Preparations

"Which one, Reina?" Alessia held up two skyblue dresses for me to wear for my first day with the Genovese family.

I thought about Maxine's offer the other day and I came to the conclusion that there was no difference with his promises and that of Hollis. But something inside of me just wanted to do this one good for a kind gentle man, a kind-looking dangerous mafia-man rather.

Before now, I wouldn't have cared about what I would wear, but now, I did. "What do you think, Alessia?" I asked.

She looked up from the dress she was holding, "The long-sleeved one is lovely, screams royalty. This other one is edgy. Not everybody can pull it off. But if you do, then it would state not just class, but fierceness and power."

"Hmmm, I'm forced to think you are talented in every aspect of life." I looked at the second dress. "Let's style the shit out of that dress."

"Happily ma'am." Alessia replied excitedly, like she was eager to put her styling talents to work.

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