They’d barely stepped out of the room when they ran into a staff member.
Maddie stopped her. “Excuse me. Can we see other rooms? We would like to try on better dresses.”
“Maddie!” Vickie gasped. “That was rude.”
But the staff didn't mind. “This way, please.”
She brought them to another room, and when Maddie saw it, she nodded in satisfaction.
“This is more like it.”
For over an hour, they stayed in the room, admiring the gorgeous dresses and bemoaning Vickie's fate at the same time.
Finally, a choice was made and they headed out. But when they got outside, Giovanni was nowhere to be seen.
“Maddie?” Vickie called, her voice quivering. “That rat bastard disappeared.”
“But there's Luigi with the car, right? He must have gone to drop him off and then came back for us. Hold on. He migh
