When Elena returned to Massimo's side, she could instantly tell something was wrong. His frown has gotten deeper in her absence and his brow was furrowed. Something was wrong, and Masssimo was likely thinking up a plan to fix it.
Unfortunately, Elena couldn't just ask what had happened—there were so many people here, and she didn't want to risk anyone overhearing a potential problem. So Elena had to just take a guess at what had happened and work off that theory.
Massimo was still standing by Don Grasso and Don Abano. Had Massimo maybe misspoken to one of them? Offended them in some way?
"Hello again, gentlemen," Elena greeted them. "I trust we're having some fun in between talks of business, yes?"
Elena laughed and the two dons joined in. Massimo didn't even chuckle.
"We'll leave you
