, I looked from left to right before taking a deep breath. The house was dead quiet and Delaney had left no tracks of which way she went. After taking a shower, she suggested that we play hide and seek. I thought she was just kidding around until she ran out of the room with a towel wrapped around her. Even then I thought it was a cute little joke, so I proceeded to get dressed. Once I ready, I realized she was being 100% serious about playing such a childish game. So, now I was off to fine her nearly thirty f-cking minutes later.

The thing was my home was a little larger than most homes, especially for someone living by themselves. There were some rooms I hadn't been in for months. Most of the rooms, Delaney had never been in herself. There was no telling where she was hiding and there were so many places to look. It was kind of overwhelming. I had no idea where to start. She could be upstairs, downstairs, in the backyard or knowing her she probably ventured off in nothing but a towel around the damn neighborhood.

My phone vibrated and I knew before looking at it that it was from my crazy ass girlfriend.

You'll never catch me. Muhahahaha! Wait...you are looking...right!? – Delaney, 11:14 AM

Oh, I'll catch you...by the way can I have a hint?? – Andy, 11:14 AM

Let me think about that...NO. – Delaney, 11:15 AM

I blew my lips and put my phone back into my pocket. Looks like she was going to do this the hard way. Now if I was Delaney where the hell would I run off to? Would I go to a place that I was familiar with or into a random ass room I've never been in before? With her nosiness and random spontaneous nature, she probably just walked into a room that she never went into before or maybe that was too easy. Maybe she was somewhere noticeable because she knew I wouldn't look at obvious places first.

I began searching high and low. Within minutes, the search became annoying. She was nowhere we to be found and I was checking all the perfect hiding spots from upstairs to downstairs. I checked closets, under surfaces, behind curtains and even looked inside the kitchen f-cking cabinets but she was nowhere. It was almost like she had disappeared within thin air. The only other place I knew to look was outside.

With a final attempt to find Delaney, I walked outside and put my hands on my hips as I scanned the backyard. Though I didn't see her at first glance, I did hear giggles and they were coming from behind me. I turned around quickly to see Delaney with her back against the house. Clever. I never thought to look behind me but there she was laughing her ass off.

"I was going to let you look around out here and look stupid but we've literally been playing for an hour. You suck at hide and seek!" I crossed my arms with a flat expression my face. Delaney giggled again as she stared at me adoringly. "Oh, are you mad because you couldn't find me? Did you think I went missing?" I didn't say anything but instead looking away from her. "Aw, poor little Andy is mad because she sucks at hide and seek?" She pinched my cheeks to get a reaction of me. Even though I wanted to laugh, I pushed her hand away. "Ooo, someone's mad."

Delaney paused and tried to hide a mischievous smirk that was forming on her face. "I tell you what. Close your eyes. Count to ten, I'll hide and this time I'll make it easier for you to find me, deal?"

"I don't want to play again. That last round took forever," I told her with annoyance.

"Just close your eyes. How far can I go in ten seconds, silly? Close your eyes and start counting. Slowly. Don't cheat."

Before I could fully close my eyes, Delaney began backing away from me. If she wanted to play another round then whatever. I'm sure I would find her this time since it was only ten seconds. When I opened my eyes, I sighed. Delaney was nowhere in sight. This time I made sure to look behind me just in case she was playing a trick. When I did look behind me, my heart began racing for more reason than one.

First of all, I wasn't expecting Delaney to be directly behind me so she scared the f-ck out of me. Second, she wasn't just standing there like she was when I first found her but this time her towel was on the ground and she was giving me this mischievous yet sexy smile. "You found me," she said simply.

No matter how many times I saw her naked, I always got just a little awestruck. While I was just staring at her in a hypnotic daze, she pushed me against the back of the house and pressed her lips against mine. When she pulled away from me, her eyes stared into mine and I could tell she was up to no good. Her hands moved down to my waist and her fingers slowly trickled down to the button of my jeans. For some reason, I was paralyzed as her lips met my neck.

The only thing that got me out of my trance was the fact that my phone was ringing in my pocket. "You going to answer that," Delaney whispered against my neck softly as she dug her nails into my hips.

I bit my lip and took my phone from my pocket. It was an unknown number, which wasn't peculiar. Gang members changed their numbers all the time, also I got random ass calls from random ass affiliates sometimes. Even though I didn't want to, I answered the phone. . Ignoring calls wasn't an option now as a head honcho I needed be available 24/7. "Hello?"

I was expecting Delaney to step back or at least stop kissing me but she began sucking on my neck. I cleared my throat awkwardly just as the voice on the phone began to speak. "Hey, Andy! What's up!? It's Stefano. I just wanted to congratulate you on your new position from head honcho to head honcho. I always knew you had it in ya." Stefano was the head honcho of Los Angeles, pretty powerful guy so it was an honor to have him on the phone congratulating me.

As soon as I was going to say something else, Delaney dropped down to her knees. I gave her a stern look as she began tugging down my pants. "What? I want to taste you, baby." As if we didn't make love last night, had sex before we showered, and had sex in the shower, she was ready to go at it again. I guess once our dry sprout finally ended, it really triggered her sex drive again. I wasn't really complaining, but it was hard to have a decent conversation when your girlfriend was trying to have sex.

"Everything good, Andy? I can call back another time."

"No, no. Everything's fine, man. Thank you for calling. I really-oh f-ck..."

"Wha-"

"S-sorry, man. I just like dropped something. Everything's cool. Um...h-how's thing going in L-LA?"

I muted the phone and pulled Delaney's hair back softly so she would look up at me. "Are you really doing this right now, darlin'? Do you know how rude that is? When I get off I'm going to teach you a lesson."

"When I get done with you, you're going to be too weak to do anything," she told me back before kissing my hip. Her nails dug into my thighs and I felt her tongue again and it made me go weak. I pushed my head back against the wall, and took my phone off of mute just as Stefano finished his last sentence. F-ck, I didn't even know what he was talking about.

"Yeah, man. We should just link up. It's been a while since we've seen each other." Honestly, this conversation wasn't going anywhere. I had no idea what Stefano was going on about. Meeting in person would be much better than this.

"That's what I just said, man. I tell you what. You're obviously busy right now. I'm in Santa Monica and I'll meet you at the clubhouse in about an hour if that's good?"

"Can we make that two hours?"

Delaney was right after she was done I ended up taking a nap on the couch which ultimately made me late to my meeting with Stefano. When I got to the clubhouse, he was already waiting in my office. He was swirling around in the office chair across from mine childishly but he stopped once I walked in.

Stefano was about ten years older than me. He was wise and been in charge of LA for a good five years now. He was one of the best head honcho's of California and he had a close friendship with the Don of California. Needless to say it was a pleasure to have him in my office. I could use some advice and a confidant that knows all the ends to the game.

He stood up swiftly and stuck out his hand towards me. I shook it firmly and patted his back once he pulled me into a hug. I chuckled as he squeezed me tightly and patted my back extra hard. When we pulled away from the hug he smiled hardily and I subconsciously placed my hand on top of my hair. The man had such good, nice slicked back hair it made me insecure about mine. I loved having the best hair in the room but it seemed impossible with this guy around.

"Yeah, buddy. You're due for a haircut. No worries. You're still as good looking as your father. Your mother, however, that's a different story. No offense but she's a beautiful lady. Your father's a lucky man," Stefano said as he took a seat back in his chair.

I laughed as I found seat as well. Having my office really sealed the deal with the head honcho sh-t. You really feel the power when you have the bigger chair and you're staring at someone across from you in a smaller one. It made me feel like the sh-t. "None taken. My mother is gorgeous, so is my sister and my father. We're a good looking family."

"Way to be modest about it, dog," Stefano jested.

I shrugged my shoulders. "The truth is the truth, man. But enough of that, it's really good to have you here. You came all the way here to speak with me. That's real, man. You've always been one of my favorite head honchos. You're about your sh-t and you know your sh-t. You're a real leader. You're an inspiration."

"No, you're an inspiration. You're the youngest head honcho in California right now. You're big sh-t. Everyone respects you. Your f-cking father started this sh-t. And, you tried to play me hard but I knew you were getting head while we were talking on the phone. All that moaning and purring and sh-t, I thought you put a cat on the phone."

My cheeks turned a bright red and I cleared my throat embarrassingly. "You got jokes, man."

"And you got hoes. Trust me. There's plenty more to come. I f-cked women from places I didn't even know existed. I f-cked this girl from Brunei once. Ever heard of that place? I know you haven't. Don't lie. Anyways, they have a sultan there. A f-cking sultan! I didn't know that was an actual thing. I told her to call me sultan when I f-cked her and guess what? She did that! Man, you're going to love being head honcho so many great girls out there."

Stefano was talking over himself, selling the dream. He was talking so fast that it took a few seconds to comprehend his sentences. Little did he know was that I already had a great girl by my side. I didn't need more. "I'm actually with someone so the p-ssy and the girls don't interest me."

"Wow, you have a girl? That's crazy. That's not gonna go well. You gotta dump her. Leave her. There's way too many p-ssy out here to be held down to one. You're head honcho now. You're going to travel a lot. You're going to get tempted. Every girl wants you just to be with someone powerful and you have the looks and sex appeal like me so that's a plus. You know what? I'm sorry. Pause. Do you love her?"

"I love her a lot."

"Was she the one giving you head while we were on the phone?"

"Yeah, I wouldn't cheat, man."

"Did you ask for the head or did she just do it?"

"She just did it."

"Keep her! Marry her! What's her name? Is she Italian?"

I laughed at the fact that Stefano just went from telling me to dump my girlfriend to marrying her over one small f-cking detail. "Her name is Delaney and she's Colombian, not Italian."

"Close enough! Spanish, Italian, the language barrier isn't that bad. It's doable. She can hold conversations at family gatherings. I bet she's gorgeous! There's a lot of p-ssy out there but you better not cheat. You better keep her." I always looked at Stefano as a long lost cousin or brother or something. We barely talked but he always showed up at family events with my actual family, my aunts, uncles, cousins and all. And every time we linked back up, he was always nice to be around. It was just nice now we had the same title and could have conversations on the same level.

"Listen, man. Are you going to tell me what to expect now that I'm head honcho or what?"

"P-ssy and power. Well, just power for you. No cheating on Delaney, you hear me? I'll kick your ass. That girl gave you spontaneous head while you were on the phone. She's a wife. You're going to wife her. Got me?"

"Man, I got you. I would never disrespect her like that. I'm better than everybody else in this damn Family that cheats on their wives and sh-t. It's not me. Not how I was raised. I saw my father stay committed to my mother. I saw women come on to him while my mother wasn't around. He never cracked. Never folded because he knew who he had back home. Just like I know who I have. I have Delaney. I don't care about b-tches from Brunei or any other damn country."

"So passionate. So romantic." Stefano sniffled and acted as if he was going to cry. "So beautiful. Do you have tissues?"

After f-cking around, Stefano finally gave me some tips on how to be an exceptional head honcho. I even took notes as he talked. He taught me how to delegate tasks, and who to give them to. He told me some good ass vacation spots to rest when I needed time off. He told me about how some people would turn on me but I'd get used to it. Within four months of him being head honcho, he lost half of his friends and now he doesn't let anyone get too close. Lucky for me, I kept my circle small and I knew Leo, Lin and Rafael were for life. They'd never turn on me.

"There's a rumor going around. Keep this between me and you. No other head honchos can know this, but the don of California, Vinny, he's thinking about stepping down soon. Rumor is that when he resigns, a vote will happen out of the top five head honchos of Cali. The winner will take the new title. I'm telling you this since you're new. The people love you but you're going to have to prove yourself to become Don. There's no competition for me and you. You're family in and out of this gang. I'd be just as happy for you to become Don than I would for myself. But just know, this is all rumors. I feel like Vinny would be dumb as hell to resign from such power. He's only in his mid-forties. He could do like twenty more years if he really wanted to. He's in good health."

"Maybe it's too much stress."

"Sh-t, maybe. Being head honcho can get stressful too. You're either like Jimmy or you're like me. And I know you hated Jimmy and everything he stood for but you could easily become him. This is a fair warning. This power can consume you and make you do things you never thought you would do. I dealt with being power hungry. I killed a man for questioning a decision I made and now I gotta regret that sh-t. The power got to me. Don't let it get to you because once it consumes you, you're just going to want more and more until it f-cking ruins you. Sometimes power is more than we can handle."

"Damn, that's raw."

"No, that's just real. But I believe in you. I believe you'll be a faithful ass motherf-cker to Delaney and guide the Family on the correct path. You'll be like your father but even better and I'd bet my life on that."

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Do you think Andy can stay faithful?