Aria's POV
Carmela didn’t say much to me when she arrived, but I didn’t know how much weight her silence carried.
She came with Margot from the boutique, who still seemed shaken by the whole shootout. She flinched when her pen dropped and jumped when someone called her name too loudly.
I knew she must have been regretting accepting a dress deal with the Valentis. Doing business with a mafia family meant a higher level of respect, a good reputation, and a lot of money—but the cons seemed to outweigh the pros.
From the small talk Margot and Carmela had, I gathered that their boutique was under renovation. The Valenti family was covering the costs and paying for all damages to their clothes.
She was almost done with the dress. It had started to take its full form, with a dipping V-neck a
