The restaurant sits just far enough from the Genovese mansion to feel private while still firmly inside territory that answers to Luca and Adriano, where staff know when not to look twice and where unfamiliar faces are quietly noted without comment.
Julia is seated at a table, being the only customer at the restaurant, given that it's owned by the Genovese, and she has the power to clear it if she wanted to. She is surrounded only by bodyguards as she stares out through the open archway, having a clear view of the gardens that surround the front of the restaurant. It's beautiful, with the soft, but she can't help but feel anxious as she thinks of Mattia, of everything that's happening back at the Delassaro mansion. She hasn't been to visit; she doesn't know if it's even her place. Her br
